Friday, January 21, 2011

Earth: Near to Far


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Lütt-Witt Moor, a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg, northern Germany:
photo by Jan van der Crabben, 2005

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Landscape of the Hautes Fagnes, in East-Belgium, close to the German border, vicinity of Kutenhart, near Brackvenn
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photo by Aline, 2004

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Largest of nine meteor craters at Kaali, island of Saarema, Estonia:
photo by Siim Ansaar, 2005

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Waymarked boardwalk trail through the sand dunes of Ynyslas in Ceredigion, Wales
: photo by Badgernet, 2008

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Marsh Bride Brook and Coastal Salt Marsh, East Lyme, Connecticut: photo by Alex756, 2003

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Savanna in Burkina Faso, near the Gbomblora department, on the road from Gaoua to Batié: photo by Stefan Dressler, 2009


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Village of Kostenets, Bulgaria: photo by Cassini83, 2006


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A thunderstorm with heavy precipitation over Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve in the lower Adelaide River catchment, Northern Territory, Australia: photo by Bidgee, 2007

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Longsheng rice terrace, Longsheng County, Guilin, China
: photo by Anna Frodesiak, 2009

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Looking toward Torres del Paine, Chile ("The blue colour-cast is real, it's just the colour of the light down there")
: photo by Winky, 2005

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The four summits of Mount Aragats, Armenia: photo by Bouarf, 2007

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Landscape of Samaipata, two hours from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
: photo by Natalia Rivera, 2007

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Reprovesi National Park, Kouvola, southeastern Finland. in midnight sun:
photo by M. Passinen, 2006

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Levittown, Pennsylvania, aerial view
: photographer unknown, 1959
(National Archives and Records Administration)

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Lake Assai, Djibouti, the most saline body of water on Earth, with 34.8% salt concentration: photo by Fishercd, 2007

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Mountain, sky, light and shadow at Howard's Pass, Yukon Territory, near North West Territory, Nahanni National Park, Canada: photo by Jo Ohara, 2006


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Vegetation on the Argentinian side of the border between the Argentinian province of Catamarca and the Atacama region of Chile, after passing the Paso de San Francisco: photo by Eric Depagne, 2005

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Arenal, an active andesitic volcano in Northern Costa Rica, 90 km. northwest of San José
, erupting: photo by Matthew
Landry, 2006


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Fedchenko Glacier, Pamir Mountains, Tajikstan: photo by Georgy Salnikov, 2008