The landscape is defined by hills to the west and by the river running through it, not to mention the oxbow lakes that water left behind.
Published Jun 10, 2013
Is that a tapestry or an agricultural scene from Canada?
Published Jan 23, 2012
Acquired November 13, 2009, this false-color image shows an abrupt transition between rugged hills and flat floodplains in northeastern Egypt.
Published Feb 17, 2010
Vladivostok’s many hills inspire comparisons to San Francisco.
Published Jan 4, 2013
The Spanish Peaks, on the eastern flank of the Sangre de Cristo range in Colorado, abruptly rise 7,000 feet above the western Great Plains. Settlers, treasure hunters, trappers, gold and silver miners have long sighted on these prominent landmarks along the Taos branch of the Santa Fe trail. Well before the westward migration, the mountains figured in the legends and history of the Ute, Apache, Comanche, and earlier tribes. “Las Cumbres Espa&ntidle;olas” are also mentioned in chronicles of exploration by Spaniards including Ulibarri in 1706 and later by de Anza, who eventually founded San Francisco, California. This exceptional view, captured by the crew of Space Shuttle mission STS108, portrays the Spanish Peaks in the context of the southern Rocky Mountains.
Published Jan 20, 2002
The striking patterns in northeastern Canada’s flood basalts tell a story of continental collisions that played out almost two billion years ago.
Published Feb 27, 2020
In Luoping County, spring brings an explosion of canola flowers.
Published Mar 9, 2019
This ancient rock is one of Australia’s major tourist attractions and a sacred place for indigenous people.
Published Dec 19, 2016
This image shows the burn scar left by the Freeway Fire in the Chino Hills near Yorba Linda, California.
Published Nov 28, 2008
