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A View of the Winter Olympics from Above
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A View of the Winter Olympics from Above

Pyeongchang is nestled in the Taebaek Mountains, a 22-million year old range that stretches 500 kilometers near the Pacific Coast of South and North Korea.

Published Feb 6, 2018

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Astronauts’ New Window on the World
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Astronauts’ New Window on the World

Primarily designed to give astronauts a way to see the outside of the ISS, it also provides stunning panoramic views of Earth and space.

Published Feb 20, 2010

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Central Athens, Greece
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Central Athens, Greece

Acquired July 2, 2004, this true-color image shows central Athens, including famous sites from antiquity and an industrialized area to the west.

Published Dec 27, 2009

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Sunrise to Sunset aboard the Space Station
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Sunrise to Sunset aboard the Space Station

This sequence of time-lapse photographs illustrates roughly half an orbit of the International Space Station, from Northern Europe to Australia.

Published Jun 28, 2010

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Turin, Italy
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Turin, Italy

Located in the Piedmont (Piemonte in Italian) region of northwestern Italy, the city of Turin (Torino) is an important industrial and cultural center, and it hosted the Twentieth Olympic Winter Games. The city is located on the northern banks of the famous Po River. Two of the Po’s major tributaries are visible in this image, Stura di Lanzo and the Malone River.

Published Feb 13, 2006

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Pragelato, Italy
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Pragelato, Italy

Published Feb 21, 2006

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Sun Rising on the Final Shuttle Mission
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Sun Rising on the Final Shuttle Mission

Astronauts supplied the International Space Station with a new logistics module; tested tools, technologies, and techniques to refuel satellites in space; and collected old equipment.

Published Jul 21, 2011

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Bridging the Bosphorus
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Bridging the Bosphorus

The famous strait bisects Turkey’s largest city and marks the line between Europe and Asia.

Published Sep 25, 2017

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Space Station view of the Pyramids at Giza
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Space Station view of the Pyramids at Giza

This image represents, for its time, the greatest detail of the Giza plateau captured from a human-occupied spacecraft.

Published Oct 14, 2001

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Baltimore with a Dusting of Snow
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Baltimore with a Dusting of Snow

While traveling to the International Space Station aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor, astronauts photographed the northeastern United States blanketed in fresh snow. This image, taken in early December 2002, shows the city of Baltimore and the surrounding area. An inset shows the center of the city (rotated so north points up).

Published Jan 19, 2003

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Olympic Snow
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Olympic Snow

While Sochi itself appears to be dry, the mountain slopes are ready for the games.

Published Feb 8, 2014

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