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Scientists say the seasonal crop fires are burning later in the day than in previous years.
An astronaut photographed moonglint shimmering across the sea surface and the bright clusters of Florida’s cities at night.
Satellites have tracked development over the decades as a small city in southern Nigeria grew to more than 2 million…
The ancient walls, ramparts, and ditches that wind through this Nigerian city are the longest known earthworks of the pre-mechanical…
The tart berry and state fruit brings a red pop to holiday feasts—and to satellite images of Midwestern marshlands.
Over millions of years, water has sculpted limestone in northern Vietnam into an extraordinary karst landscape full of towers, cones,…
The colossal project created a valuable connection between the U.S. interior and the Atlantic Ocean when it opened in October…
A Gulf Coast storm followed by snowmelt in January 2025 temporarily increased the Mississippi River’s outflow, sending a surge of…
The nighttime lightscape of Argentina’s largest metropolitan area reveals transportation corridors and variations in lighting types.
