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Death Valley Flash Flooding
In one of the driest places on Earth, a thousand-year rain event delivered 75 percent of the yearly average precipitation in just three hours.
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Scarred Land and Smoky Skies
The McKinney Fire—California's largest so far in 2022—left a vast burn scar on the landscape, while nearby fires filled the air with smoke.
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Dust and Salt in South America
Dust rich in salt often streams from dry mud flats on Mar Chiquita in Argentina.
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Zion National Park, Utah
Zion National Park is home to scenic cliffs, slot canyons, protected wilderness areas, endangered species, and archaeological sites.
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Mapping Missing Mangroves
The Landsat program's 50 years of Earth observations have revolutionized the study of long-term global change, including the losses and gains of tidal wetlands.
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Summer Melting in Svalbard
A record amount of meltwater, much of which flowed to the ocean, is the latest expression of a rapidly warming climate in Norway's ice-covered archipelago.
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Muruntau Gold Mine
The atoms of gold in this mine in Uzbekistan may have originated in colliding neutron stars and supernovas.
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