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Fire Damages Kenya’s Lake Nakuru National Park
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Published March 6, 2008
In late February 2008, Kenya’s Lake Nakuru National Park suffered a major blow when an accidental fire scorched a large section of the relatively small park.
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Wolfe Creek Crater
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Published February 24, 2008
Wolfe Creek Crater is the second largest crater in the world from which meteorite fragments have been collected. Because of its excellent preservation, the crater clearly shows the classic features that result from a large meteorite striking the Earth.
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Tenoumer Crater, Mauritania
Published February 17, 2008
Deep in the Sahara Desert lies a crater. Nearly a perfect circle, it is 1.9 kilometers (1.2 miles) wide, and sports a rim 100 meters (330 feet) high. Modern geologists long debated what caused this crater, some of them favoring a volcano. But closer examination of the structure revealed that the crater’s hardened “lava” was actually rock that had melted from a meteorite impact.
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Nighttime Eruption on Anatahan
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Published February 15, 2008
When the satellite passed over Anatahan, it observed variations in thermal radiation (heat) coming from the surface and the atmosphere. Cooler surfaces are darker and warmer surfaces are brighter. The brightest, hottest spot in the scene is the summit caldera of Anatahan Volcano, which has been active off and on since 2003.
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