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Welcome Fall! Autumn Equinox Is Saturday
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Fall begins at exactly 6:49 a.m. EDT on Sept. 22.

Greenland's Small, but Menacing Icebergs
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
These glaciers are smaller than Antarctica's, but more dangerous to ships.

Images: Summer Comes to Canada's Hudson Bay
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Arctic sea ice recedes as summer begins.

Satellite Spies Sunny Skies over Pacific Northwest
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff, NASA published
Clear skies reveal Rockies, Cascades and other features of the western landscape.

Satellite Spies New Lava Flow on Active Volcano
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff, NASA Report published
Bogana volcano is almost constantly active but its remoteness makes it hard to monitor.

Earth As Art: Algae & A Dry Lakebed
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff, NASA published
Etosha Pan in Namibia rarely receives the water that flows down its tributaries.

Spring's Greening Seen from Space
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Satellites see greening of trees.

Earth As Art: Swirling Ice Floes
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Eddy currents push around small icebergs.

Amazing NASA Video Shows Fall Equinox from Space
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Watch this amazing animation of equinoxes and solstices from space.

Norway Seeks to Reclaim South Pole Explorer's Shipwreck
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Investors want to float shipwreck back to Norway.

Bloom Colors Barents Sea
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Blues and greens explode.

Arctic Cruise to Examine Ocean's Changing Chemistry
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Acidic oceans could be bad news for marine life.

Huge Ice Island Drifts Farther South
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Ice chunk broke off of Greenland glacier nearly one year ago.

In Images: NASA's Mission to Arctic Frontier
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Second leg of voyage to study changing waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Arctic Landscape Anything But Boring
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Melt ponds add variation to stretches of sea ice.

Expedition Sets Sail to Plumb Arctic Depths
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Updated charts needed as sea ice loss drives increase in ship traffic.

Largest Arctic Iceberg in 50 Years Spotted
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Iceberg has traveled nearly 2,000 miles in Arctic waters.

Massive Japan Tsunami Topped 130 Feet
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Still not even close to the biggest tsunami ever.
Weird Mini Tsunami Hits England
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
The wave swept ashore, surprising holidaymakers and fishermen alike.

NASA to Go Boldly ... to the Arctic, Again
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Second leg of the mission begins June 25.

What Gave Deadly Sumatra Tsunami Its Extra Power
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Unusually thick, strong sediments allowed quake to move more seafloor.

Mammoth Caves: Largest Cave System on Earth
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff published
Caves carved by water over eons.
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