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Brazil's Araca River is a tributary of the Negro River, which feeds into the Amazon.
This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on March 15, 2000. This is a false-color composite image made using shortwave infrared, near infrared, and green wavelengths. The image has also been sharpened using the sensor's panchromatic band.
Araca RiverAraca River
These are the Anti-Atlas Mountains, part of the Atlas Mountain range in southern Morocco, Africa. The region contains some of the world's largest and most diverse mineral resources, most of which are still untouched.
This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on June 22, 2001. This is a false-color composite image made using shortwave infrared, infrared and red wavelengths.
Atlas MountainsAtlas Mountains
On the edge of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, sand dunes are encroaching onto once-fertile lands in the north. Healthy vegetation appears red in this image; in the center, notice the lone red dot. It is the result of a center-pivot irrigation system, evidence that at least one optimistic farmer continues to work the fields despite the approaching sand.
This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on August 14, 2000. This is a false-color composite image made using near infrared, red and green wavelengths. The image has also been sharpened using the sensor's panchromatic band.
'The Optimist,' Kalahari Desert, Namibia'The Optimist,' Kalahari Desert, Namibia
These cloud formations were seen over the western Aleutian Islands. Their color variations are probably due to differences in temperature and in the size of water droplets that make up the clouds.
This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on June 16, 2000.
Aleutian cloudsAleutian clouds
This scar on an arid landscape is the dry riverbed of the Ghadamis River in the Tinrhert Hamada Mountains near Ghadamis, Libya.
This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on November 6, 2000. This is a false-color composite image made using near-infrared, green, and blue wavelengths. The image has also been sharpened using the sensor's panchromatic band.
Ghadamis River in LibyaGhadamis River in Libya
Along Greenland's western coast, a small field of glaciers surrounds Baffin Bay.
This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on September 3, 2000. It is a false-color composite image made using near-infrared, red and blue wavelengths.
Baffin Bay, GreenlandBaffin Bay, Greenland
The Ganges River forms an extensive delta where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. The delta, largely covered with a swamp forest, is home to most of Bangladesh, one of the world's most densely populated countries and a nation that is particularly vulnerable to climate change. As the climate changes, low-lying Bangladesh will increasingly face issues such as food insecurity, sea level rise and more frequent and intense extreme weather events. About 120 million people live on the Ganges Delta under the threat of repeated catastrophic floods due to heavy runoff of meltwater from the Himalayas and due to the intense rainfall during the monsoon season.
This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on February 28, 2000. It is a false-color composite image made using green, infrared, and blue wavelengths.
Ganges River DeltaGanges River Delta
A series of rocky outcroppings are a prominent feature of this Sahara Desert landscape near the Terkezi Oasis in the country of Chad.
This image was taken by the Landsat 7 satellite on October 22, 2000. It is a false-color composite image made using near infrared, green, and red wavelengths. The image has also been sharpened using the sensor's panchromatic band.
Terkezi OasisTerkezi Oasis
Ephemeral Lake Carnegie, in Western Australia, fills with water only during periods of significant rainfall. In dry years, it is reduced to a muddy marsh.
This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on May 19, 1999. This is a false-color composite image made using shortwave infrared, infrared and red wavelengths. The image has also been sharpened using the sensor's panchromatic band.
Lake CarnegieLake Carnegie
The Dasht-e Kevir, or Great Salt Desert, is the largest desert in Iran. It is primarily uninhabited wasteland, composed of mud and salt marshes covered with crusts of salt that protect the meager moisture from completely evaporating.
This image was taken by the Landsat 7 satellite on October 24, 2000. It is a false-color composite image made using infrared, green and red wavelengths. The image has also been sharpened using the sensor's panchromatic band.
Great Salt Desert, IranGreat Salt Desert, Iran
This interesting image shows the world's largest glacier, Lambert Glacier in Antarctica, and icefall that flows into it. Ice flows like water, albeit much more slowly. Cracks can be seen in this icefall as it bends and twists on its slow descent 1300 feet (400 meters) to the glacier below. The image was taken by the Landsat-7 satellite on December 2, 2000 and is a false-color composite made from infrared, red and green wavelengths. The image has also been sharpened using the sensor's panchromatic band.
This false-color image shows snow-capped peaks and ridges of the eastern Himalayas between major rivers in southwest China. The Himalayas are made up of three parallel mountain ranges that together stretch for more than 1800 miles (2,900 kilometers). This particular image was taken by NASA's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), flying aboard the Terra satellite, on February 27, 2002. The picture is a composite made by combining near-infrared, red and green wavelengths.
The HimalayasThe Himalayas
This photo, taken on January 22, 2001 by the Landsat-7 satellite, shows Akpatok Island, which lies in Ungava Bay in Canada. Accessible only by air, Akpatok Island rises out of the water as sheer cliffs that soar 500 to 800 feet (150 to 243 meters) above the sea surface. The island is an important sanctuary for cliff-nesting seabirds. Numerous ice floes around the island attract walruses and whales, making Akpatok a traditional hunting ground for native Inuit people.
Akpatok IslandAkpatok Island
This image, captured by the Landsat-8 satellite, shows the view over Western Australia on May 12, 2013. The image shows rich sediment and nutrient patterns in a tropical estuary area and complex patterns and conditions in vegetated areas.
