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Astronauts’ New Window on the World
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Published February 20, 2010
Primarily designed to give astronauts a way to see the outside of the ISS, it also provides stunning panoramic views of Earth and space.
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Rio Negro Floodplain, Patagonia, Argentina
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Published February 15, 2010
This astronaut photo from January 4, 2010, shows meander scars and oxbow lakes in the floodplain of the Rio Negro in South America.
Open Pit Mines, Southern Arizona
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Published February 8, 2010
This astronaut photograph illustrates three open-pit copper mines located west-northwest of the town of Green Valley, Arizona.
Artificial Archipelagos, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Published February 1, 2010
Taken January 13, 2010, this astronaut photograph shows two artificial archipelagos along the Dubai coast: Palm Jumeirah and The World. The image also shows the 800-meter-tall Bhurj Khalifa high rise building.
Tsauchab River and Sossus Vlei Lakebed, Namibia
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Published January 25, 2010
A pale, dry riverbed cuts through the red dunes of the Namib Sand Sea.
Greater Bridgetown Area, Barbados
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Published January 18, 2010
Taken December 16, 2009, this astronaut photograph shows the greater metropolitan area of Bridgetown, Barbados. Gray-and-white urban areas along the coast contrast with green vegetation inland.
Giens Peninsula, France
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Published January 11, 2010
This astronaut photograph from December 2, 2009, shows urban areas around the Giens Peninsula, on the French Riviera.
Evaporation Ponds, Salar de Atacama, Chile
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Published January 4, 2010
This astronaut photo from December 15, 2009, shows evaporation ponds in the Atacama Desert, where brines are evaporated to concentrate lithium salts.
Sand Dunes in the Tenere Desert, Niger
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Published December 28, 2009
Layers of dunes march across a sand sea in the east-central Tenéré Desert of Niger in this astronaut photo from December 1, 2009.
Cloud Formations and Sunglint, Italy
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Published December 21, 2009
An extreme sideways viewing angle and the mirror-like reflection of sunlight off water creates a dramatic astronaut photo of clouds over Italy’s Calabrian Peninsula.
Lake Ilopango, El Salvador
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Published December 14, 2009
This astronaut photo shows the blue-green waters of Lake Ilopango, which fills the caldera of a volcano in El Salvador that last erupted in 1879.
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Published December 7, 2009
An astronaut captured this photo of the historic stretch of southern coastline of Oahu.