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High Points of the Sierras
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Published October 11, 2019
Trails up Mount Whitney and across Forester Pass give hikers access high into the California mountain range.
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Virginia’s Volcanic Past
A small volcano erupted in the Shenandoah Valley 48 million years ago.
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Rapeseed Agriculture, Kursk Oblast
Published October 10, 2019
Yellow flowers brighten the landscape of southwestern Russia.
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Where the Geese Gather
The Dewey Soper Bird Sanctuary in Canada is marked by its diverse terrain and large number of feathery inhabitants.
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Autumn Along the Amur
Published October 8, 2019
Orange and yellow foliage paint the banks of this river in the Russian Far East.
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Super Typhoon Hagibis
The typhoon grew from a tropical storm to a category 5 storm in less than a day.
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Assateague on the Move
Assateague, Chincoteague, and Wallops provide a rare example of overlapping barrier islands. All of them are constantly in motion.
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Unusual Monsoon Season Causes Flooding in India
Published October 7, 2019
2019 has brought exceptional rain to some areas, and the monsoon is retreating later than any season in recent memory.
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Smoke Filled Canyons, Arizona
Published October 4, 2019
During morning and evening hours, dense smoke often settles in low-lying areas and becomes trapped due to temperature inversions.
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Rifting and Calving on the Amery Ice Shelf
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Published October 3, 2019
The ice shelf in East Antarctica has spawned its first major iceberg in more than half a century.
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Tracking “Blue Tear” Blooms
Satellites can track Noctiluca scintillans, a type of phytoplankton that produce a bioluminescent glow at night.
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Lorenzo Approaches Ireland
Published October 2, 2019
Though it has weakened since reaching category 5 strength, the hurricane is still bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the northeast Atlantic.
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Snow in Montana and Canada
Published October 1, 2019
An unusually heavy snowfall across the northern Rockies brought winter weather barely a week into autumn.
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A Pulse of Water for Lake Powell
Published September 30, 2019
Heavy winter and spring snowfall provided much-needed meltwater, but the effects of long-term drought mean the lake is nowhere near its highs from the 1980s and 90s.
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Simpson Desert, Australia
Published September 27, 2019
Fantastic dunes stand alongside one of the world’s largest internally draining river systems.
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Mapping the Amazon
Published September 26, 2019
In spite of its clear significance to the planet, the expansive region is a complex and challenging place for remote sensing scientists to study.
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Dust Storm in Southern Africa
Published September 25, 2019
Fierce wind picked up and carried huge plumes of sand and dust westward toward the Atlantic Ocean.
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2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Is Second Lowest
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Published September 23, 2019
The long-term trend for Arctic sea ice extent has been definitively downward.
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