An astronaut’s photograph reveals the myriad features of a remote glacier high in the Karakoram mountains of central Asia.
Image of the Day Snow and Ice
This wide-angle photo offers the feeling of looking out over the Persian Gulf from an altitude of about 250 miles.
Image of the Day Land
This city in southern Arizona is surrounded by mountains, national forest, and conservation areas.
Lakes and lava flows fill the depression atop this geologically young stratovolcano in eastern Türkiye.
Bright white water surfaces and cloud tops contrast with the darker landscape of this Caribbean island.
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This coastal stretch of South Africa’s Western Cape province supports industry, fishing, farming, tourism, and a nature reserve.
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The iconic volcano of Northern California is home to seven glaciers that become buried in a blanket of snow during winter.
Tectonic forces over millions of years have folded the region’s layers of colorful rock. Erosion has since exposed them.
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Infrastructure, aquaculture, and an artificial island are found along this coastal stretch of southwest India.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are uniquely positioned to capture striking photos of the Sun and Earth.
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The terrain near the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers is topographically varied compared to the relatively flat Midwest.
Two years after the eruption of Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands, some roads have been reconstructed.
Stark contrasts between light and dark indicate the interface between urban and natural areas in the Greek capital.
Water-carved canyons and wind-sculpted dunes adorn the desert landscape.
The causeway and its blocky “islands” off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia make oil drilling possible in the region’s shallow waters.
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The white sands of Florida’s Emerald Coast beaches are primarily comprised of quartz grains from the southern Appalachian Mountains.
Ancient geologic processes created a Saharan landscape full of contrasts.
The Parinacota and Pomerape volcanoes rise like twins along the Chile-Bolivia border, but close inspection reveals distinct differences in their appearance.
Despite their rusty color, these arteries of water in Bolivia and Madagascar are important for biodiversity.
Oblique photographs can provide a unique perspective on the planet’s topographic highs, including Europe’s most active volcano.
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A patchwork of farmland along the Snake River abuts a flow of hardened lava.
An oblique-angle photo taken from above the Middle East captures the Moon peeking over Earth’s atmospheric limb.
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Intertidal flats, mangroves, and artificial islands surround the populous capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
Southeastern Ethiopia’s longest river supports the growth of green vegetation amid the otherwise brown, desert landscape.
The icy landscape high in the Andes is dotted with colorful glacial lakes and weathered rock.
Image of the Day Land Snow and Ice
An otherworldly landscape on a plateau in the Andes provides a natural laboratory for scientists studying Earth and Mars.
The Flaming Gorge Reservoir lies within a national recreation area that straddles the two states.
Cameras on the International Space Station captured oblique photos of the potent storm over the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.
Atmosphere Severe Storms
The aurora borealis and moonglint shine bright in this astronaut photo of the Alaskan island chain.
Dunes formed on the slopes of dark mesas in this photo taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station.