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After witnessing the ring fire solar eclipse and several spacewalks, July begins with the day of aphelion - the day when the Earth is farthest from the Sun - followed by the deer full moon and the second launch test of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
Here we tell you which are the most impressive events of this month and when they will occur.
Aphelion day
On the morning of June 5, one day after the July 4 celebrations, the Moon will be at its furthest point from Earth.
That same day, but at night - at exactly 6:27 pm EDT - the Earth will be at the aphelion.
This means that the Earth will be the furthest from the Sun in its orbit, 3.4% further than when it was at perihelion, the closest point that occurs in January.
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According to NASA, sometime between the early hours of July 5 and the night of July 6, a
near-Earth object
(as comets or asteroids are often called) from between 17 and 38 meters will pass through the Earth.
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| Victoria Falls - Victoria Falls, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, generally stretch for 2 kilometers and its waters plummet 100 meters Down Canyon. During the dry season, it slows down, but last year, the water was reduced to just a trickle, when a mega-drought driven by climate change hit the region. Now, its waterfalls are back. But changes like these between extreme climates can be devastating for people and ecosystems that depend on a reliable source of water. (Shutterstock)
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| Florida Keys - The Florida Keys are among the most vulnerable places in the United States due to the effects of the climate crisis. The warm ocean temperatures are bleaching the surrounding reefs. The threat of rising sea levels continues to grow. And, as always, the possibility looms for hurricanes with climate change to increase their destructive potential. (Shutterstock)
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Glacier National Park - The park's iconic landscapes were carved by ice over thousands of years.
But today, its glaciers are in danger.
In 1966, the park had 35 named glaciers, according to the National Park Service.
By 2015, nine of them were inactive, and all of the park's glaciers have shrunk since 1966. (Shutterstock)
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Venice - During its more than 1,000 years of history, Venice is no stranger to floods.
But with the rising seas, their annual floods have become more common and damaging.
In 2019, in a cruel twist of irony, the Veneto City Regional Council was flooded minutes after they voted to reject measures to combat climate change.
(Shutterstock)
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| Colorado River - The Colorado River is picturesque, but it also provides water for more than 40 million people, from Denver to Los Angeles. However, its flow has decreased by 20% compared to last century, and researchers say the climate crisis is to blame. More than half of the decrease in river flow is related to rising temperatures. As warming continues, they say the risk of "severe water shortages" is expected to grow for the millions who depend on it. (George Rose / Getty Images)
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| Antarctica - Like the Arctic, Antarctica is warming faster than most of the rest of the world, and the continent is undergoing alarming changes. The warmest temperature ever measured in Antarctica was recorded in 2020, an iceberg the size of Atlanta broke off a glacier, and the beloved penguins that call the continent home are declining. The effects of climate change here will be felt around the world. The Antarctic ice sheets contain enough water to raise sea levels by almost 60 meters, according to the World Meteorological Organization. (Alelessandro Dahan / Getty Images)
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Maldives - This exotic getaway is one of the lowest countries in the world, with an average elevation of around 1 meter above sea level.
As sea levels continue to rise, islands like these are at risk of sinking beneath the waves for decades to come.
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Cordilleras of the Philippines - For 2,000 years, the tall rice fields of the Philippines have shaped the landscape of the Cordilleras on Luzon Island.
But they are more susceptible than ever to mudslides, as extreme rain events become more frequent in Southeast Asia.
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Great Barrier Reef - Covering nearly 345,000 square kilometers, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest in the world and is home to 1,500 species of fish, 411 species of hard coral and dozens of other species.
But as ocean temperatures warm due to the climate crisis, the reef is bleaching, and scientists fear it will never recover.
Earlier this year she experienced her third mass whitening event in the last five years.
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Mount Everest - Even the highest peak on Earth is not immune from the climate crisis.
Scientists found that melting due to warmer temperatures has led to more vegetation at all elevations.
(Joya Samad / AFP / Getty Images)
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| The Amazon - The Amazon rainforest is one of the most important ecosystems in the world. Your trees absorb excess CO2 from the air and convert it into the oxygen we need to thrive. But deforestation has reclaimed an area the size of 8.4 million soccer fields in the last decade, and was devastated by wildfires in 2019. A recent study found that the rainforest could, by 2050 or earlier, begin to contribute. into the air with more gases that warm the planet than it absorbs. (Shutterstock)
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Alaska - Alaska and the Arctic are warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet.
This rapid rise in temperature is melting glaciers, intensifying algal blooms, killing salmon and fueling wildfires.
(Shutterstock)
Deer full moon
The July full moon has several names, such as thunder full moon, due to July storms or hay moon, but the most common name is deer full moon because this is the time when the new horns of the deer begin to grow.
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This year, the full deer moon will be seen on July 23 at 10:37 pm ET.
This full moon can be seen for approximately three days in a row.
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The moon is seen near the Indonesian island of Bali during Wednesday's total lunar eclipse.
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The lunar eclipse is seen behind a Ferris wheel in Santa Monica, California.
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People gather to see the moon in Hong Kong.
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The eclipse is observed from the Nagaon district in India.
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The moon hovers behind the Statue of Liberty before sunrise in New York.
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The moon rises over the Makapuu Lighthouse in Honolulu.
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The moon is seen partially covered by buildings in Brasilia, Brazil, at the beginning of the lunar eclipse on Wednesday.
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The moon rises over Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong.
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The partial eclipse moon sets over West Palm Beach, Florida.
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The moon sets over Stonehenge in Amesbury, England.
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People watch the moon rise over Sydney's Bondi Beach.
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Birds fly in front of the moon in Ankara, Turkey.
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An airplane passes in front of the moon during the lunar eclipse in Shenyang, China.
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Launch of the Starliner ship
NASA and Boing scheduled a second test flight of the Starliner spacecraft, after the first test flight in December 2019 ran into several problems.
Like Space X with the Crew Dragon ship, Boing's CST-100 Starliner aims to get astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and back to Earth.
Jeff Bezos will go into space for 11 minutes.
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However, before transporting astronauts, the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will have to take off on July 30 at 2:53 pm ET from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, complete its docking with the ISS and return to Earth.
Upon completion of the mission, you will be granted the necessary clearance to conduct manned flights from NASA to the ISS.
This launch was scheduled for 2020 but a series of delays forced the launch to be postponed until now.
You can follow the launch from the NASA YouTube channel.
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