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Fire at Fuel Storage Facility in Puerto Rico
October 27, 2009
Fire at Fuel Storage Facility in Puerto Rico

A plume of dark brown smoke billows northwest from a fire at a Puerto Rico fuel storage facility in this image from October 23, 2009.

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Great Bitter Lake, Egypt October 26, 2009
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El Niño, La Niña, and Rainfall October 24, 2009
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Earthquake off Samoa Generates Tsunami October 23, 2009
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Studying Plants, Permafrost, and Carbon near Barrow, Alaska October 22, 2009
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Mapping the Flow of Smoke October 21, 2009
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Category 5 Hurricane Rick October 20, 2009
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Ash and Steam Plume, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat October 19, 2009
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Marion Island, South Africa October 18, 2009
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last updated: October 27, 2009