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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    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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