The Best NASA Images of Earth From Space
Courtesy NASAThe Strait of Gibraltar, at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula, at night.
Courtesy NASACaptured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), shown here are three reefs in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a natural wonder of the world battling an existential threat caused by warming oceans.
Courtesy NASAThe rugged, bone-like terrain of Morocco, as photographed by an engineer aboard the ISS during a flyover of the country.
Courtesy NASAA night shot of Paris from far above gives a whole new meaning to the capital's nickname, “City of Light.”
Courtesy NASAIn this photo, taken from the U.S. Geological Survey's Landsat 8 satellite, we see the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska thickening and advancing—a rare occurrence in this day and age, considering that most glaciers around the world are shrinking due to climate change.
Courtesy NASAWhile orbiting above eastern North America, an ISS crew member captured this confluence of whirlpools forming in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off the coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Courtesy NASAA masterpiece from NASA's Blue Period? Sort of. This "false color"satellite image (a method used in renderings for better reading of data) shows volcanic activity in the South Sandwich Islands, an uninhabited collection of islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
Courtesy NASAIn the summer of 2015, a NASA satellite captured the eruption of Wolf, the highest volcano in the Galápagos Islands, which erupted for the first time in 33 years. The false-color image show vegetated areas in red and lava, appearing charcoal or black.
Courtesy NASAThe Landsat 8 satellite captured the heart-shaped Lake St. Clair during a heavy bloom of algae across the Great Lakes.
Courtesy NASASure, Mount Everest and the Great Wall of China are (relatively) easy to spot from space. But, here's a fun fact: This series of tidal channels, cutting through a string of keys in the Bahamas, is one of the most recognizable spots to astronauts aboard the ISS due to its tell-tale pattern of shallow currents.
