Moisture and solar heating lead to interesting patterns in one of the cloudiest places on Earth.
Published Mar 3, 2019
The International Space Station was crossing over the equator when an astronaut looked east and took this photo just after a sunrise.
Published Jul 28, 2019
An extreme sideways viewing angle and the mirror-like reflection of sunlight off water creates a dramatic astronaut photo of clouds over Italy’s Calabrian Peninsula.
Published Dec 21, 2009
Low Sun angles enhance certain wavelengths of light, painting the atmosphere over a distant patch of ocean.
Published Sep 12, 2019
This astronaut photo from January 4, 2010, shows meander scars and oxbow lakes in the floodplain of the Rio Negro in South America.
Published Feb 15, 2010
Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, the Finger Lakes of New York, and numerous other bodies of water are brilliantly lit by sunglint in this astronaut photograph.
Published Jul 22, 2012
The setting sun glints off the Amazon River and numerous lakes in its floodplain in this astronaut photograph from August 19, 2008. Large areas of sunglint are common in oblique views. Sunglint images reveal great detail in surface water—in this case the marked difference between the smooth outline of the Amazon and the jagged shoreline of the Uatumã River.
Published Sep 8, 2008
Moonglint and the lights of Torino, Lyon, and Marseille glitter in this nighttime astronaut photo of the Italy-France border region.
Published May 31, 2010
This detailed image of Everest, the highest (29,035 feet, 8850 meters) mountain in the world, shows early morning light on the eastern Kangshung Face. The mountains appear to jump out of the picture because the image was taken with low sunlight using an electronic still camera equipped with an 800 mm lens.
Published Apr 28, 2002
In spite of its clear significance to the planet, the expansive region is a complex and challenging place for remote sensing scientists to study.
Published Sep 26, 2019
Clouds formed over rural areas and the cities but are noticeably absent above Guanabara Bay and the ocean due to the mechanisms of cloud formation.
Published May 17, 2020
Astronauts used the Electrical Still Camera (ESC) to photograph a mass of storm clouds during Expedition 1.
Published Dec 3, 2000
Anvil clouds and towering thunderheads stood tall over northeastern Brazil.
Published Dec 15, 2019
An astronaut captured a moment of morning beauty in a region often shrouded in clouds.
Published Aug 19, 2018
A massive cloud rises above Andros Island in the Bahamas.
Published Jan 15, 2018
The setting sun highlights cloud patterns—as well as the Pacific Ocean surface itself—in this photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station.
Published May 28, 2012
In this astronaut photograph from November 16, 2006, sunglint—light reflected directly back to the camera onboard the International Space Station (ISS) from a water surface—accentuates the wetland setting of New Orleans by highlighting the numerous lakes, ponds, and rivers (in various shades of silver-gray) surrounding the city.
Published Jan 15, 2007
