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Earthquake in the Valley
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Published May 21, 2012
This natural-color image shows the San Fernando Valley of northern Los Angeles on Jan. 17, 1994.
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Storm of the Century
Landsat 5 captured this natural-color image of Quebec just after the Great Blizzard of March 1993, a nor’easter also called the “white hurricane.â€
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Yugoslavia Splinters
This image of Belgrade, in the former Yugoslavia, was captured in 1992.
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Ravages of War
Inky-black smoke pours into the atmosphere from burning oil wells in this 1991 natural-color image of Kuwait.
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A Diminishing Reservoir
In this image series from Lake Mead, we can see the diminishing water level of the reservoir between the 1990s and 2009.
The World Series Quake
On Oct. 17, 1989, the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area.
Yellowstone in Flames
Smoke plumes billow from Yellowstone National Park in this natural-color image.
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A Divided City
This natural-color image shows the divided city of Berlin in April 1987. In June of that year, President Ronald Reagan would stand next to the Berlin Wall and declare: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!â€
Nuclear Meltdown
Three days after the April 26, 1986, nuclear accident, Landsat 5 acquired this image of the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
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A Shaken Capital
The vast metropolis of Mexico City is located in Mexico’s tectonically active high plateaus.
A Desert City Blooms
Published May 17, 2012
The desert city of Las Vegas has gone through a massive growth spurt.
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Retreat of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier
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Since 1980, the volume of a glacier that spills into the Prince William Sound has shrunk by half.
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