The image is enhanced and involved masking, separately enhancing and then reassembling water and land portions of the image. The water patterns are the result of an RGB display of Landsat-8's red, blue, and ultra-blue bands. Land is shown using short-wavelength-infrared, near-infrared and green.
Color explosionColor explosion
This photo from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the Earth as seen from the surface of Mars, shining brighter than any star in the Martian night sky. Earth is the bright point of light a little left of the image's center and our moon can be seen just below Earth. Curiosity, which landed on the red planet on August 6, 2013, is the largest and most advanced rover ever sent to Mars. It studies the geology of its surroundings and has found evidence of a past environment well-suited to support microbial life.
Researchers used the left-eye camera of Curiosity's Mast Camera (Mastcam) to capture this scene about 80 minutes after sunset on the 529th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (January 31, 2014). The image has been processed to remove cosmic-ray effects. A human observer with normal vision, if standing on Mars, could easily see Earth and the moon as two distinct bright evening 'stars'. When Curiosity took the photo, Earth was about 99 million miles (160 million kilometers) from Mars.
This picture adds to our collection of photos of planet Earth from afar, giving a unique perspective to our place in the cosmos.
Earth from MarsEarth from Mars
This beautiful aerial photograph shows a multi-layered lenticular cloud hovering near Mount Discovery in Antarctica, a volcano about 70 kilometers (44 miles) southwest of McMurdo. The shot was taken by scientist Michael Studinger on November 24, 2013 as he was flying over the area as part of NASA's Operation IceBridge campaign. IceBridge is an airplane-based mission to fly over Antarctica and the Arctic, monitoring conditions there until NASA's new ice-watching satellite, ICESat-2, launches in 2016. ICESat-1 was decommissioned in 2009 and IceBridge aircraft have been flying ever since, maintaining NASA's eyes on the ice.
Antarctic wondersAntarctic wonders
The sun sets over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on October 13, 2010.
Vivid sunsetVivid sunset
This map shows the bright lights of cities and wildfires set against the inky black backdrop of night. The image is actually a composite of satellite data collected over a number of days in April 2012 and October 2012, and is the result of 312 orbits and 2.5 TB of information. The lights seen here are not just from cities; they are also from wildifires, lightning, gas flares and reflected moonlight. Because the image is a composite of several days' worth of data, fires and other points of light may have been picked up by the satellite and integrated into the composite image even though they were temporary, making some rural locations (such as in Australia) seem brighter than they really are on a typical day.
Night lights, big citiesNight lights, big cities
This iconic image speaks volumes. To many it underscores the vastness of space, the loneliness of the cosmos and how fragile our home planet really is. Entitled "Earthrise," it was taken by astronaut William Anders during an orbit of the moon as part of the Apollo 8 mission.
Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to the moon, which entered the Moon's orbit on Christmas Eve 1968. That evening, the astronauts onboard held a live broadcast, in which they showed pictures of the Earth and moon as seen from their spacecraft. Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell said, "The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth." The astronauts ended the broadcast with the crew taking turns reading from the book of Genesis.
In this image, it's hard to get a sense of scale or of what we're actually looking at. This picture, taken by the Landsat-5 satellite on 8 April, 1985, shows sand dunes (yellow streaks) that extend from Algeria into Mauritania in northwest Africa. These wind-blown sand ridges make up Erg Iguidi, one of the Sahara's 'sand seas' in which individual dunes are often more than a third of a mile (500 meters) wide and tall.
Sea of sandSea of sand
This image, taken on 10 May 2001, shows one of the islands of New Caledonia, an archipelago 1200 kilometers (750 miles) east of Australia. New Caledonia contains the world's third-largest coral reef structure, and its coral reefs support an unusually large diversity of species, including many predators, big fish, turtles, and the world's third-largest dugong population. (Dugongs are large marine mammals.) In this natural-color image, the islands appear in shades of green and brown — mixtures of vegetation and bare ground. The surrounding waters range from pale aquamarine to deep blue, and the color differences reflect varying water depths. Over coral reef ridges and sand bars, the water is shallowest and palest in color.
Blue lagoonBlue lagoon
This photo, taken on 30 December 2010, shows the aft section of the International Space Station (ISS). It was taken by an Expedition 26 crew member from a window in the ISS Progress 40 supply vehicle docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment.
Aft view of EarthAft view of Earth
These night-shining clouds were spotted over Billund, Denmark on July 15, 2010. These rare clouds are technically called "noctilucent" or "polar mesospheric" clouds, and form at high altitudes, 80 to 85 kilometers (50 to 53 miles) high, where the mesosphere is located. The clouds' high position in the atmosphere allows them to reflect sunlight long after the sun has dropped below the horizon. They only form when the temperature drops below –130 degrees Celsius (-200 degrees Fahrenheit), whereupon the scant amount of water high in the atmosphere freezes into ice clouds. This happens most often in countries at high northern and southern latitudes (above 50 degrees) in the summer, when the mesosphere is coldest.
