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The following are pages from NASA's Earth Observatory site for photographs submitted by our Earth Sciences and Image Analysis group.

 
Earth Observatory Featured Postings
Title Date posted Photo ID
Cities at Night: The View from Space 2008/04/22 ISS016-E-27034
ISS007-E-16747
ISS007-E-16525
ISS016-E-27162
ISS016-E-27168
ISS016-E-26150
ISS016-E-27586
ISS006-E-44123
ISS016-E-16189
The Art of Science 2005/10/24 ISS010-E-10124
ISS010-E-14618
ISS010-E-15457
ISS010-E-18196
ISS010-E-21487
ISS010-E-21965
Auroras Dancing in the Night 2004/01/02 ISS006-E-47517
ISS006-E-21591
ISS006-E-48424
ISS006-E-51691
ISS006-E-28961
Watching the World Go By 2003/10/22 ISS007-E-9227
Astronauts Photograph Mt. Pinatubo 2001/06/14
Earth Observatory Image Postings
Title Date posted Geographic Name Photo ID
Lightning over Equatorial Africa 2001/01/20 AFRICA STS097-351-9
STS097-351-12
Cumulonimbus Cloud over Africa 2008/03/10 AFRICA ISS016-E-27426
The Blue Marble from Apollo 17 2001/01/29 AFRICA AS17-148-22727
Erg Oriental, Algeria 2007/02/11 ALGERIA ISS013-E-75141
Issaouane Erg, Algeria 2005/02/06 ALGERIA ISS010-E-13539
Bechar Basin, Algeria 2007/08/05 ALGERIA ISS015-E-15323
Dune Types in the Issaouane Erg, Eastern Algeria 2006/09/10 ALGERIA ISS013-E-65526
Mosaic of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field 2002/02/17 ARGENTINA ISS004-E-6737
ISS004-E-6738
Iberá Swamp Topography, NE Argentina 2005/01/30 ARGENTINA ISS010-E-5072
Rosario, Argentina 2005/11/06 ARGENTINA ISS011-E-6422
Corrientes, Argentina, and the Parana River 2004/11/07 ARGENTINA ISS010-E-5070
Buenos Aires at Night  (HSF) 2003/03/16 ARGENTINA ISS006-E-24987
Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina 2007/03/11 ARGENTINA ISS014-E-5615
Erosion by Ice and Water in the Southern Andes 2000/12/23 ARGENTINA ISS001-E-5113
Moreno Glacier, Argentina 2004/12/05 ARGENTINA ISS010-E-5803
Rio de la Plata 2003/12/07 ARGENTINA ISS008-E-5983
Viedma Glacier, Argentina 2006/05/07 ARGENTINA ISS013-E-6947
Glacial Retreat 2004/02/01 ARGENTINA ISS008-E-11807
ISS001-E-5318
Noctilucent Clouds  (MSFC) 2003/08/10 ASIA ISS007-E-10974
ISS Astronauts View the Moon 2002/01/13 ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS ISS003-E-6430
Thinning Upper Atmosphere 2004/02/22 ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS ISS008-E-8951
Water Boundaries 2003/12/14 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-6009
African Dust Blows over the Caribbean 2001/09/09 ATLANTIC OCEAN STS065-75-47
STS105-723-7
Hurricane Frances 2004/08/30 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS009-E-20440
Iceberg Melt, Near South Georgia 2004/03/14 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-12555
ISS008-E-12564
Hurricane Fabian 2003/09/08 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS007-E-14419
Five-Year-Old Icebergs near South Georgia Island  (MSFC) 2004/01/25 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-12109
ISS008-E-12107
Central Africa Dust Storm 2004/03/12 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-18202
Mega-iceberg A53a, South Atlantic 2008/02/24 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS016-E-23196
ISS016-E-23197
Hurricane Isabel 2003/09/15 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS007-E-14750
Hurricane Isabel 2003/09/15 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS007-E-14745
“Hurricane” Catarina hits Brazil  (HSF) 2004/04/04 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-19646
Iceberg A22A, South Atlantic Ocean 2007/06/17 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS015-E-10125
ISS015-E-10118
Viewing Earth's Limb 2003/04/02 ATMOSPHERIC LIMB ISS001-421-24
ISS002-E-9767
