Merging rivers paint the landscape with muddy sediment.
Published Mar 19, 2012
The city is a favorite subject for astronaut photography.
Published Mar 9, 2012
This photograph from the International Space Station presents an almost surreal view of abundant green fields in the midst of a barren desert.
Published Mar 5, 2012
Fifty years ago today, the first American to orbit the planet took this photo of home.
Published Feb 21, 2012
In the desert, a lake shows a long fight between water, wind, and climate.
Published Feb 20, 2012
Atlanta, Jacksonville, and Charlotte fill the darkness with light.
Published Feb 13, 2012
With mountains and coastline in close proximity, the island is a popular holiday destination for Europeans.
Published Feb 6, 2012
East of the Andes, the volcanic field is a product of complex geological processes.
Published Jan 30, 2012
Is that a tapestry or an agricultural scene from Canada?
Published Jan 23, 2012
The Moon and the International Space Station appear as neighbors, though they are 384,400 kilometers miles apart.
Published Jan 16, 2012
Two neighboring craters in Africa had very different origins.
Published Jan 9, 2012
Ephemeral lakes grow with a fresh pulse of water in December 2011.
Published Jan 2, 2012
A comet rises into view from the east around the December solstice.
Published Jan 1, 2012
After dark, a fiesta of lights provides the outline for Spain and Portugal.
Published Dec 26, 2011
Astronauts and Santa Claus have a similar view of the planet.
Published Dec 24, 2011
Lake Eyre did something in 2011 that it doesn’t do very often: it took on new water.
Published Dec 19, 2011
Northwestern and central Argentina are subject to frequent dust storms, such as this one viewed in November 2011 from the ISS over South America.
Published Dec 12, 2011
Astronauts on the ISS captured an unusual, airplane-like view of the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands.
Published Dec 5, 2011
The Selenga River Delta, which stretches out into Russia’s Lake Baikal, is carved by an intricate network of channels and levees and surrounded by marshlands.
Published Nov 28, 2011
The limb of the Earth is a work of awesome beauty and a gift to science.
Published Nov 26, 2011
A clearly visible line marks about 50 kilometers of the international border between Egypt and Israel.
Published Nov 21, 2011
Astronauts captured this view of a Progress supply ship streaking across the sky as it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere.
Published Nov 14, 2011
Rowley Shoals, a series of atolls off northwestern Australia, are popular with divers and fisherman interested in the hundreds of marine species.
Published Nov 7, 2011
Crepuscular rays stream through the clouds over India, providing scientific and spiritual inspiration.
Published Oct 31, 2011
When viewed from the International Space Station, the night skies are illuminated with light from many sources.
Published Oct 24, 2011
Volcan Parinacota is a potentially active stratovolcano located on the Altiplano, a high plateau in the Andes mountains.
Published Oct 17, 2011
This astronaut photograph illustrates slash-and-burn forest clearing along the Rio Xingu (Xingu River) in the state of Matto Grasso, Brazil.
Published Oct 10, 2011
Bigach Impact Crater in northeastern Kazakhstan is about five million years old—long enough to be reshaped by geologic process, erosion, and human activity.
Published Oct 3, 2011
Viewed from the space station, Hurricane Katia presented an impressive cloud circulation as its center passed the northeastern coast of the United States on September 9, 2011.
Published Sep 26, 2011
This photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station highlights a sand dune field within the Burqin-Haba River-Jimunai Desert near the borders of China, Mongolia, Russia, and Kazakhstan.
Published Sep 19, 2011