Studies suggest that night-shining clouds are becoming brighter and more common, which is linked to the mesosphere getting colder and more humid. These changes may be happening because of increased levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere. In the mesosphere, carbon dioxide radiates heat into space, causing cooling. More methane, on the other hand, puts more water vapor into the atmosphere, because sunlight breaks methane up into water molecules at high altitudes. Research is ongoing.
Nocturnal wondersNocturnal wonders
This image, taken on 4 July 2002, shows spiraling eddies known as von Karman vortices over Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Such eddies form as air flows over and around objects in its path. In this case, these eddies were created when prevailing winds sweeping east across the northern Pacific Ocean encountered Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
Extraordinary eddiesExtraordinary eddies
This beautiful image, taken on 11 January 2001, shows a geological formation in the Maur Adrar Desert in Mauritania, Africa. Known as the "Richat Structure," this snail-shell-like formation was created when a volcanic dome hardened and gradually eroded, exposing onion-like layers of rock.
Geologic delightGeologic delight
This simulated natural-color image shows the North and South Malosmadulu Atolls in the Maldives, an island republic in the northern Indian Ocean, southwest of India. The Maldives consists of a chain of almost 1200 small coral islands that are grouped into clusters of atolls. It is home to about a third of a million people. Arguably the lowest-lying country in the world, the average elevation is 1 meter (3.3 feet) above sea level. Waves triggered by the great tsunami of December 2004 spilled over sea walls to flood the capital with sandy water and then swept out just as suddenly. Residents fear this was a foreboding of disasters to come from sea level rise due to global warming. The image was taken on 22 December 2002, and covers an area of 51 x 90 kilometers (32 x 56 miles).
The MaldivesThe Maldives
This image, taken on January 21, 2005, shows a collision between two of the largest floating objects in the world, the Drygalski Ice Tongue and iceberg "B15-A" in Antarctica (B15-A is on the right). The 43-mile- (70-kilometer-) long Drygalski Ice Tongue juts out from the icy land of Antarctica into McMurdo Sound like a pier, and is a floating extension of the land-based David Glacier. B15-A, 75 miles (120 kilometers) long, had been drifting slowly towards Drygalski for months before this image was taken. The presence of B15-A complicated supply trips to the nearby McMurdo science base and endangered penguins in the area by blocking their access to open sea. The perspective we get from space allows us to see the scale and scope of changes to these massive bodies of ice that we could not see in any other way.
Drygalski Ice Tongue, AntarcticaDrygalski Ice Tongue, Antarctica
This image, taken in February 1984, shows the confluence of the Parana and Paraguay Rivers northeast of the town of Corrientes, in Argentina. The Parana is South America's second largest river (the Amazon being the largest), and the river and its tributaries are important transportation routes for landlocked cities in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil. Both the Parana and Paraguay Rivers are loaded with sediment; the Paraguay (left) contains a tan sediment and the Parana (right) contains a reddish-brown muddy sediment. As the two rivers merge in the center of the photo and begin to flow southwest, we see how their sediments remain fairly unmixed for many miles downstream. Original high-resolution image here.
Paraná River, Argentina and ParaguayParaná River, Argentina and Paraguay
This stunning image, taken on July 27, 2000, shows the Lena River in Russia, one of the largest rivers in the world, which is some 2,800 miles (4,400 kilometers) long. The Lena Delta Reserve is the most extensive protected wilderness area in Russia. It is animportant refuge and breeding ground for many species of Siberian wildlife. Original high-resolution image here.
Lena Delta, RussiaLena Delta, Russia
This simulated natural color image shows the Coco River, between Nicaragua and Honduras, as seen from space on December 5, 2002. As it makes its way to the Caribbean Sea, the Coco River forms the border between the two countries. The coastline, known as the Mosquito Coast, is of low relief and has plentiful water bodies, relic shorelines and high temperatures. Mosquito Coast derives its name from its principal inhabitants, the Miskito Indians, whose name was corrupted into Mosquito by European settlers. The Mosquito Indians, of whom there are several tribes, are short in stature and very dark-skinned. The first European settlement in the Mosquito country started in 1630, when agents of the English-chartered Providence Company established friendly relations with the local inhabitants. The image shown covers an area of 29 x 39 kilometers (18 x 24 miles).
Coco River, Nicaragua and HondurasCoco River, Nicaragua and Honduras
This image, showing tidal flats and channels on Long Island, in the Bahamas, was taken by an Expedition 26 crew member onboard the International Space Station. The islands of the Bahamas in the Caribbean Sea are situated on large platforms made mainly from carbonate sediments ringed by fringing reefs — the islands themselves are only the parts of the platform currently exposed above sea level. The sediments are formed mostly from the skeletal remains of organisms settling to the sea floor; over geologic time, these sediments will consolidate to form carbonate sedimentary rocks such as limestone. Darker blue shows deeper water, while light blue-green shows shallow water on the tidal flat. The continually exposed parts of the island are seen in brown, a result of soil formation and vegetation growth (left).
Long Island, BahamasLong Island, Bahamas
Phytoplankton bloom off western Iceland; 24 June, 2010. Taken by NASA's Aqua satellite.
