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| | A Colorful Aurora Paints the Night Sky
A powerful geomagnetic storm caused a display of light that was visible unusually far from Earth's poles. |
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| | Intense, Widespread Drought Grips South America
Insufficient rainfall in 2023-2024 has taken a toll on the region's rivers and groundwater and upended daily life in several countries. |
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| | First Stop: Tofua
British Royal Naval officer William Bligh and 18 loyalists headed for this volcanic island in Tonga after a mutiny on the HMS Bounty. |
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| | Meanders of the Irrawaddy River
River channels old and new wind across a floodplain in Burma (Myanmar), mingling with areas of agriculture and aquaculture. |
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| | Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Arrives from Afar
A “dirty snowball” from the distant icy cloud encircling our solar system passed by the Sun and Earth in autumn 2024. |
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| | Hurricane Milton Crosses Florida
Milton persisted as a potent hurricane-strength storm as it crossed over the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and into the western Atlantic. |
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| | A Forest Fire in Western Wyoming
A lightning-ignited blaze billowed smoke into the towns and valleys near Jackson. |