This composite image, which has become a popular poster, shows a global view of Earth at night, compiled from over…
The south end of Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas shimmers in turquoise waters in this 2002 photo from the International…
Changing weather conditions left their mark on sea ice along the Antarctic Peninsula in late 2008 and early 2009. In…
The Space Shuttle Endeavour's robotic arm hovers over Earth's horizon, backdropped by a starburst from the Sun. This photo was…
This image shows the abundance of life in the sea, measured by the SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite. Dark…
NASA spacecraft watched closely in 2005 as a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season yielded 27 named storms, including the devastating Hurricane…
The first photo of Earth from a weather satellite, taken by the TIROS-1 satellite on April 1, 1960. Early photographs…
Egypt's Lake Nasser, as photographed in January 2005 from the International Space Station. One of the world’s largest artificial lakes,…
The Antarctic ozone hole reached its annual maximum on Sept. 12, 2008, stretching over 27 million square kilometers, or 10.5…
Mt. Everest and nearby Mt. Makalu stand out in this oblique photograph of the Tibetan Plateau taken from the International…
