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| | Cheneso Floods Madagascar
Heavy rain from the tropical cyclone triggered flash floods and landslides along the island nation's northwestern coast. |
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| | Wintry Dunes on Earth and Mars
Dunes on both planets occasionally get blanketed with ice and snow—except on Earth the white stuff is frozen water and on Mars it's often frozen carbon dioxide. |
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| | Chile's Villarrica Sputters
An astronaut on the International Space Station captured this photograph of minor explosions from one of Chile's most active volcanoes. |
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| | Eighty Mile Beach
This stretch of coastline in Western Australia is a popular recreational site for people and an important stopover site for migratory birds. |
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| | Antarctic Iceberg on the Move
After breaking from the Brunt Ice Shelf, Iceberg A-81 and other pieces of ice drift south with the Weddell Gyre. |
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| | Shrinking Lake Abert
As the lake in southern Oregon dries up, the remaining water is becoming too salty to support key food sources for birds. |
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| | Midwest Farmers Using Cover Crops Take Small Yield Hit
Although cover crops have significant environmental benefits, researchers found that they hinder yields on corn and soybean fields. |