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A satellite image focuses on the Krasheninnikova volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The snow-covered summit caldera contains two small, round craters. A plume billows to the northwest and a dark lava flow runs to the northeast from the northern crater. The surrounding slopes appear to be covered in a thin layer of white snow.
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Fire Threatens Rare Forests in Argentina
3 min read

Blazes spread across Los Alerces National Park, home to some of the world's oldest trees.

Jan 12, 2026
Ganges Delta Under a Winter Shroud of Fog
2 min read

Low clouds blanketed the delta while parallel cloud bands rolled over the Bay of Bengal during a January cold wave.

Jan 9, 2026
Meltwater Turns Iceberg A-23A Blue
6 min read

After a four-decade run, the massive, waterlogged berg is leaking meltwater and on the verge of disintegrating.

Jan 8, 2026
Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir
5 min read

Vivid green blooms form, drift, and fade in Hartbeespoortdam reservoir over the course of a year.

Jan 7, 2026
Reaching the Precipice in Angola 
3 min read

The Huíla plateau, bounded by dramatic cliffs and chasms, stands above the arid coastal plains in the country’s southwest.

Jan 6, 2026
An Amphitheater of Rock at Cedar Breaks
4 min read

The colorful formations found in this bowl-shaped escarpment in southwestern Utah are the centerpiece of Cedar Breaks National Monument.

Jan 5, 2026

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