Phytoplankton bloomPhytoplankton bloom
Lake Chad, Africa; February 7 and 11, 2004. Once serving as part of the floor for a much larger Lake Chad, the area now known as the Bodele Depression, located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in north central Africa, is slowly being transformed into a desert landscape. In the mid-1960s, Lake Chad was about the size of Lake Erie. But persistent drought conditions, coupled with increased demand for freshwater for irrigation, have reduced Lake Chad to about 5 percent of its former size. As the waters receded, the silts and sediments resting on the lakebed were left to dry in the scorching African sun. The small grains of the silty sand are easily swept up by the strong wind gusts that occasionally blow over the region. Once heaved aloft, the dust can be carried for hundreds or even thousands of kilometers.
The remnants of Lake Chad appear in olive-green amid the tan and light brown hues of the surrounding landscape where the countries of Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon all share borders. The Bodele Depression was the source of some very impressive dust storms that swept over West Africa and the Cape Verde Islands in February 2004, the date of this image.
Lake ChadLake Chad
Susitna Glacier, Alaska. Like rivers of liquid water, glaciers flow downhill, with tributaries joining to form larger rivers. But where water rushes, ice crawls. As a result, glaciers gather dust and dirt, and bear long-lasting evidence of past movements. Alaska's Susitna Glacier reveals some of its long, grinding journey in this image, taken from space on August 27, 2009. The satellite image combines infrared, red and green wavelengths to form a false-color picture. Vegetation is red and the glacier's surface is marbled with dirt-free blue ice and dirt-coated brown ice. Infusions of relatively clean ice push in from tributaries in the north. The glacier surface appears especially complicated near the center of the image, where a tributary has pushed the ice in the main glacier slightly southward. In the lower left corner of this image, meltwater lakes can be seen on top of the ice.
Susitna GlacierSusitna Glacier
Vivid colors and bizarre shapes come together in this artistic, fantastical image, taken from space on June 15, 2005. The labyrinth of exotic features was spotted along the edge of Russia's Chaunskaya Bay (shown by the vivid blue half circle) in northeastern Siberia. Two major rivers, the Chaun and Palyavaam, flow into the bay, which in turn opens into the Arctic Ocean. Ribbon lakes and bogs are present throughout the area, created by depressions left by receding glaciers.
Siberian ribbonsSiberian ribbons
In this image, we see blue silt off the southern coast of Louisiana as the Mississippi River flows off into the Gulf of Mexico. The brightness and shade of blue depends on the density of the silt and the depth of the silt-carrying currents in the water. The small bright dots in the scene are fishing boats and oil platforms.
Louisiana siltLouisiana silt
Byrd Glacier, Antarctica, is a 15-mile- (24-kilometer-) wide, 100-mile- (161-kilometer-) long ice stream that plunges through a deep valley in the Transatlantic Mountains and into the Ross Ice Shelf. It moves towards the sea at a rate of about half a mile (0.8 kilometers) per year. This snapshot of the glacier was taken on January 11, 2000.
Byrd GlacierByrd Glacier
Manam Volcano in Papua New Guinea, as seen from space on June 16, 2010. Located 13 kilometers (8 miles) off the coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, Manam forms an island 10 kilometers (6 miles) wide. It is a stratovolcano. The volcano has two summit craters, and although both are active, most historical eruptions have arisen from the southern crater.
On June 16, the volcano released a thin, faint plume as clouds clustered at the volcano's summit. Rivulets of brown rock interrupt the carpet of green vegetation on the volcano's slopes. White clouds partially obscure the satellite's view of Manam. The clouds may be the result of water vapor from the volcano, but they may also have formed independently of volcanic activity. The volcanic plume appears as a thin blue-gray veil extending toward the northwest over the Bismarck Sea.
Manam VolcanoManam Volcano
The United States' first spacewalk, made by Ed White on June 3, 1965 during the Gemini 4 mission. On the third orbit, White opened his hatch and used a hand-held manuevering oxygen-jet gun to push himself out of the capsule. After the first three minutes the fuel ran out and White manuevered by twisting his body and pulling on the tether. His extra-vehicular activity started over the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and lasted 23 minutes, ending over the Gulf of Mexico. The photograph was taken by commander James McDivitt.
Space odysseySpace odyssey
February 12, 1984: Mission specialist Bruce McCandless II ventures further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut has ever been. This space first was made possible by the Manned Manuevering Unit or MMU, a nitrogen jet-propelled backpack. After a series of test maneuvers inside and above Challenger's payload bay, McCandless went 'free-flying' to a distance of 320 feet away from the Orbiter. This stunning orbital panorama view shows McCandless out there amongst the black and blue of Earth and space.
To boldly goTo boldly go
The beauty of Earth's atmosphere and the setting sun. Photo taken by an Expedition-15 crewmember on the International Space Station on June 3, 2007.
The sky's the limitThe sky's the limit
Earth's city lights as seen from space. The brightest areas of the Earth are the most urbanized, but not necessarily the most populated. More than a century after the invention of the electric light, many parts of the planet remain thinly populated and unlit. Image created with data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System.
