Gallery: 25 of the Most Interesting Photos of Earth From Space This Year

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    Mount Sinabung, Indonesia, Jan. 23, 2014
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    Aquaculture, Huayuanli, China, Oct. 18, 2014
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    Protests in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2014
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    Rainbow Range, British Columbia, Canada, Sep. 20, 2014
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    Prirazlomnaya Oil Platform, Russia, June 28, 2014
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    Henan Coal Mine, China, May 29, 2014
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    Itaipu Dam, Paraguay, March 12, 2014
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    Humanitarian crisis in Kobane, Syria, Nov. 6, 2014
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    Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 1, 2014
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    Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, Somerset, England, June 25, 2014
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    Cocos fire, San Diego County, California, May 15, 2014
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    logoKuwait-SulaibiyaTireGraveyard-Al-Jahra-Jun04-2014-WV02

    World’s largest tire graveyard in Sulaibiya, Kuwait, June 4, 2014
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    Garden City, Georgia, May 16, 2014
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    Railyard, Maschen, Germany, Aug. 6, 2014
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    Different spectral bands showing mining at Cuprite Hill, Nevada, Sep. 19, 2014
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    logoGER-Munich-Oktoberfest-Sep24-2014-WV2

    Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany, Sep. 24, 2014
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    logoIRQ-Sinjar-Sep15-2014-WV2

    Refugee exodus from Sinjar, Iraq, Sep. 15, 2014
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    Offshore oil drilling in the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan, September, 2014
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    Airport, Everett, Washington, July 26, 2014
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    Maeslantkering Storm Surge Barrier, Rottenberg, Netherlands, Aug. 27, 2014
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    Alberta, Canada, Oct. 10, 2014
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    Nordenskjold Basin, Antarctica, March 12, 2014
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    Diavikk Diamond Mine, Canada, Aug. 21, 2014
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    logoCHN-BayanObo-Mine-Aug24-2014-WV3

    Bayan Obo Mining District, China, Aug. 23, 2014
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    Flooding in Gunja, Croatia, May 21, 2014
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