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-Cape Canaveral, KSC [shuttle runway] (like tourist in paris has to photograph eiffel tower, astronaut has to take picture of KSC) -Red Sea, etc (STS-17). Nile river (vegetation) Natural phenomena: -Mississippi Delta. dynamic region - can vary in sediment loads and distribution patterns. -island of Hawaii - steam plume form volcanic eruption (near the Kilauea volcano). Astronauts typically photograph 2-4 volcanic eruptions per mission (some of which are in remote areas, and not otherwise reported) -hurricane in the Indian ocean (~200km across) (1984) -through the eye of the same hurricane (can see into the Indian Ocean) -plankton bloom off the Namibia coast of South Africa (biological act.) czcs -Downdrafts caused by collapsing thunderstorms flatten the surface of the Atlantic. (rarely photographed - short timescale lighting) -Lake Nassar. (1998) as a result of long drought in Africa, Nile has carried less water, so Lake Nassar has retreated from area previously covered. (more recent photos show recovery of lake) -crater - 30km dia Effects of civilization -oil slicks in the Persian Gulf [STS17] -evidence of erosion of Madagascar. native forests cut down: cultivation and pasture-massive erosion/siol losses series on Amazon: -Skylab 2 (1973) looking east to west over all of the Amazon basin (notice clarity.. can see the ground 2