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Lake Rukwa, Tanzania
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Published July 10, 2020
One of the smaller lakes of the East African Rift is rich with mud, fish, and geologic beauty.
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Pacific Northwest Bathed in Green and White
Published July 3, 2020
The Olympic Peninsula, Cascade Mountains, and Salish Sea caught the eye of an astronaut on the space station.
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Ankara at Night
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Published June 26, 2020
Bright shades of white and yellow light up the geographic and political heart of Turkey.
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An Astronaut’s View of an Annular Eclipse
Published June 23, 2020
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shot a photograph of the Moon’s shadow crossing the Earth on June 21, 2020.
Mogadishu, Somalia
Published June 19, 2020
An array of sandy colors paint the landscape around the capital and port city.
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Mediterranean Sunglint
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Published June 11, 2020
The play of sunlight on water gives definition to the jagged coastlines of Sardinia and Corsica.
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A Pair of Niles and Deltas
Published June 5, 2020
Two inland deltas spring from the landscape near the confluence of the Blue and White Niles.
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Astronauts Launch from American Soil
Published June 1, 2020
A commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft has safely delivered two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
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Lake Skadar, Montenegro and Albania
Published May 28, 2020
The largest lake on the Balkan Peninsula is colored by sediments eroded from the surrounding highlands.
Budapest at Night
Published May 22, 2020
Divided by the Danube River, the city is actually a unification of three different older communities.
Popcorn Clouds over Rio de Janeiro
Published May 15, 2020
Clouds formed over rural areas and the cities but are noticeably absent above Guanabara Bay and the ocean due to the mechanisms of cloud formation.
Patagonian Dust Streamers
Published May 8, 2020
Dust storms are common in the region, and sometimes bear resemblance to weather events on Mars.
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Wide-Eyed Over Mexico
Published May 1, 2020
An ISS astronaut using a short camera lens captured almost all of Mexico in one shot.
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Great Lakes Without Winter Ice
Published April 24, 2020
From late February to early March in most years, the winter cold freezes much of the surface area of the lakes. But not so much in 2020.
Agriculture Fields in Central Poland
Published April 17, 2020
Narrow, rectangular farm plots with historic roots spread across the landscape near Warta.
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Rolling Through the Appalachians
Published April 10, 2020
The Susquehanna River cuts through the folds of the Valley-and-Ridge province of the mountain chain.
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Ni’ihau
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Published April 3, 2020
Despite sporadic rainfall, the island is the occasional home of two of the larger bodies of water in Hawaii.
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Sunlit Peaks in the Himalayas
Published March 27, 2020
Earth’s third-highest summit, Kangchenjunga, rises more than 8500 meters above sea level along the border of Nepal and India.
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Waving at the Kerguelen Islands
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Published March 20, 2020
They are geographically isolated but scientifically and visually compelling.
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Jebel Marra, Sudan
Published March 13, 2020
The almost circular massif in the Darfur region is a large cluster of volcanoes and lava flows, with a few traces of human activity.
Shelter Cove
Published March 5, 2020
The remote hamlet sits along California’s rugged “Lost Coast.”
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Rocas Atoll
Published February 28, 2020
The only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean is part of Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
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Reservoirs, Bends, and Canyons on the Colorado Plateau
Published February 21, 2020
Ancient geologic features and modern creations share the spotlight in this photo of southeastern Utah and northern Arizona taken from the ISS.
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Nevado Sajama and Parinacota
Published February 14, 2020
This photograph highlights several snow- and ice-capped volcanoes as they cast early morning shadows over a mountainous region of Bolivia and Chile.
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Maiella Massif, Italy
Published February 7, 2020
Complicated tectonics elevated the high plateau from rock layers that were originally deposited millions of years ago at the bottom of the sea.
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Coast of Peru
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Published January 31, 2020
Natural wonders of Peru stand out in this wide-angle photograph.
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Beysehir and Egirdir
Published January 23, 2020
Two of the largest freshwater lakes in Turkey sit on the Anatolia Plateau.
Windblown Ash from Taal Volcano
Published January 22, 2020
Low-level winds lifted ash lying on and around the volcano after its recent eruption.
Watching Meteors from Space
Published January 17, 2020
Astronaut Christina Koch snapped a picture of the Quadrantids in January 2020.
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