1. Reefs in Princess Charlotte Bay Taken April 20, 2013 by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. These formations are part of the Great Barrier Reefs in Australia. This area lies on the east coast of Queensland's Cape York Peninsula. Image: NASA 2. Fires in Cuba and Florida Taken Feb. 3, 2003 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. Fires are marked in red. Image: NASA 3. Florida Keys Taken Dec. 5, 2003 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. Image: NASA 4. Cloud Vortices in the Pacific Taken May 22, 2013 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite, captured behind Isla Socorro, a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean located off the western coast of Mexico. Image: NASA 5. Steam Plume from Gaua Volcano Taken May 31, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Located in the Pacific Ocean, Gaua island is the top of a stratovolcano part of the Vanuatu Archipelago. Image: NASA 6. Korangi, Pakistan Taken April 20, 2013 by a member of the International Space Station crew using a Nikon digital camera. Image: NASA… Read full this story
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