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Friday Eye Candy: 2017 Pictured From Space

More than ever it seemed, the scale of natural and human events were visible from space in 2017.

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December 29, 2017, 5:00 AM PST

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


"Thanks to the massive scale of 2017’s various disasters and crises, satellites and astronauts captured more than a few major news events while orbiting Earth this year," writes Johnny Simon.

The article features a series of satellite images capturing the year that was, documenting events, some good and some bad, the events that made an impression on the planet.

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