This astronaut photograph highlights the summit crater and snow-covered slopes of the Avachinsky stratovolcano as it pokes above a surrounding cloud deck.
Published May 16, 2011
Sand meets the Caspian Sea in western Turkmenistan, where giant dunes are partially submerged.
Published May 27, 2012
This astronaut photograph from December 2, 2009, shows urban areas around the Giens Peninsula, on the French Riviera.
Published Jan 11, 2010
Taken from a distance of 400 kilometers, this astronaut photograph shows details of agricultural fields and city blocks on the Kerch Peninsula, on the shore of the Sea of Azov.
Published Jul 19, 2010
Acquired on June 6, 2010, this natural-color image shows brightly hued waters in a network of salt marshes between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Published Nov 20, 2010
Clouds hugged the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula while skies inland remained clear at the end of May 2009.
Published Jun 4, 2009
An Earth Observatory reader used widely available software to correct the oblique perspective of an earlier photograph of Montserrat and to adjust the color. The story of how he modified the image includes step-by-step instructions that can be applied to other photographs.
Published Mar 27, 2002
Crimea is a small piece of the world with a large role in modern history.
Published Feb 29, 2016
The urban landscape of Sevastopol, on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea, is featured in this astronaut photo from August 5, 2009.
Published Aug 24, 2009
Flood water continues receding from Thailand’s historic city of Ayutthaya in December 2011 and January 2012.
Published Jan 12, 2012
