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Bolshaya Ipelka and Opala
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Published December 21, 2015
Astronauts captured this view of two snow-covered volcanoes in southern Kamchatka, Russia.
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The Ural Mountains
Published December 20, 2015
The highest peaks are found in the “Nether-Polar” region of these ancient Russian mountains.
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Amsterdam Island
Published December 19, 2015
This distant, lonely volcanic rock brings new meaning to the phrase “the middle of nowhere.”
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Canary Islands
Published December 18, 2015
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When a Definition Makes a Forest Disappear
By changing a percentage, institutions can take some forested lands off the map.
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Taking Stock of Landslides after the Gorkha Earthquake
Published December 17, 2015
Scientists from around the world banded together to analyze landslides in the wake of a potent temblor. They found fewer scars on the landscape than past events would have predicted.
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Eruption of Fuego Volcano, Guatemala
Published December 16, 2015
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Phytoplankton bloom off southeastern Australia
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Keeping on the Sunny Side of Earth
Storms and a lunar eclipse are a few of the phenomena visible in animations of Earth’s full disk.
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Typhoon Melor (28W) over the Philippines
Published December 15, 2015
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Sulfur Dioxide Down over China; Up over India
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A decade of satellite observations show how levels of a common air pollutant have changed over Asian skies.
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Typhoon Melor Soaks The Philippines
Published December 14, 2015
Hundreds of thousands were evacuated as Typhoon Melor slammed the Philippines with high winds and rain.
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