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10 of the Best Images of Earth NASA Shared This Month
NASA Earth Observatory has been cataloging images of our planet since 1999, bringing us coverage of all the cool and weird geology Earth has to offer. The Observatory publishes images taken by different satellites or by astronauts aboard the International Space Station depicting Earth’s geography, environment, and geology. You can see ice sheets melting, wildfires…
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9 Surreal Photos of Volcanic Ash Blanketing One of the Canary Islands
The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma in the Spanish Canary Islands is on its sixth straight week of eruption, seriously shaking up life on the island as it’s forced 7,000 people to evacuate, destroyed 2,500 homes, and created strange and hazardous side effects. As the volcano keeps erupting — and residents…
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16th-Century English Mystic’s ‘Magical’ Mirror Confirmed to Be of Aztec Origin
Scientists have shown that an obsidian hand-mirror once owned by the Renaissance polymath John Dee has Aztec origins, thus confirming a longstanding mystery.
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Fears of Deadly Gases as Canary Islands Lava Pours Into the Atlantic
The ongoing eruption of a Canary Islands volcano is raising concerns about the release of toxic clouds now that lava is actively pouring into the sea.