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Shoemaker Impact Structure, Western Australia
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Published July 18, 2011
The Shoemaker impact site in Australia may have been formed as long as 1.63 billion years ago.
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Final Hook-Up
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Published July 15, 2011
Space Shuttle Atlantis approaches the International Space Station for docking for the last time on July 10, 2011.
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Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and Michigan
Published July 11, 2011
The twin cities of Sault Ste Marie straddle the border of Canada and the U.S. and lie amidst the lakes and islands that separate Lake Huron and Lake Superior.
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Southern Italian Peninsula at Night
Published July 4, 2011
City lights trace the outline of Italy's “boot” and the island of Sicily.
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Okavango Swamp, Botswana
Published June 27, 2011
Sometimes called the Jewel of the Kalahari, the area is an enormous, pristine wetland that almost miraculously appears out of a desert.
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Nabro Volcano Before Eruption
Published June 20, 2011
Astronauts on the International Space Station snapped this photograph of the volcano in Eritrea just months before it erupted for the first time in recorded history.
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Estuaries, Northwest Coast of Madagascar
Published June 13, 2011
This astronaut photograph highlights two biologically productive estuaries on the coast of Madagascar.
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Äzmir, Turkey
Published June 6, 2011
Ä°zmir is Turkey’s third most populous city and its second largest port, and its history dates back at least 3,500 years.
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Ar Rub’ al Khali Sand Sea, Arabian Peninsula
Published May 30, 2011
The Ar Rub’ al Khali, or Empty Quarter, covers much of the south-central portion of the Arabian Peninsula and is the largest continuous sand desert on Earth.
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U.S. Atlantic Seaboard at Night
Published May 23, 2011
One of the largest conurbations in the world is located along East Coast of the United States, and stretches from Boston to Washington.
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Horseshoe 2 Fire, Arizona
Published May 21, 2011
Taken May 15, 2011, this astronaut photograph shows the Horseshoe 2 fire in southeastern Arizona.
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Sediment Plume in Lake Pontchartrain
Published May 20, 2011
Taken May 17, 2011, this astronaut photograph shows a plume of thick sediment in Lake Pontchartrain, delivered through the Bonnet Carré Spillway.