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Tetiaroa Island, French Polynesia
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Published February 16, 2009
This astronaut photograph shows Tetiaroa Island, part of the Society Islands archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. Tetiaroa is an atoll comprised of thirteen small islets.
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Santa Barbara, California
Published February 9, 2009
This detailed astronaut photograph highlights the Santa Barbara, California, metropolitan area, sometimes called the “American Riviera.”
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Biokovo Range, Croatia
Published February 2, 2009
The pitted appearance of the karst topography in Coatia’s Biokovo Range is highlighted by early morning sunlight in this astronaut photograph from December 29, 2008.
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City of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Published January 26, 2009
In this astronaut photograph, winter snows outline the street grid of the Fort William part of Thunder Bay, while suburban parks appear as roughly rectangular areas of unbroken white snow.
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Raven Ridge, Colorado
Published January 12, 2009
This astronaut photo of Raven Ridge, Colorado, shows a long stretch of exposed rocks that mark the K-T Boundary, the time when dinosaurs went extinct.
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Dust Storm, Turkmenistan, Central Asia
Published January 5, 2009
An astronaut photograph shot with a short focal length lens shows a wide swath of central Asia and the Earth’s limb in the distance.
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Mount St. Helens, October 2008
Published January 1, 2009
Nearly three decades after the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens, the impact on the forest in the blast zone is still obvious in this astronaut photograph. South of the mountain, lush green forests cover the landscape, while north of the mountain, vegetation remains sparse.
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Sea Turtle Beaches, Eastern St. Croix
Published December 25, 2008
Important nesting grounds for leatherbacks, hawksbills, and green sea turtles are found on beaches in Jack, Isaac, and East End Bays, pictured in this astronaut photograph from March 29, 2005.
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Progressive Forest Clearing, Bolivia
Published December 22, 2008
This photograph shows deforestation and agricultural development along Rio Parapetí in Bolivia between 1995 and 2008.
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Deriba Caldera, Sudan
Published December 8, 2008
In this astronaut photograph, a pair of jewel-toned lakes sit in the Deriba Caldera on top of Mount Marra Volcano in western Sudan. Shadows throw the steep southern wall of the outer crater into sharp relief.
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Cities of the Dead, Nile River Delta, Egypt
Published December 1, 2008
This detailed astronaut photograph illustrates a portion of the Nile Delta that includes two royal cemeteries, Abusir and Saqqara-North.
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