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Earthquake Raises Ranongga Island
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Published April 21, 2007
In the early morning hours of April 2, 2007, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake shook the Solomon Islands, its epicenter southwest of Ranongga Island. The huge quake pushed much of the island up, raising the coral reefs that ringed the island above the water.
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Dust Storm in Southern California
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Published April 20, 2007
Along historic Route 66, just southeast of the little town of Amboy, California, lies a dried-up lake. Dry lakebeds are good sources of two things: salt and dust. In this image, the now-parched Bristol Lake offers up both.
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Stromboli Volcano
Published March 10, 2007
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Young and Old Tibesti Volcanoes
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Published March 3, 2007
Two nearby volcanoes in the Tibesti Range Mountains in northern Chad exhibit dramatically different surface characteristics in a topographic image.
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Santa Maria Volcano, Guatemala
Published February 4, 2007
Intermittently active, the Santa Maria Volcano released a plume in mid-January 2007.
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Lena River Delta, Russia
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Published January 25, 2007
The Lena River fractures into myriad streams that fan out across the tundra and empty into the Arctic Ocean. During the short summer, it thaws into a wetland of tremendous ecological importance.
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