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This comes on the heels of a study last year that said we had a 40 percent chance of a major earthquake in the next 50 years. Western Washington has been through earthquakes before, from simple tremors to 2001's destructive Nisqually quake that put the …

The "bull’s-eye" of the Richat Structure in the barren Gres de Chinguetti Plateau, central Mauritania in northwest Africa is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. It represents domally uplifted, layered (sedimentary) rocks that have been eroded by water and wind into the present shape. The 25-mile-wide [...]

Editor’s Note: This is an archive image from 2006. Geneva, Switzerland is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 14 crewmember on the International Space Station. The city is located at the southernmost tip of Lake Geneva (also known as Lac Leman) between two major mountain ranges, the Jura to the northwest (not shown) [...]

Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station. The large Nevado del Ruiz volcano (center) is located approximately 140 kilometers to the northwest of the capital city of Bogota and covers an area of over 200 square kilometers. Nevado del [...]

What a "Shooting Star" looks like #FromSpace. Taken from the International Space Station on August 13, 2011 by Ron Garan during Perseids Meteor Shower Thanks @Jake_Garan for the camera settings. Via NASA: The image was captured while the Space Station was over an area of China approximately 400 kilometers to the northwest of Beijing. The [...]