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The Strait of Dover, Kent, England, and the Pas de Calais, France, were
observed under clear skies as the Challenger's orbit carried the crew toward the
North Sea. Several cross-channel ferries plying between Dover, Boulogne, and
Calais were producing visible wakes, as were coastal freighters entering the North
Sea and the English Channel....
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Greenwich is situated on the south shore of a sharp bend in the River Thames,
just southeast of the City of London (United Kingdom) and is
part of Greater London. Here is located the world famous Royal
Observatory where the Prime Meridian, dividing East and West
Longitude, was defined by international agreement in 1884.
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Numerous well-known landmarks appear in this detailed view of London
(United Kingdom) taken from the International Space Station. To capture the shot, the astronaut had to look back along the Space Station’s ground track, from a position over northern Germany.....
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Here is yet another view of the riot of color in the waters off the coast of
Argentina. This SeaWiFS image collected on December 11, 2001
shows various large phytoplankton blooms in the waters of the south
Atlantic Ocean.
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