The Weather Channel has contrasted images, from Google Earth with those just released by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to show the horrific devastation in Joplin, Mo., before and after it was devastated by an EF5 tornado, which ripped through the town with winds of more than 200mph.

Image credit: Google Earth and NOAA
 

 

 
Via the Weather Channel
 
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More before and after aerial photos of Joplin, after the jump…
 

 
National Geographic is holding its annual Photo Contest, with the deadline for submissions on 30th November. Alan Taylor over at Boston.com has published an excellent selection of some of the entries so far, on his always wonderful The Big Picture.

National Geographic is gathering entries in categories of People, Place and Nature, and is showing some of these on their website for readers to rate them. Below is a small selection of this year’s entries.

If you would like to submit a photograph for the National Geographic Photo Contest, please check details here..
 

 
More entries from this year’s National Geographic Photo Contest after the jump…