The sky beyond is washed with strokes of cobalt and cerulean blue, and a faint but perceptible smell of aniseed and wild garlic hangs in the air.

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As the Republican Convention starts in Tampa and Hurricane Isaac hurtles toward New Orleans, NASA is aiming to shift our focus, for a few minutes, beyond the storm-filled sky.

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