Power outages piled up in Charleston County as the storm raged just offshore.
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Fire season peaks every August in some parts of southern Africa.
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The fire is tearing through pine forests in mountainous terrain on the second most populous of the Canary Islands.
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A common cloud pattern, known as von Kármán vortices, makes an appearance at night.
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The powerful storm, one of the worst to hit India since 1999, knocked out electricity across the state of Odisha.
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Just five weeks after enduring the worst natural disaster in its recorded history, the African country is facing another serious storm threat.
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A stunning aurora appeared over Hudson Bay in March, historically the most geomagnetically active month.
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The powerful storm knocked out power across Mozambique's second-largest port city.
Europe stands out in satellite imagery as being one of the cloudiest continents—but not this week.
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The hurricane took a disproportionate toll on power supplies in remote areas of Puerto Rico.
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Coronal holes sparked brilliant auroras over Alaska and Canada during this solar minimum.
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Meteor showers and other celestial phenomenon are easily visible from this dark-sky park in Southern Scotland.
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High-energy particles from the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly occasionally trick satellite sensors.
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As cool air pours into valleys on chilly autumn nights, valley fog and dicey driving conditions can emerge.
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City lights sprawl across Earth’s surface below a constant glow in the upper atmosphere.
A powerful, dangerous hurricane is poised to hit Mexico.
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The powerful storm knocked out power across the southeast U.S., as seen by a NOAA-NASA satellite.
Since making landfall, the storm has caused severe property damage and deaths in the southeastern United States, with more damage expected.
The peculiar curved shape of this cloud over Mali is the product of a phenomenon associated with thunderstorms.
The storm barreled across the Western Pacific basin, visible east of Taiwan in this nighttime image.
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An unexpected aurora colored the skies of Canada and northern U.S. states.
The island of Java is the geographic and economic center of Indonesia.
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The fire was not the largest or most destructive in July 2018, but the position of its smoke allowed for a clear look at the progression of the burn.
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As smoke streamed toward San Francisco, more than 1,000 fire personnel were at the scene fighting the blaze.
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This false-color image shows the infrared signal emitted by fresh lava flowing toward the sea.
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Thailand and Cambodia have distinctly different hues at night compared to nearby seas.
The Suomi NPP satellite captured a glimpse of the northern lights over North America.
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In central China, the human footprint brightens the night and dulls the snowscape.
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City lights shone brightly in the United States as revelers welcomed the new year.
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Tracking the brightness and location of manmade lights offers researchers an innovative way to track human activity on a global scale.
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