Once named San Salvador, the island may be where Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the Americas.
Published Mar 21, 2011
Taken March 13, 2011, this astronaut photograph shows the Japanese coast north of the city of Sendai, in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Published Mar 15, 2011
Milan, the largest city in Italy, is one of Europe’s major transportation, industrial, and commercial hubs, and a global center of fashion and culture.
Published Mar 14, 2011
Narrow cordons of coastal dunes stretch for hundreds of kilometers along Argentina’s coast, including the Médano Blanco dunes near the arid and windy border of Patagonia.
Published Mar 7, 2011
NASA recently improved the view from the space station, as displayed in this January 2011 photograph of That Choeng Shum, Thailand.
Published Mar 5, 2011
At 3,415 meters above sea level, the summit is the highest of Africa’s Sahara region.
Published Feb 14, 2011
Snow cover highlights the calderas and volcanic cones that form the northern and southern ends of Onekotan Island, part of the Kuril Island arc.
Published Jan 24, 2011
Acquired January 13, 2011 by astronauts aboard the ISS, this photograph shows extensive flooding in the Brisbane suburb of Rocklea.
Published Jan 18, 2011
This astronaut photograph highlights the northern approach to the world’s tallest mountain.
Published Jan 17, 2011
Montreal, the largest city in the mostly French-speaking Province of Quebec, is considered by some to be the cultural capital of Canada.
Published Jan 10, 2011
The islands are situated on large depositional platforms composed mainly of carbonate sediments and ringed by reefs.
Published Jan 3, 2011
This astronaut photograph features two of China’s most populous cities: Beijing and Tianjin.
Published Dec 27, 2010
The old and new zones of Doha, capital city of Qatar, are clearly visible from space, as is the Persian Gulf emirate’s new artificial island, The Pearl.
Published Dec 20, 2010
The desert darkness contrasts starkly with the brightly lit street grid of Las Vegas in this photo from the International Space Station.
Published Dec 13, 2010
This photograph of snow-covered volcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula illustrates one of the unique attributes of the International Space Station—the ability to view landscapes at an angle, rather than the straight down view typical of many satellite-based sensors.
Published Dec 6, 2010
The capital and largest city of Nepal, Kathmandu, occupies much of the valley located near the center of the country.
Published Nov 29, 2010
Nevado Coropuna is the highest volcanic peak in Peru.
Published Nov 22, 2010
Cape Cod is a haven for rocks and people who have washed up on American shores.
Published Nov 21, 2010
This astronaut photograph of the Reliant Park area of Houston, Texas, is one of the highest spatial resolution images ever obtained from the International Space Station.
Published Nov 15, 2010
The Nile River and its delta looks like a brilliant, long-stemmed flower in this astronaut photograph of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea at night.
Published Nov 8, 2010
Acquired September 30, 2010, this astronaut photograph shows part of the Syr Darya River Floodplain in Kazakhstan, where the river flows through braided channels.
Published Nov 1, 2010
Pyramid Lake, in western Nevada, is a remnant of the ancient and much larger Lake Lahontan that formed during the last Ice Age.
Published Oct 18, 2010
The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe is a layered intrusion of igneous, metal-bearing rock that has been dated to approximately 2.5 billion years in age.
Published Oct 11, 2010
This panoramic view of the southwestern USA and Pacific Ocean was taken by an astronaut looking out at an angle from the International Space Station
Published Oct 4, 2010
Astronauts on the International Space Station took in this view of the north coast of the Caspian Sea and two river deltas in Kazakhstan and Russia on September 11, 2010.
Published Sep 27, 2010
This astronaut photograph shows smoke billowing from the Twitchell Canyon Fire in central Utah on September 21, 2010.
Published Sep 21, 2010
Es Safa is a striking basaltic volcanic field located in Syria, within the larger Harrat Ash Shamah—the largest volcanic field on the Arabian tectonic plate.
Published Sep 20, 2010
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of the eye of Hurricane Igor on September 14, 2010.
Published Sep 16, 2010
Maseru is the capital city of the Kingdom of Lesotho, and is located along the northwestern border of the country with the Republic of South Africa.
Published Sep 13, 2010
An astronaut on the International Space Station snapped this photograph of Hurricane Earl as a Category 4 storm on August 30, 2010.
Published Sep 2, 2010
