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Burn Scar on Santa Catalina Island
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Burn Scar on Santa Catalina Island

On May 10, 2007, a large human-caused fire broke out near the island’s only city, Avalon. Before it was contained five days later, the fire scorched 4,800 acres.

Published Nov 11, 2007

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Attu Island, Alaska
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Attu Island, Alaska

Attu Island is so far west, it’s actually in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is the westernmost of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, even farther west than the Hawaiian Islands.

Published Jul 5, 2006

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Island in a Lake on an Island in a Lake on an Island
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Island in a Lake on an Island in a Lake on an Island

An unnamed isle in Canada’s Nunavut Territory is the leading contender for this island superlative.

Published Feb 22, 2015

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Henrietta Island, Russia
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Henrietta Island, Russia

This natural-color image shows Henrietta Island, with a smooth, dome-capped surface and a rugged coastline, illuminated by low-angled sunlight.

Published May 3, 2009

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Mona Island
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Mona Island

The small Puerto Rican island is a natural reserve that has been nicknamed the “Galapagos of the Caribbean.”

Published Feb 28, 2016

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Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
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Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

A pair of modest oyster flats turned into two of most important islands in the United States.

Published Mar 20, 2016

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Easter Island
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Easter Island

The island once looked very different from how it does today.

Published Apr 16, 2017

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Ascension Island
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Ascension Island

 

Published Mar 31, 2003

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Pinta Island
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Pinta Island

The island is a small but mighty example of compelling Galápagos biology.

Published Jul 21, 2012

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Healing Scars at Kaho’olawe
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Healing Scars at Kaho’olawe

The Hawaiian island has been scarred by volcanic eruptions, livestock grazing, penal colonies, bombs, and fire. Yet there is hope for healing.

Published Mar 23, 2020

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Saint Helena Island
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Saint Helena Island

This astronaut photo shows the sharp peaks and deep ravines of Saint Helena Island, in the remote South Atlantic Ocean.

Published Jun 15, 2009

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Wrangel Island, Russia
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Wrangel Island, Russia

The ghostly white shapes northeast and immediately southwest of Wrangel Island are sea ice. Over the course of the satellite record, Arctic sea ice has advanced and retreated past Wrangel Island many times. From 1979 to 2000, the sea ice edge at the end of summer generally fell somewhere in the vicinity of Wrangel Island, but this is not the first summer when the sea ice edge has retreated well north of the island.

Published Aug 29, 2008

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Published Mar 27, 2005

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Easter Island
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Easter Island

On September 25, 2002, astronauts aboard the International Space Station viewed Easter Island, one of the most remote locations on Earth. Easter Island is more than 2000 miles from the closest populations on Tahiti and Chile—even more remote than astronauts orbiting at 210 nautical miles above the Earth. Archaeologists believe the island was discovered and colonized by Polynesians at about 400 AD. Subsequently, a unique culture developed. The human population grew to levels that could not be sustained by the island. A civil war resulted, and the island’s deforestation and ecosystem collapse was nearly complete.

Published Oct 6, 2002

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