Aurora from the Space Shuttle 2001/01/11 AURORA STS097-354-36
Aurora Australis 2001/04/15 AURORA STS039-342-28
Red Aurora as Seen from the Space Station 2001/12/09 AURORA ISS003-E-6816
Green Aurora Seen from the Space Station 2001/11/11 AURORA ISS003-E-6152
Photographs of Auroras from Space 2004/01/04 AURORA ISS006-E-47517
ISS006-E-51691
Fire Scars in Australia's Simpson Desert 2005/06/12 AUSTRALIA ISS005-E-21295
Australian Bushfires  (HSF) 2003/02/09 AUSTRALIA-NSW ISS006-E-19300
Lake Tandou, New South Wales, Australia  (HSF) 2002/12/01 AUSTRALIA-NSW ISS005-E-21125
ISS005-E-21126
ISS005-E-21127
Gosses Bluff Impact Crater, Northern Territory, Australia  (HSF) 2003/06/15 AUSTRALIA-NT ISS007-E-5697
Plankton Blooms, Capricorn Channel  (HSF) 2002/12/29 AUSTRALIA-Q ISS005-E-21572
Shark Bay, Australia 2004/11/29 AUSTRALIA-WA ISS010-E-6681
Perth, Australia 2008/02/10 AUSTRALIA-WA ISS016-E-22772
Baku, Azerbaijan 2001/07/22 AZERBAIJAN ISS002-E-6176
Chetumal Bay Coral Reef 2001/10/28 BELIZE ISS001-E-5317
Natural Hazards -- Fires in Central America 2002/05/15 BELIZE ISS004-E-11078
Boilers along the southeast coast of Bermuda 2001/09/30 BERMUDA ISS003-E-5735
Plankton Bloom in Lake Titicaca 2004/09/19 BOLIVIA ISS009-E-5696
Changes in the Mamore River, Bolivia 2003/08/17 BOLIVIA ISS007-E-10797
Lake Poopó Water Levels 2006/04/23 BOLIVIA ISS012-E-6468
Tierras Bajas Deforestation, Bolivia 2001/05/27 BOLIVIA ISS002-E-5654
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia 2005/12/11 BOLIVIA ISS012-E-6456
Elephant damage to vegetation in Botswana 2001/08/26 BOTSWANA STS008-33-993
Salt Ponds, Botswana 2007/05/13 BOTSWANA ISS014-E-15732
Solimões-Negro River Confluence at Manaus, Amazonia 2005/02/13 BRAZIL ISS009-E-15488
Coastal Change, Amazon River Mouth 2005/03/06 BRAZIL ISS010-E-13029
Coastal Dunes, Brazil  (HSF) 2003/10/19 BRAZIL ISS007-E-15177
Sao Simao Reservoir, Brazil: 300,000th ISS image of the Earth 2008/01/06 BRAZIL ISS016-E-11999
Rio de Janeiro 2002/04/14 BRAZIL ISS001-E-5418
Caravelas Strandplain, Bahia Province, Brazil 2007/03/18 BRAZIL ISS014-E-10499
Thunderstorms over the Amazon 2002/05/15 BRAZIL STS41B-41-2347
Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil 2006/12/03 BRAZIL ISS013-E-74843
São Paulo, Brazil, at Night  (HSF) 2003/05/04 BRAZIL ISS006-E-44689
Searles Lake, California 2005/07/10 CALIFORNIA ISS011-E-9680
Mount Baker, Washington—a Hazardous Beauty 2004/06/13 CANADA-BC ISS008-E-15491
ISS008-E-15493
Saskatchewan River Delta, Manitoba, Canada 2007/10/28 CANADA-M ISS015-E-7649
Belle Isle, Newfoundland, Canada 2006/03/12 CANADA-N ISS012-E-15918
Sept-iles, Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec, Canada 2005/06/26 CANADA-Q ISS011-E-7471
Montreal 2007/02/25 CANADA-Q ISS014-E-12652
Monteregian Hills, Quebec, Canada 2007/05/27 CANADA-Q ISS014-E-19807
Estevan Coalfield and Power Plants, Saskatchewan 2001/03/18 CANADA-S STS098-715B-84
Aves Island 2006/06/18 CARIBBEAN SEA ISS013-E-27590
Wave Patterns Near Bajo Nuevo Reef, Caribbean Sea 2006/10/01 CARIBBEAN SEA ISS013-E-71473
ISS013-E-71468
Nukuoro Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia 2006/07/09 CAROLINE ISLANDS ISS013-E-28610
Emi Koussi Volcano, Chad, North Africa  (HSF) 2002/12/08 CHAD ISS005-E-20451
Lake Chad as seen from Apollo-7 in 1968 2001/03/11 CHAD AS07-8-1932
STS005-39-1022
STS052-80-66
STS092-343-18
Glacial Retreat in Chilean Patagonia 2002/03/31 CHILE ISS004-E-7267
STS068-260-73
Camaná, Peru, and Tsunami Vulnerability 2002/03/17 CHILE ISS004-E-6128
Northern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile 2002/02/03 CHILE STS108-722-60
Brüggen Glacier, Chile 2001/12/09 CHILE ISS003-E-6061
Tyndall Glacier, Chile 2007/12/23 CHILE ISS016-E-12047
Pangue Dam, Bíobío River, Chile 2004/02/15 CHILE ISS008-E-12372
