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'Lake of clouds' appears between volcanic nesting dolls in Russia via rare mirror-like phenomenonEarth from space A 2023 astronaut photo captured a rare effect, known as sunglint, transforming the surface of one of Russia's deepest lakes into a sea of swirling clouds. The crater lake is sandwiched between a pair of unusual volcanic "nesting dolls" on a Pacific island.
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Strange phenomena create festive decorations on Iraq's 'Christmas tree lake'Earth from space A 2018 astronaut photo shows a festive, fir-tree-shaped artificial reservoir in Iraq decorated with both natural and imagined ornaments.
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Antarctica's 'Deception Island' is one of the only places on Earth where you can sail into an active volcanoEarth from space A 2018 satellite photo shows the aptly named Deception Island, which was formed by a massive eruption 4,000 years ago and remains volcanically active today.
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Otherworldly stripes and shadowy dunes share center stage in 'hottest place on Earth'Earth from space This 2012 satellite photo shows a series of giant windblown ridges, known as yardangs, and a group of towering sand dunes at the heart of Iran's Lut Desert.
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Crimea's 'putrid sea' creates beautiful rainbow of color but smells like rotten eggsEarth from space A 2014 satellite photo of the Sivash region shows off the kaleidoscopic colors of a series of shallow, hypersaline lagoons — each filled with a different kind of algae.
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Wandering sand dunes circle a gigantic 'eye' sculpted by an ancient city-killer meteor in the SaharaEarth from space This 2013 astronaut photo shows a giant eye-shaped impact crater in the Sahara Desert that is slowly being circled by migrating sand dunes, helping researchers track how far these dunes can move over time.
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Eerily circular 'Goblin Forest' surrounds sacred volcano with human rightsEarth from space This 2023 satellite photo shows New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, which is surrounded by a near-perfect circle of deformed trees. The volcano was recently granted the same legal rights as a person.
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Giant 'phantom lake' dotted with stripy gold islands shimmers in Australian outbackEarth from space A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of a massive, half-full ephemeral lake in Australia's Great Sandy Desert.
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Watch Valencia disappearing under a sea of mud during deadly Spanish floodsEarth from space Satellite images show the true extent of the flash flooding in Valencia during a freak weather event that killed at least 214 people across Spain.
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