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# Marisa Gertz


## Marisa Gertz


## Marisa Gertz


* ![Darrow, LouisianaThis ‘red mud’ waste from the processing of bauxite ore is the same type of toxic material that spilled south of Budapest in 2010, flowing into the River Marcal, killing all the wildlife there, before flowing into and poisoning the Danub](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ada4c8b3f7a1911/6988a64c8e06010d0c4677d1/industrial-scars-j-henry-fair-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 28, 2016  
### [These Aerial Photos Reveal the Devastating Cost of Industrial Pollution](https://time.com/4493973/industrial-pollution-aerial-photos/)  
From photographer J. Henry Fair's new book, Industrial Scars  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaaac0a706ef7e595/6988a9950a4a220aa89cb9a0/tommy-clarke-diptych.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 18, 2016  
### [An Aerial Photographer Finds Art on Earth](https://time.com/4525027/aerial-photography-rothko/)  
The images are inspired by abstract expressionist paintings  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![The star formation region, Messier 78, in the constellation of Orion \(The Hunter\), was taken with the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile and released on Oct. 5, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbf0eeddddd024eb/6988a873fb4eac73ad88f577/orion-nebula.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 4, 2016  
### [Hidden Stars Are Revealed in Images of a Dusty Nebula](https://time.com/4516712/infrared-telescope-nebula-space/)  
By the VISTA telescope in Chile  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![Landsat](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9226c2908213c440/6988a7ef656a3ffb7dbcd465/landsat.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 3, 2016  
### [See the Most Stunning Images of Earth from Landsat’s Space Operation](https://time.com/4511233/space-week-landsat-earth-observation/)  
World Space Week puts the focus on remote sensing missions  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, joined by family pets Sunny and Bo, wait to greet visitors in the Blue Room during a White House tour, Nov. 5, 2013.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt626d67bddace47b3/6988a6d50b72e37c7b6eb103/presidential-dogs-23.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 23, 2016  
### [The First Dogs of the White House](https://time.com/4501397/white-house-first-dogs/)  
From F.D.R's Fala to Obama's Bo  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
* ![Skyscapes:Ainsley Bennet captured this image of Venus and the crescent Moon on a misty morning on the Isle of Wight in October. The image "looked like something from a science fiction movie, with Binary stars rising from the horizon of an unknown planet,](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d6e4d9cbb3256f9/6988a5f30b72e3359d6eafda/02-astronomy-photographer-binary-haze-ainsely-bennett.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 16, 2016  
### [The Winners of the Best Astronomy Photos of 2016](https://time.com/4493048/best-astronomy-photos-2016/)  
An unusual image of a total solar eclipse took first place  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![Curiosity got close to this outcrop, which displays finely layered rocks, on Sept. 9, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24406478b983ca20/6988a588f887dc2826e975df/mars-murray-buttes-02.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 12, 2016  
### [The Mars Rover Sent Back Some Pictures and They Look a Lot Like the American Southwest](https://time.com/4487557/mars-curiosity-rover-photos/)  
The new images from the Curiosity Rover rival photos taken in U.S. National Parks, NASA says  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![A multispectral imager on the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite captured an image of the debris field on July 21, 2016. The Operational Land Imager, a similar instrument on Landsat 8, acquired an image on June 24, 2016, that shows the same are](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ed7ddf3070612a3/6988a519656a3f6bc4bcd00e/ice-avalance.gif?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 7, 2016  
### [See How This Giant Ice Avalanche Transformed a Valley](https://time.com/4482383/ice-avalanche-tibet/)  
Before and after images taken by a satellite illustrate the scale of the damage  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![Duke is pictured at the Famproa dogs shelter in Los Teques, Venezuela Aug. 18, 2016. Duke was left tied outside the shelter about five months ago. "He did not have a bad temper, but the bigger dogs always attacked him," said Maria Silva who takes care of](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5d125ea16fa4de5/6988a5112dce01e8569ea927/venezuela-dog-shelter-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 7, 2016  
### [Heartbreaking Photos of Shelter Dogs Show the Depth of Venezuela’s Crisis](https://time.com/4482107/venezuela-crisis-shelter-dogs/)  
As Venezuelans struggle to feed their families, the nation's dogs are also suffering  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![astronaut Jeff Williams' photos from space](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9d6fe25019f2d0d/6988a3cff887dc6158e97340/jeff-williams-3x2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 6, 2016  
### [See Astronaut Jeff Williams' Most Stunning Photos of Earth From Space](https://time.com/4466572/jeff-williams-astronaut-photos-space/)  
Williams returns to Earth after over 500 days spent in space  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
* ![The Operational Land Imager \(OLI\) on Landsat 8 has been capturing images of dense smoke plumes roughly 50 kilometers \(30 miles\) south of Mosul, from June 14 to Aug. 17, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta808b905b72ae656/6988a4a9ab6d7702586ab1b8/oil-fire-iraq.gif?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 2, 2016  
### [This Oil Fire in Iraq Has Been Burning for 3 Months](https://time.com/4477599/iraq-oil-fire-burning/)  
NASA's Landsat 8 captured multiple images of an oil fire south of Mosul  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![The moon covering the sun, leaving a ring of fire effect around the moon, during an annular solar eclipse over Saint-Louis, on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, Sept. 1, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8db17198c8d18933/6988a48b97cdffdd136adabe/annular-eclipse.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 1, 2016  
### [Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse Rises Over Africa](https://time.com/4475969/ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-rises-over-africa/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![An age-defying star designated as IRAS 19312+1950 exhibits features characteristic of a very young star and a very old star.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77ef30eb0b6424aa/6988a4342dce01f92f9ea79b/spitzer-star.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 30, 2016  
### [Mysterious Milky Way Star: Very Old or Very Young?](https://time.com/4472656/milky-way-star-spitzer-space-telescope/)  
"It has something new to tell us about the life cycles of stars”  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Aug 25, 2016  
### [The Odd Dogs of Instagram](https://time.com/4464439/the-odd-dogs-of-instagram/)  
A look at some delightfully weird dog accounts
* ![<b>Volcanoes National Park</b>, Jan.18, 2014](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ca20e99b23a562a/6988a2ff428a9e1907cd3f6f/national-parks-space-maunaloa.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 25, 2016  
### [See Breathtaking Views of the National Parks From Space on Their 100th Birthday](https://time.com/4459379/national-parks-space-nps-birthday-centennial/)  
Yosemite, Redwood, and other famous parks as seen from space  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)

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