Taken near the northernmost extent of the space station’s orbit, this photograph shows ice growth in the midst of freezing season near James Bay.
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Shaped like an evergreen conifer, Lake Dukan is the largest lake in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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These iconic photos are not new, but their message never gets old.
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As NASA's latest care package heads toward the International Space Station, it traveled over beautiful Earth landscapes—from scenic snowscapes to desolate deserts.
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Alpine in character and perennial in flow, the river is a crucial resource for hydroelectricity, irrigation, transportation, and tourism.
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This coastline is rugged, with mountains, dry river beds, a small delta, and steep cliffs that cast shadows on the landscape.
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The Volga Delta has grown significantly over the past 130 years.
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The braided river carries iron-rich sediment from the high central plateau and mountains down through complex, woven channels and vegetated islands.
A line of thunderclouds marched across the desert of central Saudi Arabia on the way toward Yemen.
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City lights sprawl across Earth’s surface below a constant glow in the upper atmosphere.
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Water from the Kunlun Mountains carves thin channels across the dry lands of Western China.
The area around the two Vancouvers is rich in natural beauty and resources.
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The upper reaches of Michigan are rich in natural resources, with more emphasis on the “nature” these days.
Samoa’s two largest islands, made by volcanoes, have productive reefs and fertile soils.
The mine is one of the few human patterns visible from space in this almost entirely uninhabited western extremity of the Sahara Desert.
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The old river has cut compelling patterns and formations into the red rocks of Utah.
Cars, commerce, and countries connect along the Detroit River.
An astronaut captured a moment of morning beauty in a region often shrouded in clouds.
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Rich in carbonate species and salts, the basin is the largest alkaline lake in the world.
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This northern part of Australia is sparsely populated but rich in national park and conservation land.
In a land with little water, the wind does the landscaping most of the time. Ephemeral water leaves a mark, though.
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The area around the volcano has been left to recover naturally from the disaster, which it has done quite nicely, if slowly.
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Sculpted by ice ages, the west coast of Ireland is rich in rugged natural beauty.
The largest river in the world is full of bends and meanders, a result of the water course snaking back and forth across the landscape over time.
Extensive engineering projects help fend off the North Sea at the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta.
Ships, trains, cars, and swimmers crowd this crossing between Britain and France.
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Surrounded by meandering rivers and a marshy landscape, this South Carolina city has been a focal point for American history and for shipping.
After an 18-year voyage, a fragment of the largest iceberg ever recorded has drifted into dangerously warm territory.
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A vast field of star dunes in this desert stands astride wind-carved hills in one of the driest landscapes on Earth.
Old lignite mines are reborn as lakes in the Leipzig District.