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    The sun rises in Seaside Heights, N.J., Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, behind the Jet Star Roller Coaster,which has been sitting in the ocean after part of the Funtown Pier was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy. The private owners of the amusement pier are working with insurers to devise a plan to dismantle the ride and get it out of the ocean. 

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    Canadian astronaut @Cmdr_Hadfield tweeted this photo Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, writing, "Tonight's Finale: Haruna, a large and powerful tropical cyclone, wreaks clockwise destruction across Madagascar. pic.twitter.com/1h9EjnvX15"

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    Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, of Slovenia, saves on a header of AC Milan forward Mario Balotelli, during their Serie A soccer match, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. 

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    NASA astronaut Thomas H. Marshburn tweeted this photo on Feb. 24, and wrote, "Canadarm and Canadian sunset – hope to use it next week to catch a Dragon! pic.twitter.com/DlGKwOQsyJ."

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    NASA astronaut Thomas H. Marshburn tweeted this photo Feb. 24 and wrote, "Familiar ‘bird-foot delta’ in the US – Louisiana’s coast pic.twitter.com/J4QFcUHDMR."

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    Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo on Feb. 24, 2013, writing, "Tonight's Finale: Nature inspires awe - cloud, ice and rock in southern South America. pic.twitter.com/sqCYVSbZTw."

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    A Sri Lankan man dressed in traditional clothes carries a statue of Lord Buddha during the annual Buddhist festival of Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013.The procession is the most elegant religious and cultural pageant to be held in Colombo and has secured an important place in attracting tourists.

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    Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo on Feb. 24 and wrote, "Some fault lines are visible from space. Tectonic plates make a rift in the Andes. pic.twitter.com/RbBnLLruLv."

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    Looking out at the Earth’s surface from the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts frequently observe sunglint highlighting both ocean and inland water surfaces. In this NASA Earth Observatory photo of the day for Feb. 25, 2013, the Atlantic Ocean—including Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay, along the coastlines of Massachusetts and Rhode Island—has a burnished, mirror-like appearance. This is due to sunlight reflected off the water surface back toward the astronaut-photographer. 

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    Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo on Feb. 24, 2013, writing "Happy Alligator Lake, Mexico. I'm certain it has an official name, but that's what it looks like to me. pic.twitter.com/8wjXwt99qB."