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Historic events and significant change have punctuated the year worldwide. Space tech company Maxar Technologies has kept an eye on developments from roughly 724km above Earth, capturing all the news from space
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Before and after the main eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano in Tonga in January.
Photograph: WorldView-2 satellite/Maxar
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‘The exodus’ from the Burning Man festival in Nevada in September.
Photograph: WorldView-2 nighttime satellite/Maxar
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A Christmas tree and nativity scene in Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City, Italy, in November.
Photograph: WorldView-3 satellite/Maxar
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The Kaaba and Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in July during the Hajj pilgrimage.
Photograph: GeoEye-1 off-nadir satellite/Maxar
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Lava flows from Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii, in November, shown in a combination of day and night images.
Photograph: Maxar
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Historic flooding along the Niger River Basin in Anocha, Nigeria.
Photograph: GeoEye-1 satellite/Maxar
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The annual presidential ‘pardon’ of Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House, Washington DC, in November.
Photograph: WorldView-3 satellite/Maxar
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The Burning Man festival’s centre camp, Nevada.
Photograph: WorldView-2 satellite/Maxar
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The damaged Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea after a truck bomb blast in October.
Photograph: WorldView-3 off-nadir satellite/Maxar
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A freestyle ski course in Hebei, China, for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Photograph: WorldView-3 nighttime satellite/Maxar
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The Indianapolis 500 race in Indiana in May.
Photograph: WorldView-2 Off-Nadir/Maxar
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A traffic jam of vehicles with people trying to leave Russia near the Russia-Georgia border in September.
Photograph: GeoEye-1 satellite/Maxar
Al-Bayt stadium in Qatar at night during the World Cup.
Photograph: WorldView-2 and WorldView-3 satellite/Maxar
