The looping medial moraines on Tajikistan’s Bivachny glacier offer a clue of periods when it surged rapidly forward.
Published Mar 17, 2015
Astronauts flying on the International Space Station took this photograph of California’s southernmost coastal city.
Published Mar 16, 2015
Vog haze is transported hundreds of kilometers downwind of the Big Island of Hawaii, forming subtle but distinct alternating swirls.
Published Mar 9, 2015
The nation is strategically positioned on one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, with access to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
Published Mar 2, 2015
New Zealand is seldom photographed from orbit because it is one of the cloudier parts of planet, and because crew sleep periods often occur when the ISS passes over the area.
Published Feb 23, 2015
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took these midwinter panoramas of the St. Lawrence River and surrounding cities.
Published Feb 16, 2015
Set on bluffs above the muddy, flood-prone Mississippi River, the city has long been a crossroads of water-borne and land transportation in the heartland of America.
Published Feb 9, 2015
Two photos, taken 48 years apart, provide contrasting views of southern Asia.
Published Jan 26, 2015
Lightning illuminated the center of the storm as the space station flew over at night.
Published Jan 25, 2015
Sediment and runoff plumes highlight the coast at the base of Italy’s boot.
Published Jan 19, 2015
A long lens was used by astronauts aboard the space station to take this photograph of the many natural and built features around this Mexican tourist mecca.
Published Jan 12, 2015
British Columbia's longest river delivers sediment and nutrients to the Strait of Georgia.
Published Jan 7, 2015
Precipitation increases and a layer of debris on the terminus have helped maintain the longest mid-latitude glacier.
Published Jan 5, 2015
This sand sea is one of the most recognizable features for orbiting astronauts, partly because they see it often through cloudless Saharan skies.
Published Dec 29, 2014
The cradle of three major religions—and of much of modern civilization—was captured in this photograph by an astronaut on the International Space Station.
Published Dec 24, 2014
A photograph from the space station shows some of the natural features that have governed the growth of the city.
Published Dec 22, 2014
The easily recognized boot of Italy is spread across this panorama taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Published Dec 15, 2014
As seen from the International Space Station, a long trench divides the Columbia Mountains and the Canadian Rockies.
Published Dec 13, 2014
The evaporation of several prehistoric lakes contributed to the formation of Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat.
Published Dec 9, 2014
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this photograph when the desert center of Arabia was partly obscured by a dusty atmosphere.
Published Dec 8, 2014
Astronauts use the Sun’s reflection point to reveal features that are otherwise difficult or impossible to see.
Published Dec 1, 2014
As moisture-filled thunderhead clouds expand upward through the atmosphere, they can hit a more stable layer and flatten into an anvil shape.
Published Nov 24, 2014
The peninsula is highly recognizable even at night, especially when looking north, as our map-trained brains expect.
Published Nov 17, 2014
A photograph by an astronaut leads us to a teachable moment about what’s in our air.
Published Nov 11, 2014
This astronaut photograph shows these sister cities on the Rio Grande, the second largest metropolitan area on the Mexico–U.S. border.
Published Nov 10, 2014
Recent fires burned away the vegetation cover of desert scrub to reveal a sheet of white sand and barchan dune patterns.
Published Nov 3, 2014
For millennia, the river has been the most important water supply in the western Sahara Desert.
Published Oct 27, 2014
The hometown of a 2014 World Series contender is brimming with baseball history.
Published Oct 25, 2014
This wide-angle panorama shows a huge swath of the western United States from Portland to Phoenix.
Published Oct 20, 2014
Distinct colors mark the communities and commerce along the Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea.
Published Oct 19, 2014
