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The West Fjords are a series of peninsulas in northwestern Iceland. They represent less than one-eighth the country’s land area, but their jagged perimeter accounts for more than half of Iceland’s total coastline.


Earth as Art; Fjords

Earth as Art: Cloud formations over the western Aleutian Islands.




The Ganges River forms an extensive delta where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. The delta is largely covered with a swamp forest known as the Sunderbans, which is home to the Royal Bengal Tiger. From the Earth as Art collection of the USGS.


The Virunga Volcano chain lies along the borders of Rawanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) in central Africa.

Virunga Volcano chain lies along the borders of Rawanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) in central Africa. This false-colored radar satellite image was acquired from the Space Shuttle Endeavor on October 3, 1994. It covers an area of 56 by 70 km. The Democratic Republic of Congo lies west of Lake Kivu (the dark, bottom of image) and Rwanda lies to the east. The steep cone in the center of the image is the Nyiragongo stratovolcano, which rises to 3,465 m