The International Space Station (ISS) will focus on interdisciplinary scientific studies of the Earth processes and the effects of human activities on the Planet. More about Space Research►
The Andes Mountains and northern Chile (NASA). The Andes is a mountain system with about 8,900 km from the southern tip of South America to the continent's northernmost coast on the Caribbean Sea. More Images of South America►
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The Aleutian Islands, Alaska (above) - Vast stretches of sea ice link Alaska’s Aleutian Islands in this true-color Terra MODIS image from January 3, 2004. This chain of volcanic islands stretches in an arc over 1200 miles long from the Alaskan Peninsula almost to Russia’s Komanorski Islands. They separate the Bering Sea from the northern Pacific Ocean, and are almost all part of the Aleutian National Wildlife Reserve. Phytoplankton clouds line the northern edges of the sea ice, creating a bluish-green halo (NASA). More Images of North America►
Madagascar, Africa (image below), the world's fourth largest island. The narrow strip of green along the east coast of the island is a rain forest. The west coast is lined with baobabs, a desert tree with a fat trunk, and thorny forest (NASA, Terra satellite - September, 2003). More Images of Africa►
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