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Tijuana and the Mexico-U.S. Border
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Published July 24, 2017
The city is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in Mexico and site of the busiest international land-border crossing in the world.
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Chilko Lake
Published July 17, 2017
Occupying a valley carved by glaciers, the remote lake dominates Ts’yl-os Provincial Park in British Columbia.
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Washington on the Potomac River
Published July 10, 2017
Wedged between Maryland and Virginia, the District of Columbia was established in 1790 to serve as the permanent seat of the U.S. federal government.
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Western Cape Fires on the Outeniqua Mountains
Published July 3, 2017
In June 2017, astronauts aboard the International Space Station were asked to take photographs of widespread wildfires on South Africa’s mountainous southern coast.
Lights On and Over the Southern Horizon
Published July 2, 2017
An astronaut caught a glimpse of the aurora australis while looking out across the Indian Ocean.
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Coal Mines, Eastern Germany
Published June 26, 2017
An astronaut managed to capture the size and detail of the artificial landscape that results from strip mining.
Fish Ponds and Rice Fields, Lower Guadalquivir River
Published June 19, 2017
Along the delta of the Guadalquivir River, fish farming takes a more natural course.
Eastern New Orleans
Published June 12, 2017
Known as the rural side of New Orleans, the landscape is largely marshes and bayous and old European names.
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Meidob Volcanic Field
Published June 5, 2017
This geologically young volcanic field in western Sudan has nearly 700 vents and craters.
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Drainage Patterns and Wind Farms in Northwest China
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Published May 29, 2017
Turbines and alluvial fans scratch out shapes across the flat landscape.
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Corinth Canal
Published May 22, 2017
This passage through the Peloponnese Peninsula was 2500 years in the making.
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Burlington, Iowa, and the Mississippi Floodplain
Published May 15, 2017
The city has a commanding view of the fertile and well-vegetated river basin and plain.
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Mount Silla and Monterrey
Published May 10, 2017
A saddle-shaped mountain distinguishes a region that carries a heavy economic load for Mexico.
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The I-95 Corridor at Night
Published May 1, 2017
A nearly uninterrupted string of lights stretches from Philadelphia to Hartford.
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South Australia, Wet and Dry
Published April 24, 2017
The landscape near the southern Murray River contrasts fertile farmland with dry lakes.
A Royal View of Denmark
Published April 17, 2017
There is nothing rotten about this view of the Scandinavian nation that thrives amidst cold northern waters.
Lake Neusiedl and Lake Ferto
Published April 10, 2017
Straddling Austria and Hungary, the lake is also known as the “Sea of the Viennese.”
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Agriculture on the Ethiopian Plateau
Published April 3, 2017
Standing beside floodplains and wetlands, the highlands are packed with farms.
Wheatland Reservoir, Wyoming
Published March 27, 2017
Winter traces white and blue across the high country.
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Etna Erupts
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Published March 23, 2017
The volcano produced streams of lava in March 2017.
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Grand Turk Island
Published March 20, 2017
Much of the land surface is covered by salt evaporation ponds and a saline lake known as Town Pond, around which the capital—Cockburn Town—developed.
Fending Off the Wind on the Steppe
Published March 13, 2017
Shelterbelts, or wind breaks, are used to protect and preserve farmland in southern Russian.
Naples and Mount Vesuvius at Night
Published March 6, 2017
Millennia of human development stand alongside mainland Europe’s only active volcano.
Astronauts Snap a Photo of Oroville Dam
Published March 3, 2017
The International Space Station got a view of the overflowing dam.
Flood Waters Reach Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre
Published February 27, 2017
The usually dry, inland lake in Australia came alive with color after flood waters arrived in the late summer of 2017.
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Red on White: Lake Maharlu
Published February 20, 2017
Salt and algae lend color to the bed of this desert lake in Iran.
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Dek and Daga Islands, Ethiopia
Published February 13, 2017
Ancient monasteries and settlements dot these islands in the middle of Ethiopia’s largest lake.
Melbourne, Australia
Published February 6, 2017
Australia’s second-largest city has an historic past.
Houston at Night
Published February 4, 2017
Astronauts on the Space Station had a glowing view of their professional home, as well as the site of Super Bowl 51.
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Checkerboarding in Northern Idaho
Published January 30, 2017
Lands along the Priest River show a human hand at work.
Lake Powell and Grand Staircase-Escalante
Published January 23, 2017
One of the largest reservoirs in the United States stands alongside one of the largest national monuments.
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