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Science Art: Venice, Italy, by Landsat 7, 2001.

Entered By: grantb on July 4, 2010 No Observations

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Funny how Venice itself looks like Venetian glass from far enough away, ain’t it?

From NASA’s Landsat 7 archive.

Happy birthday, America – named for Amerigo Vespucci, who was from Florence, but loved Venice enough to name Venezuela after it.

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