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Laboring at Big Bend Tunnel
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Published September 2, 2024
The setting for John Henry’s legendary contest with a steam-powered drill may have been this tunnel through Big Bend Mountain in West Virginia.
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Typhoon Shanshan Pummels Japan
Published August 29, 2024
The powerful storm triggered landslides, power outages, and flooding in southern parts of the country.
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Aftermath of a Landslide-Triggered Tsunami
Published August 28, 2024
The 56-foot wave in Pedersen Lagoon, on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, damaged trees and left a mark on the landscape.
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Dust Pours Off the Moroccan Coast
Published August 27, 2024
Desert winds kicked up a cloud of dust from northern Africa.
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Storms Line the Northeast Pacific
Published August 26, 2024
Hurricane Hone brought soaking rains to Hawaii when it passed south of the island chain, and more storms brewed to the east.
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Constructing Egypt’s New Capital
Published August 24, 2024
The country’s government is relocating to a brand-new city in the desert outside of Cairo.
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ARCSIX Analyzes Arctic Sea Ice Loss
In summer 2024, NASA scientists went to northern Greenland to study how clouds and atmospheric particles may be contributing to the ongoing loss of multiyear sea ice.
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Mexicali, Baja California
Published August 25, 2024
Urban and agricultural landscapes abut the U.S.–Mexico border in this part of the Sonoran Desert.
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Dry in the Rio Grande Basin
Published August 22, 2024
Amid drought in southern Texas and northern Mexico, Amistad Reservoir has hit record-low levels.
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Golfing in Illinois
The sport can be played on Earth’s distinctive green courses, such as those around Chicago, and even on the Moon’s gray soil.
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Smoke Streams from Fires in Madeira
Published August 20, 2024
Heat and wind gusts helped the blazes spread through over 5,700 hectares of forest.
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Treasured Maps
Elevation data collected during a space shuttle mission in 2000 continues to inform science and society in unexpected ways.
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