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Keywords: Messenger, Earth
![Земной орнамент](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/24/0001189646/earthmos_clem.preview.jpg)
25.12.1996
The Apollo 8 astronauts spent the 1968 Christmas Season in lunar orbit, returning with striking images of the Moon and Earth from space which inspired the world. While in lunar orbit...
![Вид с Эвереста](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/09/01/0001229368/everest_mackenzie.preview.jpg)
30.08.2008
What would it be like to stand atop the tallest mountain on Earth? To see a full panoramic vista from there, scroll right. Visible are snow peaked mountains near and far, tremendous cliffs, distant plateaus, the tops of clouds, and a dark blue sky. Mt.
![Северный магнитный полюс Земли](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/19/0001178888/northcanada_noaa.preview.jpg)
18.08.2002
A magnetic compass does not point toward the true North Pole of the Earth. Rather, it more closely points toward the North Magnetic Pole of the Earth. The North Magnetic Pole is currently located in northern Canada.
![Небесная лаборатория над Землей](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/09/22/0001193086/skylab.preview.gif)
30.08.1995
Skylab was an orbiting laboratory launched by a Saturn V rocket in May 1973. Skylab was visited three times by NASA astronauts who sometimes stayed as long as two and a half months. Many scientific tests were preformed on Skylab, including astronomical observations in ultraviolet and X-ray light.
![Гравитационная карта Земли по данным GRACE](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/07/23/0001191676/gravityearth2_grace_big.preview.gif)
23.07.2003
Why do some places on Earth have higher gravity than others? Sometimes the reason is unknown. To help better understand the Earth's surface, slight distance changes between a pair of identically orbiting satellites named GRACE have been used to create the best ever map of Earth's gravitational field.
![Где на Земле живут люди](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/03/05/0001187226/peopleearth94_usda.preview.jpg)
5.03.2003
Where do people live on Planet Earth? Although people inhabit every continent, the highest population densities occur in Asia. Sparsely inhabited regions occur on virtually every continent, however, including the Sahara Desert in Africa...
![Оазис Теркези в пустыне Сахара](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/11/12/0001180850/terkezi_landsat7.preview.jpg)
12.11.2002
Dominating the top third of Africa is the largest band of dry land on Earth: the Sahara Desert. Stretching across the Sahara are vast planes of sand and gravel, seas of sand dunes, and barren rocky mountains.
![Пожар на планете Земля](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2000/12/19/0001162338/fires_mccolgan_big.preview.jpg)
21.11.2000
Sometimes, regions of planet Earth can be seen lit up with fire. Since fire is the rapid acquisition of oxygen, and since oxygen is a key indicator of life, fire on any planet would be an indicator of life on that planet.
![Гравитационная карта Земли](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/10/08/0001199882/gravityearth_grace_big.preview.jpg)
13.11.2001
Is gravity the same over the surface of the Earth? No -- it turns out that in some places you will feel slightly heavier than others. The above relief map shows in exaggerated highs and lows where the gravitational field of Earth is relatively strong and weak.
![Дыра в облаке над Алабамой](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/01/12/0001196010/holecloud_knain.preview.jpg)
12.01.2004
What could create a huge hole the clouds? Such a hole, likely hundreds of meters across, was photographed last month from a driveway near Mobile, Alabama, USA. Very unusual to see, hole-punch clouds like this are still the topic of meteorological speculation. A leading hypothesis holds that the hole-punch cloud is caused by falling ice-crystals.
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