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|  | | Smoke Streams from Fires in Madeira
Heat and wind gusts helped the blazes spread through over 5,700 hectares of forest. | |
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|  | | Treasured Maps
Elevation data collected during a space shuttle mission in 2000 continues to inform science and society in unexpected ways. | |
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|  | | Mission to Map the Elevation of Earth
It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet's topography, an achievement that continues to pay dividends decades later. | |
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|  | | North Dakota in Winter
Mid-morning sunlight illuminated snow-covered farmland and cliffs along the Des Lacs River valley. | |
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|  | | Ernesto Barrels Toward Bermuda
The storm dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico before intensifying in the Atlantic. | |
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|  | | Chilcotin River's Landslide Lake Begins Draining
Erosion-resistant glacial sediment in the landslide deposit limited the extent of flooding downstream. | |
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|  | | Svalbard Melts
High summer temperatures caused record melting of the Norwegian archipelago's glaciers. | |
