A geologist’s dream, Gros Morne National Park is one of the few places where you can set foot on the Earth's mantle without digging an inch.
Published Feb 12, 2021Namibia’s sea of sand is bounded on its northern side by the impermanent Kuiseb River.
Published Jan 2, 2020Fossil remains in Argentina's Talampaya and Ischigualasto Natural Parks document the origins of mammals and dinosaurs.
Published Feb 5, 2019This 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, 2014Sixty 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, 2014Shrubs, dunes, mangroves, and salt mines mingle in this picture of a wildlife reserve midway down the Baja California Peninsula.
Published Mar 25, 2012Part of the Sahara Desert, the rocky plateau is rich in geologic and human history.
Published Mar 27, 2011A 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, 2009Hokkaido’s Shiretoko Peninsula provides mostly temperate Japan with a taste of the Arctic.
Published Aug 13, 2006