Night lightsNight lights
Some of the most breathtaking views of Earth taken from space are those that capture our planet's limb. When viewed from the side, the Earth looks like a flat circle, and the atmosphere appears like a halo around it. This edge of the atmosphere is known as the limb. Viewed from space, the image of this luminous envelope of gases shielding life on our planet from the dark, cold space beyond rarely fails to fascinate us. What makes this image even more fascinating is the added silhouette of the space shuttle Endeavour. The orange layer seen is the troposphere, where all of the weather and clouds that we typically experience are created and contained. The troposphere gives way to the whitish stratosphere and then mesosphere. This image was captured by an astronaut prior to Endeavour's rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station on February 9, 2010.
Parts of the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea as seen from the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth, from the Cupola window. The image was taken on November 9, 2010 by one of the Expedition-25 crew members using a 16-millimeter f/2.8D lens, which gives the image a fish-eye effect.
Window to the worldWindow to the world
The first television picture of Earth from space. Image taken by TIROS 1 on April 1, 1960.
TV debutTV debut
Earth and its Moon are nicely framed in this image taken from the aft windows of the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998. Discovery, on mission STS-95, was flying over the Atlantic Ocean at the time this image was taken.
Moon frameMoon frame
This spectacular 'blue marble' image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date. Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (0.4 square miles) of our planet. Much of the information contained in this image came from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Visualization date: August 2, 2002.
Blue marbleBlue marble
A space suit floats freely away from the International Space Station in a scene reminiscent of a sci-fi movie. But this time, no investigation is needed. The suit is actually the world's latest satellite and was launched on February 3, 2006. Dubbed SuitSat-1, the unneeded Russian Orlan spacesuit filled mostly with old clothes was fitted with a radio transmitter and released to orbit the Earth.
Floating freeFloating free
Off the coast of Argentina, strong ocean currents stirred up a colorful brew of floating nutrients and microscopic plant life just in time for the summer solstice. Image taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite on December 21, 2010.
Patagonia bloomsPatagonia blooms
In an area north of the city of Al-Basrah, Iraq, which borders Iran, a former wetland has been drained and walled off. Now littered with minefields and gun emplacements, it is a staging area for military exercises. This false-color composite image was made using near-infrared, red and green wavelengths of light. Taken by Landsat 7 on January 24, 2001.
Walled offWalled off
Small, blocky shapes of towns, fields, and pastures surround the graceful swirls and whorls of the Mississippi River. Countless oxbow lakes and cutoffs accompany the meandering river south of Memphis, Tennessee, on the border between Arkansas and Mississippi, USA. The 'mighty Mississippi' is the largest river system in North America. Image taken by Landsat 7 on May 28, 2003.
Meandering MississippiMeandering Mississippi
The Caicos Islands in the northern Caribbean are a popular tourist attraction, renowned for their beautiful beaches, clear waters, scuba diving, and luxury resorts. The islands lie primarily along the northern perimeter of the submerged Caicos Bank (turquoise), a shallow limestone platform formed of sand, algae, and coral reefs covering 2,370 square miles (6,140 square kilometers). Image taken by Landsat 7 on April 24, 2003.
Caribbean luxuryCaribbean luxury
Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa. Complex patterns can be seen in the shallow waters along its coastline, where silt carried by the Geba and other rivers washes out into the Atlantic Ocean. Image taken by Landsat 7 on December 1, 2000.
Guinea-Bissau coastGuinea-Bissau coast
'Ship tracks' above the northern Pacific Ocean. These patterns are produced when fine particles from ship exhaust float into a moist layer of atmosphere. The particles seed new clouds or attract water from existing cloud particles. Image taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Aqua satellite on July 3, 2010.
Ship tracksShip tracks
Bombetoka Bay in northwestern Madagascar is an inlet of Mozambique Channel, and is at the mouth of the Betsiboka River. Just downstream is the second largest port of Madagascar, the town of Mahajanga, a road terminus and trade center that exports sugar, coffee, spices, cassava, vegetable oils, timber and vanilla. The surrounding area abounds in extensive coffee plantations. Simulated natural color image taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on August 23, 2000.
Bombetoka BayBombetoka Bay
In the style of Van Gogh's painting 'Starry Night,' massive congregations of greenish phytoplankton swirl in the dark water around Gotland, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. Phytoplankton are microscopic marine plants that form the first link in nearly all ocean food chains. Population explosions, or blooms, of phytoplankton, like the one shown here, occur when deep currents bring nutrients up to sunlit surface waters, fueling the growth and reproduction of these tiny plants. Image taken by Landsat 7 on July 13, 2005.
Van Gogh from spaceVan Gogh from space
The history of sea islands in the Altamaha River delta on the coast of Georgia can be seen in this image. The outlines of long-lost plantation rice fields, canals, dikes and other inlets are clearly defined. Salt marshes are shown in red, while dense cypress and live oak tree canopies are seen in yellow-greens. Image taken by the Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR) on March 9, 2001.
Georgia patchworkGeorgia patchwork
Dagze Co (Lake) is one of many inland lakes in Tibet. In glacial times, the region was considerably wetter, and lakes were correspondingly much larger. This is evident by the numerous fossil shorelines that circle the lake, and attest to the presence of a larger, deeper lake. Changes in climate have resulted in greater aridity of the Tibetan Plateau, and drying up of the lakes. Image taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on October 8, 2001.
