This shallow, saline lake in Iran is one of the largest in the Middle East. But drought and water withdrawals for farming are shrinking it.
Published Aug 4, 2014
Sixty years ago, operation Castle Bravo unleashed the unexpectedly potent power of a hydrogen bomb on a small island chain in the western Pacific.
Published Mar 1, 2014
Shrubs, dunes, mangroves, and salt mines mingle in this picture of a wildlife reserve midway down the Baja California Peninsula.
Published Mar 25, 2012
Part of the Sahara Desert, the rocky plateau is rich in geologic and human history.
Published Mar 27, 2011
A vertical cave in Belize’s Lighthouse Reef Atoll comprises a popular diving site known as the Great Blue Hole. The Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite captured an image of the Great Blue Hole and Lighthouse Reef in March 2009.
Published Apr 3, 2009
Hokkaido’s Shiretoko Peninsula provides mostly temperate Japan with a taste of the Arctic.
Published Aug 13, 2006
