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Still Sandy After All These Years
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Published May 14, 2020
In 2002, Earth Observatory published one of the site’s most popular images: the Great Bahama Bank. Eighteen years later, the science has advanced but the sand has not.
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A New Lake—Water Not Lava—On Kilauea
Published May 8, 2020
After its lava lake drained and the floor dropped, water has been pooling up in the bottom of Halema‘uma‘u crater for several months.
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Saving Straddie’s Sand
Published May 7, 2020
After seven decades, sand mining operations have stopped in Australia’s North Stradbroke Island.
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A Windbreak Grid in Hokkaido
Published May 6, 2020
Forest buffers help protect grazing land and animals from the Japanese island's cold, windy winters.
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Montana’s Moon-Like Rocks
Published May 4, 2020
The Stillwater Complex in the Beartooth Mountains contains a mineral that closely resembles the most common mineral on the surface of the Moon.
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