Human activity and natural beauty merge in south-central Brazil.
Published Apr 24, 2022
One of Asia’s largest rivers carves the landscape and people carve a living from its floodplain.
Published Apr 17, 2022
The Spanish port town is bathed in a colorful palette.
Published Apr 10, 2022
The highest mountain on Earth takes on a different perspective from the vantage point of space.
Published Mar 26, 2022
The region has been home to Native Americans for centuries, and a periodic training spot for astronauts for five decades.
Published Mar 20, 2022
Fed by mountain streams and a canal, the Murgab and Tedzhen fans are irrigated farming oases in arid Central Asia.
Published Mar 12, 2022
The island chain was once part of a land bridge connecting Tasmania to mainland Australia.
Published Mar 6, 2022
New Zealand’s Southern Alps rise high above the landscape and influence the weather around them.
Published Feb 26, 2022
Looking toward the rising Sun, an external camera on the ISS was able to capture the details of rising cumulus clouds.
Published Feb 21, 2022
This area of Egypt has supported human life for more than 8,000 years.
Published Feb 14, 2022
The tiny Society Islands stand out as land oases amid the largest expanse of water on Earth.
Published Feb 6, 2022
Aggregations of fishing boats can make it seem like there are cities in the water.
Published Jan 30, 2022
With an average elevation of 4500 meters above sea level, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is one of Earth’s highest geographic features.
Published Jan 23, 2022
The rise and fall of these basins depend on fluctuations in the flow of the Nile River.
Published Jan 18, 2022
After a rainy autumn, winter weather arrived in the Pacific Northwest.
Published Jan 7, 2022
Astronauts traveling within Earth’s largest artificial satellite can capture unique shots of the planet’s only natural satellite.
Published Dec 31, 2021
The Libyan Desert is often cited as a Mars analogue.
Published Dec 26, 2021
South America’s second-longest river forms part of the border between Argentina and Paraguay.
Published Dec 19, 2021
The mountain peaks here reach high enough and temperatures remain cold enough year-round that permanent ice persists amid a warming world.
Published Dec 12, 2021
The reservoir provides water for Napa wine country and for cities in Northern California.
Published Dec 5, 2021
Mount Sundoro and Mount Sumbing are symmetrical, cone-shaped peaks in Central Java.
Published Nov 27, 2021
Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Plymouth, England, share a historical connection even older than the first Thanksgiving.
Published Nov 25, 2021
Perito Moreno is one of the few glaciers on Earth that are not retreating.
Published Nov 21, 2021
Shallow rock formations and sandbars allow people to occasionally walk between the islands.
Published Nov 14, 2021
Cities seem to follow similar growth processes no matter where they are.
Published Nov 15, 2021
Moist ocean air and steady winds pile up thunderheads and anvil clouds around Indonesia.
Published Nov 7, 2021
Rugged mountains and islands stand out in this tectonically active region.
Published Oct 30, 2021
The city has a rich history that has been influenced by the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the Moors.
Published Oct 24, 2021
Red rocks and complex geology are distinctive features of this physiographic region in Wyoming and Montana.
Published Oct 17, 2021
Cumbre Vieja volcano is making its presence felt from above and below.
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