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Tour the Tour de France
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Tour the Tour de France

Get a space-based look at the 2017 route of the world-famous bicycle race.

Published Jul 21, 2017

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2006 Tour de France Stage 17
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2006 Tour de France Stage 17

Published Jul 20, 2006

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Burren Plateau, County Clare, Ireland
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Burren Plateau, County Clare, Ireland

Adjoining Galway Bay to the north, the Burren Plateau (Burren is Gaelic for “stony place”) is an example of karst terrain. Karst terrain is generally formed when sedimentary rocks are dissolved by groundwater. This astronaut photograph illustrates the northwestern-most portion of the Burren Plateau, which is characterized by the distinctive bare exposures of almost horizontal, layered Paleozoic-age limestone rocks that form Gleninagh Mountain.

Published May 5, 2008

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Same Mountain, Different Measurements
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Same Mountain, Different Measurements

An aerial survey found a lower number for Denali’s maximum height, but North America’s tallest peak has not shrunk. In fact, geological processes push the mountain up about 1 centimeter per year.

Published Sep 26, 2013

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The Forests of Mulanje
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The Forests of Mulanje

Forests thrive in Mount Mulanje’s many valleys and ravines, but the trees have to compete with people who depend on them for firewood and charcoal.

Published Jan 2, 2015

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Navajo Mountain, Utah
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Navajo Mountain, Utah

The Colorado Plateau of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah is made of mostly flat-lying layers of sedimentary rock that record paleoclimate extremes ranging from oceans to widespread deserts over the last 1.8 billion years. Navajo Mountain in southeastern Utah is a dome-shaped chunk of igneous rock that intruded into the sedimentary layers and lifted up the overlying layer. Navajo Mountain is one of several of these rock formations, called laccolith by geologists, in southeastern Utah’s portion of the Plateau. This oblique (from-the-side) astronaut photograph highlights Navajo Mountain in the center of the image, surrounded by light red-brown Navajo Sandstone (also visible in the canyon at bottom of the image). The igneous rock at the core of the mountain is wrapped in sedimentary layers. The peak of Navajo Mountain, at approximately 3,148 meters (10,388 feet) elevation, is comprised of uplifted Dakota Sandstone deposited during the Cretaceous Period (approximately 66-138 million years ago).

Published Oct 31, 2005

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Roan Plateau, Colorado
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Roan Plateau, Colorado

Published Oct 3, 2008

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Lake Powell and Grand Staircase-Escalante
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Lake Powell and Grand Staircase-Escalante

One of the largest reservoirs in the United States stands alongside one of the largest national monuments.

Published Jan 23, 2017

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Porcupine Gorge, Queensland, Australia
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Porcupine Gorge, Queensland, Australia

Porcupine Gorge and other sandstone canyons carving through a basalt plateau create dramatic topography in central Queensland.

Published Jan 18, 2009

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A Plateau of Chasms
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A Plateau of Chasms

Tassili n’Ajjer was once shaped by water, but the plateau gives shape to the sands below.

Published Mar 12, 2018

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Colorado River and Lake Powell
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Colorado River and Lake Powell

Striking landforms and broad vistas mark the Utah-Arizona border region of the Colorado Plateau.

Published Mar 25, 2013

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France
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France

Published Jul 19, 2000

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Altiplano, South America
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Altiplano, South America

Published Feb 5, 2001

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