Cosmic photography is always breathtaking, so a full year’s worth of images provides plenty of choices. Here are some of 2013’s highlights.
The Year’s Most Beautiful Photos From Space
Cosmic photography is always breathtaking, so a full year's worth of images provides plenty of choices. Here are some of 2013's highlights.
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The Dasht-e Lut salt desert in southeast Iran, as seen from space. It's often called the "hottest place on Earth," and with good reason. The highest land surface temperature ever recorded was in 2005, when NASA's Aqua satellite recorded a reading of 160ºF.
