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Madagascar’s Ambohiby Complex
Published January 19, 2025
The concentric rings of an ancient, extinct volcanic system stand above the island nation’s relatively flat central highlands.
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Cairo’s Colorful Nightscape
Published January 12, 2025
The older and newer cities of the Greater Cairo region look very different at night when viewed from above.
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Magnificent Moon
Published January 1, 2025
In November 2024, an astronaut captured a striking photo of the Moon as it lingered just above Earth’s horizon.
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Iraq’s “Sea of Salt”
Published December 29, 2024
Water levels were low in Razazah Lake when an astronaut snapped this photograph from the International Space Station.
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Towering Cloud Over The Arabian Peninsula
Published December 21, 2024
An astronaut photographed the structure of a burgeoning cumulus congestus near the shore of the Persian Gulf.
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Lighting the Night in Southern Africa
Published December 8, 2024
An astronaut’s sweeping nighttime photograph of Namibia and South Africa reveals the region’s lighted communities, many of which are centered around mining.
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Windy City of Lights
Published November 24, 2024
Orange, yellow, and white lights span Chicago at night, illuminating its gridded downtown and tracing its sinuous rivers and parks.
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Tajikistan’s Fedchenko Glacier
Published November 17, 2024
The exceptionally long high-mountain glacier in Central Asia ranges from snowy white near the mountain peaks to dusty brown at lower elevations.
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Sandy Sculptures in Morocco’s Erg Chebbi
Published November 10, 2024
Windswept sand formations known as star dunes, or pyramid dunes, are a distinctive feature of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa.
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Crepuscular Rays and Cumulonimbus Clouds
Published November 3, 2024
Photographed from orbit at sunset, the rays of light penetrating gaps in the clouds span vast distances.
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Exploring Russia’s Krenitsyna Volcano
Published October 27, 2024
The volcano’s central peak, an island within an island, stands above a reflective, water-filled caldera.
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Madagascar’s Betsiboka River Delta
Published October 20, 2024
The growing network of channels and islands now spans more than half of the estuary that was once open to ships.
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