Extensive engineering projects help fend off the North Sea at the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta.
Published Jun 24, 2018
Ships, trains, cars, and swimmers crowd this crossing between Britain and France.
Published Jun 17, 2018
Surrounded by meandering rivers and a marshy landscape, this South Carolina city has been a focal point for American history and for shipping.
Published Jun 10, 2018
After an 18-year voyage, a fragment of the largest iceberg ever recorded has drifted into dangerously warm territory.
Published Jun 6, 2018
A vast field of star dunes in this desert stands astride wind-carved hills in one of the driest landscapes on Earth.
Published Jun 4, 2018
Old lignite mines are reborn as lakes in the Leipzig District.
Published May 27, 2018
The risk of hazards around this active volcano are well known, but it does not deter people from enjoying skiing and mountaineering on this rugged “fourteener” peak.
Published May 20, 2018
The eastern basin of the South Aral Sea is shallow and more prone to size fluctuations than its neighbors.
Published May 21, 2018
Thailand and Cambodia have distinctly different hues at night compared to nearby seas.
Published May 14, 2018
The narrow strip of land connects continents and divides oceans, while making clouds sprout daily.
Published May 6, 2018
This geologic feature has captured the attention of astronauts for about as long as NASA has sent humans into orbit around Earth.
Published Apr 29, 2018
Astronauts had a rare chance to view a rocky landscape that is often shrouded in clouds.
Published Apr 23, 2018
A blanket of white comes and goes from the mountains and deserts of the American West.
Published Apr 16, 2018
The second holiest city of Islam is centered around the Prophet’s Mosque (Al-Masjid an–Nabawi).
Published Apr 9, 2018
These artificial islands in Doha were built to resemble a string of pearls.
Published Apr 3, 2018
The central Asian lake is fed by snowmelt but tugged by the Moon.
Published Mar 25, 2018
Sunlight teases out the patterns on this lake and landscape in Iran.
Published Mar 19, 2018
Tassili n’Ajjer was once shaped by water, but the plateau gives shape to the sands below.
Published Mar 12, 2018
Italy’s largest lake is situated where the southern Alps meet the Po River Valley.
Published Mar 5, 2018
Astronauts captured simultaneous moments in time with citizens on the ground.
Published Mar 3, 2018
From the vantage point of the ISS, landscape patterns reveal the intermingling of older geologic formations and more recent landforms in this region.
Published Feb 25, 2018
Astronauts got an oblique look at the high plains and mountains of Bolivia.
Published Feb 19, 2018
This largely uninhabited region has served for centuries as a crossroads for journeyers and traders between Mongolia and Russia.
Published Feb 11, 2018
Lava and strong winds give texture and shape to the dry interior of Chad.
Published Feb 5, 2018
More than 70 percent of the country’s land area is farmed or grazed.
Published Jan 29, 2018
Unlike the mouths of most large rivers in Europe, this region is dominated by grassy and marshy wilderness, not by a major city.
Published Jan 22, 2018
A massive cloud rises above Andros Island in the Bahamas.
Published Jan 15, 2018
Valley communes have been growing and consolidating in the Alpine foothills.
Published Jan 1, 2018
Presque Isle State Park includes dozens of individual beach ridges, with each line representing a coastline from the past.
Published Dec 23, 2017
The largest freshwater lake in Mongolia is known as the “sister” to Lake Baikal. Together they hold 20 percent of the fresh water on the planet.
Published Dec 18, 2017
