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American Historical Landscapes
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From Civil War battlegrounds to industrial landmarks to the country’s earliest national parks, these places helped shape the United States…

Jun 23, 2026
Rising Waters Swamp Lake Naivasha
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Relentless rains are threatening a lake in Kenya's Great Rift Valley that has become a key hub in the global…

Jun 23, 2026
World Cup Fever in Guadalajara
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The city's metro area has pushed westward since it last hosted World Cup matches in 1986, expanding across a landscape…

Jun 12, 2026
San Francisco’s Metropolitan Mosaic
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Urban development, green spaces, and maritime activity converge in this Northern California city.

Jun 9, 2026
Digging Back in Time in the UAE
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Once below a shallow sea, Jabal al Fāyah now stands above the desert in the United Arab Emirates as a…

Jun 8, 2026
A Moonlit Earth as Seen From Artemis II
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An astronaut’s photo, taken en route to the Moon, reveals our planet and its place in space in a novel…

Jun 4, 2026
Painting the Growing Season in the Maize Triangle
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Radar data from an agricultural area in South Africa, shown in a vivid color palette, reveal crop types and how…

May 29, 2026
A Shift in What’s Shaping U.S. Landscapes
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Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.

May 28, 2026
An Early “Decoration Day” Celebration
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In a precursor to Memorial Day, people in Charleston, South Carolina, honored fallen Civil War troops with flowers, songs, and…

May 25, 2026
Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz
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The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during…

May 19, 2026
Picturing Earth in a New Light
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A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.

May 15, 2026
Ahuachapán and Its Restive Neighbors
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From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of…

May 5, 2026
An Agricultural Mosaic in Taiwan
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Diversity reigns across the farmland of Yunlin County in southwestern Taiwan—a region that produces an array of crops on small…

Apr 24, 2026
Smoke Shrouds Northern Thailand
3 min read

Seasonal fires have darkened skies over Southeast Asia.

Apr 23, 2026
Belts of Green in the Washington Suburbs
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Along the northeast side of the Capital Beltway in Maryland, green spaces weave through the developed landscape.

Apr 22, 2026
Shades of a Lunar Eclipse
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A series of nighttime satellite images revealed how moonlight reaching Earth varied throughout a total lunar eclipse.

Mar 10, 2026
A Little Town With a Long Name
3 min read

A NASA luminary from the Apollo era grew up in Wales near Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Mar 5, 2026
Surveying Popes Creek
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George Washington was born along this tidal creek in Virginia and, as a teenager, made one of his first surveying…

Feb 16, 2026