Tibetan depthsTibetan depths
The tongue of the Malaspina Glacier, the largest glacier in Alaska, fills most of this image. The Malaspina lies west of Yakutat Bay and covers 1,500 square miles (about 3,880 square kilometers). Image taken by Landsat 7 on August 31, 2000.
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On a December morning last year, an armed man entered a Newtown, Conn., elementary school and opened fire, killing more than two dozen children and staff.
In the wake of the massacre, and subsequent shootings at college campuses, school safety across the nation has been thrust in the limelight.
Law enforcement officers and local, state and national levels have discussed plans to implement added security measures for schools.
Parents have advocated for everything from armed and trained teachers to stationing military personnel on campuses.
Beginning this year, a local schools safety task force was created, involving school staff, law enforcement officers, emergency management and members of the public. The group is tasked with finding ways to improve the safety of Cleveland County schools.
In the latest attempt to increase safety, a bill was introduced by U.S. Rep. (R) Mark Meadows (N.C.- 11).
About a dozen North Carolina sheriffs and police chiefs gathered in Hendersonville last week in a show of support for the bill, known as Protect America's Schools Act of 2013.
Meadows said the bill was created in direct response to the Newtown school shooting.
As school safety becomes a top priority across the nation, local officials hope the bill will lead to more officers in Cleveland County Schools.
"The recent school massacre in Newtown, Conn., sent shock waves across the country," Meadows said in a statement. "As a father, I grieved with the families who lost a loved one that day. And as a legislator, I vowed that I would take action to prevent future tragedies."
Meadows said, according to a recent Gallup poll, 53 percent of Americans believe that increasing police presence at schools would be very effective in preventing future tragedies.
"The Protect America's Schools Act is a bipartisan, solutions-oriented approach to addressing school shootings that should transcend party lines," he said. "It is not the only answer, but it is a critical step forward to protect our nation's children."
If the bill becomes law, it would revitalize the Clinton-era Cops in Schools grant program.
'A step in the right direction'
Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman said he attended the press conference on Feb. 20 in a show of support for the bill which would supply $30 million in unspent federal funds for national use.
"If the bill is successful in passing, then each municipality would apply, probably through Department of Justice, for issuance of unclaimed federal dollars, that would in turn supply school resource officers," said Norman.
He said it would be up to the individual law enforcement agency to apply for funds, and in the case of the sheriff's office, it would have to be approved by county commissioners and the county manager.
Each agency, from Boiling Springs Police to Kings Mountain, would apply for schools in its jurisdiction.
"The sheriff's office is definitely interested in seeking out school resource officers," Norman said. "We definitely would apply."
Shelby Police Chief Jeff Ledford said the department is waiting to first see if the bill passes before making any decisions.
"If it does then we'll sit down and look at the schools we've got and what we would need covered beyond what we have now," Ledford said. "We'll need to find out what the bill covers, if it's a 100 percent match or partial funding."
He said often a bill changes as it goes through the legislative process.
"It's an interesting bill, but we want to see what it is and what that final draft looks like," he said.
Norman said there is no guarantee the requested amount would be awarded.
"For example, you may apply for six (positions) and be awarded three," Norman said.
The maximum eligibility for the grant is three years, according to Meadows' office.
Norman said, after three years, it would be a downward departure where federal money would taper off, and eventually it would be paid for by the local municipality if it chose to retain those officers.
"I think its a step in the right direction," he said.
'It's definitely based on need'
Norman said Cleveland County is unique because there is already a school resource officer in every high and middle school.
He said if the bill becomes law and the county applies for and receives funding, the county would aim to add officers in elementary schools.
Norman said funds are allocated on various criteria, including the number of arrests and suspensions in the school system.
"It's definitely based on need," he said.
The original Cops in Schools grant program, which not been funded since 2005, according to a release from Meadows' office, was specifically designed to assist local law enforcement agencies in the hiring of new officers.
The $30 million to pay for the grant program would be offset by taking unspent funds from the operations budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Dr. Bruce Boyles, superintendent of Cleveland County Schools, said the school system works in consultation with the hheriff's office on security.
"All officers serving as school resource officers are paid for by the school system," he said. "If there is an opportunity to expand that, we'd be interested in that."
Boyles said at this point, there has not been any conversations on the topic.
With the $30 million spread across the country, Boyles said it would not have a major impact on schools.
He said the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system alone has locally requested $33 million for school safety.
"That would hire about 600 school resource officers," Boyles said of the $30 million.
The Cleveland County Schools system currently spends about a half million on officers.
"...But certainly if there's an opportunity to get even one more school resource officer, we would welcome that," Boyles said.
Each middle and high school in the county has an officer, he said, except for the Cleveland Early College High School, which is located on the campus of Cleveland Community College and has access to campus security.
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After spending days inside waiting out the storm without electricity, Gloria Delgado and Wilfredo Garcia took their dog for a walk Tuesday to survey the damage to their Elizabeth neighborhood.
A few blocks from their home, they saw something strange: a little white car idling at the edge of a park. The couple heard a yelp and a car door slam, and then watched as the car sped away.
To their horror, Delgado and Garcia realized a Hound/Pit Bull mix puppy, white with brown spots and about five months old, had been pitched out of the car, left to fend for herself among the downed trees and debris. Delgado called to the confused puppy, and she came right away.
