International Parks and UNESCO Sites

Lake Urmia
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Lake Urmia

This shallow, saline lake in Iran is one of the largest in the Middle East. But drought and water withdrawals for farming are shrinking it.

Published Aug 4, 2014

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Revisiting Bikini Atoll
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Revisiting Bikini Atoll

Sixty years ago, operation Castle Bravo unleashed the unexpectedly potent power of a hydrogen bomb on a small island chain in the western Pacific.

Published Mar 1, 2014

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El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
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El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Shrubs, dunes, mangroves, and salt mines mingle in this picture of a wildlife reserve midway down the Baja California Peninsula.

Published Mar 25, 2012

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Tassel n’Ajjer National Park
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Tassel n’Ajjer National Park

Part of the Sahara Desert, the rocky plateau is rich in geologic and human history.

Published Mar 27, 2011

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Great Blue Hole, Belize
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Great Blue Hole, Belize

A vertical cave in Belize’s Lighthouse Reef Atoll comprises a popular diving site known as the Great Blue Hole. The Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite captured an image of the Great Blue Hole and Lighthouse Reef in March 2009.

Published Apr 3, 2009

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Shiretoko National Park
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Shiretoko National Park

Hokkaido’s Shiretoko Peninsula provides mostly temperate Japan with a taste of the Arctic.

Published Aug 13, 2006

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