The eastern basin of the South Aral Sea is shallow and more prone to size fluctuations than its neighbors.
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Thailand and Cambodia have distinctly different hues at night compared to nearby seas.
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The narrow strip of land connects continents and divides oceans, while making clouds sprout daily.
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This geologic feature has captured the attention of astronauts for about as long as NASA has sent humans into orbit around Earth.
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Astronauts had a rare chance to view a rocky landscape that is often shrouded in clouds.
A blanket of white comes and goes from the mountains and deserts of the American West.
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The second holiest city of Islam is centered around the Prophet’s Mosque (Al-Masjid an–Nabawi).
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These artificial islands in Doha were built to resemble a string of pearls.
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The central Asian lake is fed by snowmelt but tugged by the Moon.
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Sunlight teases out the patterns on this lake and landscape in Iran.
Tassili n’Ajjer was once shaped by water, but the plateau gives shape to the sands below.
Italy’s largest lake is situated where the southern Alps meet the Po River Valley.
Astronauts captured simultaneous moments in time with citizens on the ground.
From the vantage point of the ISS, landscape patterns reveal the intermingling of older geologic formations and more recent landforms in this region.
Astronauts got an oblique look at the high plains and mountains of Bolivia.
This largely uninhabited region has served for centuries as a crossroads for journeyers and traders between Mongolia and Russia.
Lava and strong winds give texture and shape to the dry interior of Chad.
More than 70 percent of the country’s land area is farmed or grazed.
Unlike the mouths of most large rivers in Europe, this region is dominated by grassy and marshy wilderness, not by a major city.
A massive cloud rises above Andros Island in the Bahamas.
Valley communes have been growing and consolidating in the Alpine foothills.
Presque Isle State Park includes dozens of individual beach ridges, with each line representing a coastline from the past.
The largest freshwater lake in Mongolia is known as the “sister” to Lake Baikal. Together they hold 20 percent of the fresh water on the planet.
Alternating clusters of light and darkness show where civilization has carved out a place alongside and amidst the deserts.
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The many flat plateau surfaces in the southern parts of Maranhão State are ideal for the wheeled machinery of mechanized agriculture.
This “Gateway to Mecca” stands along the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia.
Fine clay sediment laid down by ancient glaciers gives color to modern lakes on the Canadian Shield.
Southeastern Iran is home to numerous salt domes and salt glaciers, which have been built over time by the movement of Earth’s crust.
Astronauts see sixteen sunrises every 24 hours.
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Ephemeral salt lakes and their mineral deposits add color and texture to the arid Australian Outback.