Delgado and Garcia waited for 20 minutes—perhaps, they thought, she fell out of the car? But the car never returned, so they took the puppy home to their dark apartment.
"She was so nice," Delgado says. "So good and playful with our kids and our dog."
The puppy stayed the night, but the Garcia family knew they couldn't keep her forever. Delgado cleans houses in Manhattan, and she decided to bring us the puppy when she returned to work. On Wednesday, the entire Garcia family braved hours of traffic to ensure the dog reached us safely.
"I lived in Manhattan a long time ago, so I know how the ASPCA takes care of animals," Garcia says. "I knew they would take care of this dog."
We are so grateful that the Garcia family took care of this sweet and happy little puppy, who is receiving care at our Adoption Center and will be made available for adoption soon. Of course, we named her Sandy.
For more information about the ASPCA's rescue and relief efforts during Sandy, please stay tuned to our blog and Twitter account.
UPDATE: Sandy has been adopted!
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I live in northen MN, and would like to adopt this puppy. How?
I would love to know if this puppy has been adopted. Please send me an update.
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|Local Businessman Bill Edwards Makes Multi-Million Dollar Gift
Local Businessman Bill Edwards Makes Multi-Million Dollar GiftFunds Entertainment for Patients of All Children's Hospital
May 10, 2010 (St. Petersburg FL) Patients at All Children's Hospital will enjoy the healing benefits of music and expanded entertainment options, thanks to the generosity of a St. Petersburg entrepreneur and music executive.
Bill Edwards, founder of Bill Edwards Presents, Inc., Big 3 Entertainment and Chairman/CEO of Mortgage Investors Corporation, is donating $2.5-million to All Children's Hospital. The funds will be used to endow the hospital's Music Therapy program, and to expand programming and access to the GetWellNetwork patient education & information system.
"We all owe a responsibility to our community to help our children stay healthy and happy," said Edwards. "After all, our children are the future."
"This most generous gift will enhance the healing process for the children we serve," said Gary Carnes, President & CEO of All Children's Health System. "We know that providing the best care for children involves more than expert staff and first-class technology. That's why we've created a family-centered environment for patient care in our new hospital. This gift will ensure our ability to provide therapies and information that will help kids and their families cope with and understand their medical issues."
"The contributions of Music Therapy in the health care environment are priceless for patients, family members, and even staff," notes Child Life Director Luci Weber, whose department includes the hospital's Music Therapy program. "Music allows for self-expression. It creates a safe, common basis for communication. It relaxes and soothes, it distracts from fear and pain and brings people together. These things are all very important to children and their families who are struggling through the daily fears and uncertainty of chronic illness. A gift of this magnitude supports the ongoing continuation of these services to our patients and provides the financial stability to also allow for the reestablishment of the Music Therapy student internship program as well. Thanks to Bill Edwards, this wonderful gift will help reduce pain, lend a voice to unspoken fears, motivate to get through tough times, and allow children to be children."
A portion of Mr. Edwards' gift will help All Children's to expand services provided through the GetWellNetwork system. This innovative system uses patients' bedside televisions to entertain, educate and empower kids, parents and caregivers to be more actively engaged in their care. All Children's was one of the first hospitals in the nation to utilize a pediatric version called GetWell Town.
"Using the bedside TV as a vehicle to engage patients in their health care is a smart approach," notes David Gardner, Director of All Children's eHealth Department that oversees GetWell Town. "We know kids turn on the TV as soon as they're in their rooms. GetWell Town's unique, kid-friendly design really takes into account how today's kids learn and absorb information. Its interactivity gets patients and their families actively engaged in their own care and recovery. Thanks to its intuitive, computer game-like design, our patients were able to quickly learn the system and make the most of it. Kids and parents love it so much that they want more – more games, more movies for teens, and more TV channels such as ESPN. Thanks to Bill Edwards' generous gift, we'll be able to provide this additional content and expand the system into other locations, including our Emergency Center."
Edwards has been a stalwart supporter of children's causes as the title sponsor in both 2009 & 2010 for A Taste of Pinellas , the annual food & music festival benefiting the All Children's Hospital Telethon. This year, Bill Edwards Presents, Inc. will be coordinating all entertainment for the Taste. A line-up of national and local acts will take the stage at St. Petersburg's Vinoy Park on June 4-6. Details can be found at http://www.tasteofpinellas.com/.About All Children's Hospital
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Hi there!
I'm currently in the UK on me gap year, and would like to try a live-in pub job in London for a few months. Anybody got any suggestions?
Ohhh. Good question. You'll be fine. Just have a good CV, ideally with bar experience, and talk to bars / clubs when you're in London. Also, popular backpacker bars like Walkabout would always be on the lookout of bar staff. Oh, and YHAs too, so try there!
Weatherspoons and Yates are a chain which have at least one of them in each town/city in the UK. I know my local weatherspoons is always looking for staff and assume the ones in London will be too. It may not be live in but you should get a good few shifts there.
