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Patterns in Nature: Aerial Views
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Photo: Airplane over on Lake Natron, Tanzania
Photo: Airplane over on Lake Natron, TanzaniaPhoto: Flamingos fly away from Lake Magadi, KenyaPhoto: A snowy orchard in the U.S.Photo: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, AlaskaPhoto: Glacier National Park, MontanaPhoto: Terraced fields in northern CongoPhoto: Sand dunes of the Ar Rub' al Khali desertPhoto: Aerial view of ice-filled Arctic OceanPhoto: Alluvial fan in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska
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An airplane casts a shadow over Lake Natron in Tanzania. The lake's color comes from a red pigment in cyanobacteria, which feed on high levels of salt in the lake.
Photograph by George Steinmetz

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