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![Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine](https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/151000/151085/mountainpassmine_oli_2022359_th.jpg) |
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Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine
The mountains of southeastern California are home to a large rare-earth element mine.
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![Low Water Level on Lake Kariba](https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/151000/151068/kariba_oli_2022324_th.jpg) |
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Low Water Level on Lake Kariba
As water dropped to critically low levels, electricity production suffered and power outages plagued Zimbabwe and Zambia.
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![Muddy Water and a Wide Floodplain](https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/151000/151078/iss064e014990_th.jpg) |
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Muddy Water and a Wide Floodplain
The mighty Amazon River carries a huge amount of sediment and occasionally delivers muddy water to nearby lakes.
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![Potosà and Cerro Rico](https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/151000/151059/potosi_oli_2022328_th.jpg) |
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Potosà and Cerro Rico
The Bolivian mining cityâone of the highest cities in the worldâgrew at the foot of an eroded volcano riddled with silver.
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![Floods Swamp Australia's Northern Territory](https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/151000/151081/ntaustflooding_tmo_2023069_th.jpg) |
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Floods Swamp Australia's Northern Territory
Days of rain have swollen rivers and lakes in the sparsely populated territory.
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![Flooded Rice Fields in Louisiana](https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/151000/151073/louisianarice_oli2_2023034_th.jpg) |
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Flooded Rice Fields in Louisiana
The low-lying alluvial plain of the Mississippi River Valley is home to much of the nation's rice farms.
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![For the Longest Time](https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/151000/151065/tcfreddy_vir_2023067_th.jpg) |
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For the Longest Time
Tropical Cyclone Freddy, an unusually long-lived storm, wandered in the Indian Ocean for more than a month.
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