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Carajás Mine, Brazil
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Published July 29, 2009
The terraced layers of red earth that make up the Carajás Iron Ore Mine contrast with the deep green Amazon Rainforest in this cloud-free image.
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Plume from Nyiragongo
Published July 22, 2009
This true-color image shows a blue-gray plume blowing away from the bare-rock summit of Nyiragongo Volcano and toward the west-southwest on June 27, 2009.
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Flooding near Manaus, Brazil
Published July 17, 2009
In June 2009, the waters of the Amazon surrounded the villages near its confluence with the Negro River, seeping into the cleared land and filling what had been pale green angular shapes with murky brown water.
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Apollo 11 Launch Pad
Published July 16, 2009
By launching from the east coast of Florida, NASA took advantage of both geography and physics.
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Volcanic Activity at Krakatau
Published July 14, 2009
This true-color image from July 7, 2009, shows Anak Krakatau releasing a small plume of steam that blows toward the southwest.
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Volcanic Activity at Kilauea
Acquired June 29, 2009, this true-color image shows a small plume from a crater at Kilauea. A similar plume rises along the coastline where hot lava meets cold ocean water.
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