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A Pair of Hearts
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Published February 14, 2025
One frozen, one salty, and hemispheres apart, two very different lakes share a Valentine shape.
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Snowcapped Mount Damavand
Published February 9, 2025
The dormant volcano in northern Iran lies in the Alborz Mountains, which separate the region’s wet coastal lowlands from the deserts toward the south.
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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
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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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