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Urban Heat Island: Baltimore, MD
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Published December 20, 2008
Maps of land surface type and temperature for Baltimore, Maryland, reveal the tight relationship between development and the urban heat island effect. Land temperatures in the densely developed city center are as much as 10 degrees Celsius higher than the surrounding forested landscape.
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Sebkhat El Melah, Tunisia
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Published December 7, 2008
Along Tunisia’s southeastern coast is a flat plain of about 150 square kilometers (58 square miles) that lies below sea level. Known as Sebkhat El Melah (or Sebkha El Melah), it is in an evaporite basin.
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Fall Colors in Pennsylvania
Published December 3, 2008
Resembling a work of art, this Landsat image of fall colors in the mountains of central Pennsylvania illustrates both the yearly cycle of change in forests and fields and the slow shaping of a landscape over millions of years.
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Barberton Mountains, South Africa
Published November 23, 2008
The mountains around the town of Barberton, South Africa, are rich in both history and prehistory. Referred to as the Barberton Greenstone, these mountains derive their name from their greenish hue, and they comprise what may be the world’s best-known greenstone belt.
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