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STS083-712-40 Florida Bay and Keys: Eastern Florida Bay and Key Largo or Whitings between Great Abaco and Grand Bahama Islands.

STS083-712-63 Long Island, Bahamas: Part of the Great Bahama Bank, this image shows shallow water features around Long Island and Little Exuma.

STS083-747-26 Lake Nasser, Egypt: This photograph is part of an ongoing time series showing water level rise in Lake Nasser.

STS083-747-33 Pivot Irrigation, Saudi Arabia: Green circles in the desert mark the areas of central pivot irrigation near Irq Mazhur, Saudi Arabia.

STS083-747-52 Indus River, Pakistan: Sunlight reflected off of the water highlights rivers channels and canals.

STS083-747-88 Mayon Volcano, Philippines: A plume of gases emitted from Mayon Volcano indicate a relatively quiet day. Mayon is the most active volcano in the Philippines. When this photo was taken in 1997, its last disastrous activity had been in 1993.
See: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/philippines/mayon.html
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Mayon volcano is the most active volcano in the Philippines, located just north of the coastal town of Legaspi in southern Luzon about 325 km southeast of Manila. Mayon is a near-perfect cone; its steep, forested slopes look rather like a bull’s eye when viewed from above. For scale, Mayon’s circular footprint is about 16 km in diameter. This photograph was taken from the Space Shuttle on April 8, 1997. At the time the photo was taken, Mayon sported a steam plume from the summit. The lighter (non-forested) regions that radiate from the summit to the southern slopes are flows from eruptions that have occurred over the past twenty-five years. The current eruption, which started June 24, 2001, is sending flows down the southeast slope in the general direction of Legaspi.

STS083-748-66 Nile River, Egypt: This photograph of the Nile River valley illustrates the agricultural land use. The photograph includes Luxor and the Valley of the Kings.

STS083-749-79 Isla Guadalupe, Mexico: Isla Guadalupe rises in the Pacific Ocean approximately 300 km from the coast of Mexico. Here, it causes a "wake effect" as clouds part around the elevated island.

STS083-749-84 Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Mexico: These lagoons and salt pans are part of the west coast of Baja California at Bahia Sebastian Vizcaino. Laguna Ojo de Liebre and Laguna San Ignacio (further south) are critical breeding and calving grounds for the California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus).

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STS083-712-40	Florida Bay and Keys: Eastern Florida Bay and Key Largo or Whitings between Great Abaco and Grand Bahama Islands.
STS083-712-63	Long Island, Bahamas: Part of the Great Bahama Bank, this image shows shallow water features around Long Island and Little Exuma.
STS083-747-26	Lake Nasser, Egypt: This photograph is part of an ongoing time series showing water level rise in Lake Nasser.
STS083-747-33	Pivot Irrigation, Saudi Arabia: Green circles in the desert mark the areas of central pivot irrigation near Irq Mazhur, Saudi Arabia.
STS083-747-52	Indus River, Pakistan: Sunlight reflected off of the water highlights rivers channels and canals.
STS083-747-88	Mayon Volcano, Philippines: A plume of gases emitted from Mayon Volcano indicate a relatively quiet day. Mayon is the most active volcano in the Philippines. When this photo was taken in 1997, its last disastrous activity had been in 1993. See: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/philippines/mayon.html submitted by unspecified Mayon volcano is the most active volcano in the Philippines, located just north of the coastal town of Legaspi in southern Luzon about 325 km southeast of Manila. Mayon is a near-perfect cone; its steep, forested slopes look rather like a bull’s eye when viewed from above. For scale, Mayon’s circular footprint is about 16 km in diameter. This photograph was taken from the Space Shuttle on April 8, 1997. At the time the photo was taken, Mayon sported a steam plume from the summit. The lighter (non-forested) regions that radiate from the summit to the southern slopes are flows from eruptions that have occurred over the past twenty-five years. The current eruption, which started June 24, 2001, is sending flows down the southeast slope in the general direction of Legaspi.
STS083-748-66	Nile River, Egypt: This photograph of the Nile River valley illustrates the agricultural land use. The photograph includes Luxor and the Valley of the Kings.
STS083-749-79	Isla Guadalupe, Mexico: Isla Guadalupe rises in the Pacific Ocean approximately 300 km from the coast of Mexico. Here, it causes a "wake effect" as clouds part around the elevated island.
STS083-749-84	Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Mexico: These lagoons and salt pans are part of the west coast of Baja California at Bahia Sebastian Vizcaino. Laguna Ojo de Liebre and Laguna San Ignacio (further south) are critical breeding and calving grounds for the California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus).

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