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Eco-photos of the week: Aug. 8-14

By: Catie Leary on Aug. 13, 2010, 7:03 a.m.

Ice island 4 times larger than Manhattan

Photo: NASA

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Ice island

This Aug. 5 satellite image provided by NASA shows an ice island that has broken off the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland.

A University of Delaware researcher says the floating ice sheet covers 100 square miles — more than four times the size of the island of Manhattan.

HIkers from China take part in the Fjallraven Classic

Fish seller Jeff Kirkpatrick tosses a salmon

Winners of an UNEP art contest draw in Kenya

Splish splash at Battery Park

Recovering from the china mudslides

Ice island 4 times larger than Manhattan

Hyena pup is shown off to world

A lookout hut is half submerged by floodwaters in Goerlitz, Germany

Red kangaroos hang out at the Berlin Zoo

Argiope aurantia or writing spider

Massive tree drifts ashore

Woman walks through Moscow with a mask to avoid smog

European high diving championship in Budapest

Man walks with dogs near the Arabian Sea shore in Mumbai

Protester in Manhattan holds a 'Let them drink gas' sign

Watermelon harvest in China

A park bench is submerged in River Elbe flooding

Tourists flock to Dalian, despite oil spill

Ice island

This Aug. 5 satellite image provided by NASA shows an ice island that has broken off the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland.

A University of Delaware researcher says the floating ice sheet covers 100 square miles — more than four times the size of the island of Manhattan.