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The
Amazon River in South America.
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Chicago,
Illinois and the surrounding area showing Lake Michigan.
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The
Strait of Gibraltar.
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The
"square patches" show deforestation in the Brazilian rainforest.
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These
are islands in the Aleutian archipelago off Alaska.
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This
is Lake Nasser in Egypt. The Aswan high dam is toward the bottom of
the frame.
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New
York City and the surrounding area.
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Mount
Etna volcano releases a plume of smoke.
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In Part 2 of this workshop, NASA: A Lofty
View, we see Earth from space as the astronauts do. The
following slide show features eight well-known places
on Earth. See if you can identify them as they appear
from Space. What is happening in Images 4 and 8? Click
and hold the "Where is it?" button for the answers.
