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Nations, Regions

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Nations and regions can be viewed from spacecraft circling the globe or from spacecraft in geosyncronous orbits. The areas which have been photographed are interesting. You may find images of your favorite region in the NASA data bases.

Some examples:


Turks Caicos
Turks Caicos and shuttle wing. Click to enlarge.


Dust storm from Western Sahara


Spain, Portugal
Spain, Portugal
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Italy
Italy, Balkans, North Africa on a clear day.
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea


Southern Italy from SkyLab


Sicily Malta
Sicily, Malta


Great Lakes

Australia


Chesapeake
Outer Banks
Outer Banks
Floyd
Hurricane Floyd. Click to enlarge.
Texas fire
Texas fire. Click to enlarge.

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