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Dam Breach at Mount Polley Mine in British Columbia
Published August 17, 2014
A breach in an earthen containment dam at a mine in British Columbia sent wastewater surging into nearby creeks and lakes.
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Unusual July Temperatures
Published August 8, 2014
If you live in the northern hemisphere, the past few weeks have been strange. In places where it should be seasonably hot, it’s just warm. In places where weather is usually mild in the summer, it has been ridiculously hot.
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Mudslide Near Collbran, Colorado
Published June 20, 2014
The Grand Mesa of western Colorado is extremely prone to landslides, and on May 25, an unusually large one sped across some three miles near the town of Collbran.
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Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn
Published May 26, 2014
Crews on the International Space Station seldom see the southern tip of Argentina and Chile in such clear weather.
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Karst Landscape, China
Published May 4, 2014
Water shaped the unique landscape of southeast China’s Guangxi Province.
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Clues for a Martian Landscape
Published April 29, 2014
Canyons on Mars show a striking similarity to a handful of canyons on Earth. Could they have had the same type of watery origin?
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Arkansas River Meanders
Published April 21, 2014
Near the city of Little Rock, the river has meandered for decades, leaving its marks across the landscape.
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Mapping Minerals with Light
Published April 17, 2014
Looking beyond visible light highlights the mineral geology surrounding China’s Piqiang Fault.
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Kansas Prairie Fires
Published April 9, 2014
Prairies can’t exist without fire, so burning is essential to preserving the last remaining tallgrass prairie in North America.
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Bowknot Bend
Published March 17, 2014
The Green River in eastern Utah once carved soft sediment into meanders on a floodplain. Then the land and mountains rose and the river dug deep, preserving those meanders in stone.
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Hawaii
Published January 29, 2014
The Island of Hawaii is a vast canvas of environments from desert shores to rain forests to frozen mountain heights.
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8,000-meter Peaks of the Himalaya and Karakoram
Published January 28, 2014
The geologic story of the world’s tallest mountains is one that began some 40 million years ago.
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Western Sahara Desert, Mauritania
Published January 27, 2014
Dry mesas and dunes, as well as rare clouds, give color and texture to a plateau in the Sahara.
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Heat Wave Stifles Australia
Published January 12, 2014
Temperatures topping 118° F, 48° C, baked eastern Australia during the final days of 2013 and first week of 2014.
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Heat Wave in Argentina
Published January 7, 2014
A deadly heatwave left its signature on the land as temperatures soared as high as 45° C (113° F) in December.
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The World’s Tallest Mountain
Published January 2, 2014
As the tallest mountain in the world, Everest is the standard to which all others are compared.
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Mount St. Helens from Space, 1979-2011
Published December 20, 2013
In the three decades since the eruption, Mt. St. Helens has given scientists an unprecedented opportunity to witness the intricate steps through which life reclaims a devastated landscape.
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Islands of the Four Mountains
Published December 16, 2013
Four volcanoes double as islands in Alaska’s Aleutian chain.
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Opposites Attract
Published December 14, 2013
In December 2013, the same kink in the jet stream brought frigid cold to the continental U.S. and record heat to Alaska.
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Zambezi River Delta
Published December 12, 2013
One of Africa’s largest river systems reaches the Indian Ocean with less water and sediment today than in the past.
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Annapurna and Manaslu
Published December 11, 2013
Two peaks in the central Himalaya are visible from the ISS.
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Kangchenjunga
Published December 9, 2013
Kangchenjunga, the third tallest peak in the world, is the most easterly of the eight-thousanders.
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Makalu
Makalu is a pyramid-shaped mountain in Nepal, just 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Mount Everest.
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Cho Oyu
Meaning “Goddess of Turquoise” in Tibetan, Cho Oyu is the sixth tallest mountain in the world.
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Manaslu
Manaslu, the eight tallest peak in the world, sits about 35 kilometers (21 miles) east of Annapurna in Nepal.
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Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat is the ninth tallest mountain in the world, but it is one of the most alluring for both mountain climbers and scientists.
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Gasherbrum I
Known until recently as Hidden Peak, Gasherbrum I is the eleventh tallest mountain on Earth.
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Gasherbrum II
Gasherbrum II, the thirteenth tallest mountain in the world and the second tallest in the Gasherbrum group, is on the northernmost section of the ridge and about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southeast of K2—the tallest mountain in the Karakorum.
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Shisha Pangma
The shortest and youngest of the eight-thousand-meter peaks, Shisha Pangma is the only one located entirely within Tibet.
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Dune movement around Aorounga
Photographs taken by astronauts on the ISS in 2003 and 2013 show the evolution of a dune field in Chad.
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Yosemite Valley and the Rim Fire Burn Scar
Published November 24, 2013
Gray-brown charred land left in the fire’s wake blends with the gray granite peaks and shadowed valleys that make up the central Sierra Mountains.
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Ruapehu Volcano and Tongariro Volcanic Complex
Published October 28, 2013
The largest and most active of several volcanic centers on New Zealand’s North Island is also the island’s highest mountain.
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