The region has been home to Native Americans for centuries, and a periodic training spot for astronauts for five decades.
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Fed by mountain streams and a canal, the Murgab and Tedzhen fans are irrigated farming oases in arid Central Asia.
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The island chain was once part of a land bridge connecting Tasmania to mainland Australia.
New Zealand’s Southern Alps rise high above the landscape and influence the weather around them.
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Looking toward the rising Sun, an external camera on the ISS was able to capture the details of rising cumulus clouds.
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This area of Egypt has supported human life for more than 8,000 years.
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The tiny Society Islands stand out as land oases amid the largest expanse of water on Earth.
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Aggregations of fishing boats can make it seem like there are cities in the water.
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With an average elevation of 4500 meters above sea level, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is one of Earth’s highest geographic features.
The rise and fall of these basins depend on fluctuations in the flow of the Nile River.
After a rainy autumn, winter weather arrived in the Pacific Northwest.
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Astronauts traveling within Earth’s largest artificial satellite can capture unique shots of the planet’s only natural satellite.
The Libyan Desert is often cited as a Mars analogue.
South America’s second-longest river forms part of the border between Argentina and Paraguay.
The mountain peaks here reach high enough and temperatures remain cold enough year-round that permanent ice persists amid a warming world.
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The reservoir provides water for Napa wine country and for cities in Northern California.
Mount Sundoro and Mount Sumbing are symmetrical, cone-shaped peaks in Central Java.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Plymouth, England, share a historical connection even older than the first Thanksgiving.
Perito Moreno is one of the few glaciers on Earth that are not retreating.
Shallow rock formations and sandbars allow people to occasionally walk between the islands.
Cities seem to follow similar growth processes no matter where they are.
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Moist ocean air and steady winds pile up thunderheads and anvil clouds around Indonesia.
Rugged mountains and islands stand out in this tectonically active region.
The city has a rich history that has been influenced by the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the Moors.
Red rocks and complex geology are distinctive features of this physiographic region in Wyoming and Montana.
Cumbre Vieja volcano is making its presence felt from above and below.
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The southern coasts of this Chinese island are lined with tropical beaches, while the inner bays are lined with floating fishing villages.
The category-4 storm spun over the Atlantic Ocean, accompanied by Tropical Storm Victor and Saharan dust to the southeast.
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Glacial ice, rivers, and fierce winds have sculpted two spectacular lakes and several deltas in this part of Patagonia.
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Shadows accentuate the depth of the canyon that the Niagara River has carved over the past 12,000 years.