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PIX4674905: Cumulonimbus seen from space - Cumulonimbus Clouds: Large cloud mass seen from the International Space Station (ISS) in July 2016 - Towering cumulonimbus and other clouds are spotted during a pass over the Earth by the Expedition 48 crew aboard the International Space Station. Image taken in July 2016 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4674989: Alley of Von Karman over Alaska - Von Karman vortices - Alley of Karman swirls in the clouds caused by the encounter between the wind and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. False colour image obtained by Landsat 7 satellite. As air flows over and around objects in its path, spiraling eddies, known as Von Karman vortices, may form. The vortices in this image were created when prevailing winds sweeping east across the northern Pacific Ocean ecountered Alaska's Aleutian Islands. This image was acquired by Landsat 7 satellite / Bridgeman Images
PIX4675565: Millennium Island - Millennium Island - Millennium Island, or Carolina Island, is an uninhabited atoll belonging to the Republic of Kiribati and is the most eastern island in the Pacific Ocean. In 1999, for celebrations marking the arrival of the year 2000, the island of Carolina was officially renamed the island of the Millennium, being one of the points on earth closest to the date change line. This island, whose highest point is about 6 metres, is particularly threatened by rising sea levels. Image obtained on 1 July 2009 from the International Space Station (ISS). Millennium Island is located at the southern end of the Line Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. This uninhabited island is part of the Republic of Kiribati. At a maximum height of approximately 6 meters (19.7 feet) above sea level, Millennium Island has been identified as being at great risk from sea level rise by the United Nations. Millennium Island was known as Caroline Island prior to 2000. The name was changed because of its proximity of the international date line, being one of the first territory to start year 2000. Astronaut photograph taken from the International Space Station (ISS) on July 1, 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4675581: Fanning Island - Kiribati - Fanning Island - Kiribati - Tabuaeran Island or Fanning Island is an atoll of the Line Islands, belonging to the Republic of Kiribati. Image obtained in July 2007 from the International Space Station (ISS). Tabuaeran, also known as Fanning Island or Fanning Atoll is one of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean, and part of Kiribati. Astronaut photograph taken from the International Space Station (ISS) in july 2007 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4675587: Christmas Island - Kiribati - Christmas Island - Kiribati - Kiritimati Island, the largest atoll in the world, is located in the Pacific Ocean and belongs to the Republic of Kiribati. Image obtained in September 2003 from the International Space Station (ISS). Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island is one of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean, and part of Kiribati. Astronaut photograph taken from the International Space Station (ISS) in september 2003 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4675640: Atafu Atoll - Tokelau Islands, South Pacific - Atafu Atoll, Tokelau, Southern Pacific Ocean - Atafu is a small atoll belonging to the Tokelau Archipelago, in the South Pacific Ocean. With an elevation of two metres above the water, this coral reef is still vulnerable to cyclones and to the rise of water due to global warming. At roughly eight kilometers wide, Atafu Atoll is the smallest of three atolls and one island (Nukunonu and Fakaofo Atoll to the southeast and Swains Island to the south are not shown) comprising the Tokelau Islands group located in the southern Pacific Ocean. The primary settlement on Atafu is a village located at the northwestern corner of the atoll - - indicated by an area of light gray dots in this astronaut photograph. The typical ring shape of the atoll is the result of coral reefs building up around a former volcanic island. Over geologic time, the central volcano has subsided beneath the water surface, leaving the fringing reefs and a central lagoon that contains submerged coral reefs. Erosion and soil development on the surfaces of the exposed fringing reefs have formed tan to light - brown beach deposits (southern and western sides of the atoll) and allowed vegetation to take root (northern and eastern sides of the atoll). The Tokelau Islands, including Atafu Atoll, suffered significant inundation and erosion during Tropical Cyclone Percy in 2005. The approximate elevation of Atafu Atoll is only two meters above the tidal high - water level. Vulnerability to tropical cyclones and potential sea level rise make the long - term habitability of the atoll uncertain / Bridgeman Images
PIX4675672: Tahiti view from space - Tahiti seen from space - Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia, observed from the international space station on 8/09/2003. The tropical island of Tahiti in the South Pacific is featured in this image taken by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Sep 8 200 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4675791: Parana River, Argentina - Parana River in Argentina - The Parana River seen in Argentina near the city of Goya, observes from the International Space Station on April 9, 2011. The Parana River is South America's second largest, and the river and its tributaries are important transportation routes for landlocked cities in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil. This astronaut photograph shows a 29 - kilometer (18 mile) stretch of the Parana, downstream of the small city of Goya, Argentina (just off the top left of the image). The Parana River ranges up to 3 kilometers wide along the reach illustrated in this image. The Parana floodplain occupies the entire image; it is so wide - - 18 kilometers (11 miles) in this view - - that its banks are not visible. Numerous curved, meandering channels are the most prominent characteristic of the floodplain, indicating prior positions of the river and its channels. As riverbeds move laterally by natural processes, they leave remnants of their channels, which appear as lakes and finally fill with mud. This is an excellent image for illustrating these meander forms. Image taken from the International Space Station (ISS) on April 9, 2011 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4675795: Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina - Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina - The Perito Moreno Glacier, located in the Los Glaciares National Park of Santa Cruz province, is one of the most famous glaciers in Argentine Patagonia. It is one of only three glaciers in Patagonia that is not in regression. The Perito Moreno Glacier, located in the Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina, is one of only three Patagonian glaciers that are not retreating / Bridgeman Images