Walkabout would def be a good place to start, there are also australian bars in London which backpackers will prob have a good chance of getting a job in
Awwww thanks guys! I don't have any pub experience (a teensy bit under age at the minute!) But I've never really had trouble getting a job before I'll check out the places suggested, sounds pretty good! I've been living in Australia for the past eight years, so while I did have a little silent groan (lol), I have to admit it could still be quite fun! Even if its not live in, I'm sure I could find a dorm to rent. I mean, I could… couldn't I???
Yes there are hostels in London! Also check out the local papers for rooms to rent. They are more likely to do a weekly or monthly rent for you
I don't have any pub experience (a teensy bit under age at the minute!) But I've never really had trouble getting a job before
How old are you at the moment? The age for serving alcohol in the UK is 18. Agreed with the above comments, I would go and work in a chain like Walkabout or Wetherspoons, they're used to people coming and going for short periods of time. Wages in the UK are a bit random as minimum wage is dictated by age, so you could be doing the same job as someone else who is older and be getting less. Also you could try a chain which also serves food as you can get trained as a waitress as well as a barman.
good place to look for jobs in london for backpackers is TNT magazine, great expat read:
jobs on the site as well or can pick up the magazine in Walkabout.
Pubs in the UK to look out for:
hope that helps : )
Thanks for all the Advice - I'm turning 18 in a month and a half (not counting down or anything!), but I want to get my foot in the door so I'm all ready to go. I'll definitely check out all the names suggested And will have to do a non-alcoholic pub crawl through London! Sorry for the late reply - will try to get better at replying to my own posts!
Thanks again all!
You're chirpy. Good luck!
My advice; Don't be picky, don't get too down-hearted if you don't have much luck and get talking to people.
London is a daunting place and could swallow you up quickly.
Keep smiling.
As well as looking at chains, look at other pubs as well
Some of these suggestions (Walkabout, Yates, Barracuda, weathersponns) depending on the location represent some of the worst examples of English citizens
Hostel Bars could be fun, I also used to live in Shoreditch and there are some awesome bars and pubs
True Shoreditch is a funky area and there are loads of cool quirky little areas on London. The other thing is try and get out of London if you can! There are loads of nice cities in England, some are quaint (York, Bath, Norwich), some are Industrial (Leeds, Sheffield) and then there are the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District and Broads. All of which will have summer job opportunities to seek out.
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Roggenrola was caught?! NO WAY, SO UNPREDICTABLE!
Roggenrola was caught?! NO WAY, SO UNPREDICTABLE!
so Ash now has his first rock typ buddy huh..... then i have just 1 thing to say to that AAAWWWSSOOMMEE!!
Man the way Excadrill came out of it's PokeBall was just so epic!
WTF? Was Zoroak in this episode (check the serebii site episode guide)?
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What? I didn't see any Zoroark...
Lol, never mind, they have eddited it...
Wow I have to say I enjoyed this episode a lot more than I thought I would. Roggenrola was awesome in this episode and I have made a decision that when I restart my game I will have Roggenrola on my team. Luckily I have people I can trade with so I'll be able to get Gigalith.
Ash's "On team" section is getting ridiculously big
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any chance that ash's reserves could get updated widescreen pics please
i know it wont be possible for kingler and tauros, but everyone else is possible.
We should've known about the fate of the two reserves at Juniper(If he did switch Pokemon) before he caught the rock. Stupid Ash is stupid. But at least Ash has Roggenrola and it's with Ash in the next episode.
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Yeah ^
And I agree... his team is just getting bigger and bigger from every episode... I hope he won't have more then 12 pokemons ><
I'm sorry, I do not accept this at all. At least we know that Roggenrola is with Ash in the next episode, I just want to know which ones are at Junipers.
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At this rate Juniper's lab is going to be full lol.
I liked the episode. It wasn't the best, but it was far from being a bad episode.
I'm glad Roggenrola is caught, now hopefully it will be Ash's last for at least 30-45 episodes.
And I liked Excadrill showing up.
The Tepig focus was nice, but writers, so many other Pokemon needed it more.
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Wow, I'm really impressed with Ash as it appears he's on his way to capturing more Pokemon while in Unova than he has in any other region.
Hope they all get their fare share of screen time and battles (even if some have to wait till post-Unova stories).
Not that the capture was particularly surprising, but joy of joys! Dream of dreams! He got Roggenrola!
So Unova has :
Broken "the dark type curse"
Given Ash his first rock type
Introduced Ash rotating
Now give us a fully evolved water starter please.
I'm glad he caught Roggenrola, I think it's a cool Pokemon.
Now he just needs to catch a Ghost, Psychic and Steel type and then he'll have one of every type. I'm putting my money on Golett.
Well, considering all of Ash's recently caught Unova Pokemon at their final stage (doubt they will all evolve), Ash would have one hell of a powerhouse! :L
Im guessing all of Ash's Unova Pokemon at the end of Best Wishes will stay with Juniper instead of heading over to Oak since his lab is pretty packed aswell...
Really glad he caught a Roggenrola
I think when Ash's Roggenrola evolves, and Trips Timburr evolves, they'll trade n' they'll evolve again. <3


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"But Weidman can still get him down. Anderson takes anything from a minute to half a round to figure out his opponent's distance and timing, and Chris has to make use of that to score a takedown. Once he has Anderson down, he can strike very well, and I expect him to pass and force Anderson into a scramble.
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