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Lighting the Night in Southern Africa
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Published December 8, 2024
An astronaut’s sweeping nighttime photograph of Namibia and South Africa reveals the region’s lighted communities, many of which are centered around mining.
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Western Australia’s Capital City
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Published December 1, 2024
Perth, the only city along the country’s western coastline with more than 1 million people, displays widespread urban infrastructure alongside the Swan and Canning rivers.
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Windy City of Lights
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Published November 24, 2024
Orange, yellow, and white lights span Chicago at night, illuminating its gridded downtown and tracing its sinuous rivers and parks.
Tajikistan’s Fedchenko Glacier
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Published November 17, 2024
The exceptionally long high-mountain glacier in Central Asia ranges from snowy white near the mountain peaks to dusty brown at lower elevations.
Sandy Sculptures in Morocco’s Erg Chebbi
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Published November 10, 2024
Windswept sand formations known as star dunes, or pyramid dunes, are a distinctive feature of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa.
Crepuscular Rays and Cumulonimbus Clouds
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Published November 3, 2024
Photographed from orbit at sunset, the rays of light penetrating gaps in the clouds span vast distances.
Exploring Russia’s Krenitsyna Volcano
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Published October 27, 2024
The volcano’s central peak, an island within an island, stands above a reflective, water-filled caldera.
Madagascar’s Betsiboka River Delta
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Published October 20, 2024
The growing network of channels and islands now spans more than half of the estuary that was once open to ships.
Meanders of the Irrawaddy River
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Published October 13, 2024
River channels old and new wind across a floodplain in Burma (Myanmar), mingling with areas of agriculture and aquaculture.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Arrives from Afar
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Published October 12, 2024
A “dirty snowball” from the distant icy cloud encircling our solar system passed by the Sun and Earth in autumn 2024.
Hurricane Milton Crosses Florida
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Published October 10, 2024
Milton persisted as a potent hurricane-strength storm as it crossed over the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and into the western Atlantic.
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Sprites, Camera, Action!
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Published October 6, 2024
An astronaut photographed the atmospheric phenomenon, associated with lightning, during a stormy night over North America.