Maipo Volcano, Chile 2004/10/17 CHILE ISS009-E-22625
Grey Glacier, Chile 2007/06/24 CHILE ISS015-E-10704
Gobi Dust Over Northeast China and Korea 2001/05/06 CHINA STS031-73-54
STS031-73-59
Mount Everest from the International Space Station 2002/04/28 CHINA ISS004-E-8852
Dust and Smog in Northeast China 2006/05/14 CHINA ISS012-E-21250
Yellow River Delta 2004/08/22 CHINA ISS009-E-10807
ISS009-E-10808
ISS009-E-10809
Tibetan Braid 2001/12/16 CHINA ISS003-E-6632
Mount Everest (Chomolungma, Goddess Mother of the World) 2001/02/03 CHINA STS058-101-12
On Top of the World: Everest and Makalu 2004/03/28 CHINA ISS008-E-13304
Shenyang, China 2005/02/27 CHINA ISS010-E-13807
Beijing, China 2003/06/08 CHINA STS090-714-42
Lake Puma Yumco, Tibet, China 2006/02/26 CHINA ISS012-E-14618
The Many Faces of Mount Everest 2003/12/28 CHINA ISS008-E-6150
Baitoushan Volcano, China and North Korea 2005/05/15 CHINA ISS006-E-43366
Polar Mesospheric Clouds 2007/08/12 CLOUDS STS117-E-6998
Old Havana, Cuba 2003/01/05 CUBA ISS005-E-18035
Fires in Central and Southern Africa 2002/07/31 DEM. REP. OF CONGO ISS004-E-11958
Kinshasa and Brazzaville 2004/03/21 DEM. REP. OF CONGO ISS007-E-6305
Cabarete Bay, Dominican Republic 2004/08/08 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ISS009-E-12329
Easter Island 2002/10/06 EASTER ISLAND ISS005-E-15458
Space Station view of the Pyramids at Giza 2001/10/24 EGYPT ISS003-E-5120
Another New Lake in Egypt 2001/04/22 EGYPT STS102-716-25
STS106-716-96
Biogenic Films at the Mouth of the Suez Canal 2001/09/23 EGYPT STS105-331-18
Urban Growth in Cairo 1965–98 2001/09/16 EGYPT GEM05-1-45778
STS088-739-91
Alexandria, Egypt 2004/05/30 EGYPT ISS007-E-10960
Ship Traffic on the Suez Canal, Egypt 2006/07/30 EGYPT ISS013-E-44847
Egypt's North Sinai Agricultural Development 2001/06/10 EGYPT STS040-77-91
STS073-708-83
STS090-728-55
STS100-703-46
Decreasing Water Levels in Egypt’s Toshka Lakes 2006/01/08 EGYPT ISS012-E-11639
Egypt’s Great Pyramids of Giza  (HSF) 2003/09/07 EGYPT ISS007-E-12915
Lake Nasser and the New Valley 2006/01/01 EGYPT ISS012-E-11654
Lights Along the Nile 2003/07/01 EGYPT ISS006-E-44645
Port of Suez, Egypt 2008/01/27 EGYPT ISS016-E-19375
Alexandria (Al Iskandariya), Egypt 2001/01/04 EGYPT ISS001-E-5025
The Great Bend in the Nile, By Day and Night  (HSF)  (POD, part 1)  (POD, part 2) 2003/07/01 EGYPT ISS006-E-27767
ISS006-E-27768
ISS006-E-27770
ISS006-E-44645
Toshka Lakes, Southern Egypt 2000/12/18 EGYPT STS088-719-2
STS103-712-7
Aswan High Dam in 6-meter Resolution from the International Space Station 2002/05/05 EGYPT STS102-303-17
Gebel Edmonstone, Egypt 2004/10/31 EGYPT ISS009-E-12441
Aquaculture in the Nile Delta 2006/10/29 EGYPT ISS013-E-76441
Semien Mountains, Ethiopia 2008/04/06 ETHIOPIA ISS016-E-10784
Dendi Caldera, Ethiopia 2008/03/30 ETHIOPIA ISS016-E-19239
Fires, East Falkland Island, South Atlantic 2007/10/14 FALKLAND ISLANDS ISS015-E-30526
St. Petersburg and the Gulf of Finland 2005/11/27 FINLAND ISS011-E-12401
Paris in April 2002/05/12 FRANCE ISS004-E-10414
Paris, France 2008/02/17 FRANCE ISS016-E-21564
Contrail Web over the Central Rhône Valley, Eastern France 2002/08/18 FRANCE ISS004-E-11807
Fernandina Island, Galapagos 2002/08/11 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ISS005-E-6997
Munich International Airport, Germany 2006/10/08 GERMANY ISS013-E-18319
The Acropolis, Athens, Greece 2002/12/22 GREECE ISS005-E-16846
International Space Station from Space Shuttle Endeavour 2007/09/23 GREECE STS118-E-9469
Athens, Greece 2004/08/15 GREECE ISS009-E-11537
Mount Olympus, Greece 2005/04/03 GREECE ISS010-E-8224
Santa Maria Volcano, Guatemala 2002/02/24 GUATEMALA ISS004-E-7999
Astronaut Photos of Hurricane Lili 2002/10/13 GULF OF MEXICO ISS005-E-15904
ISS005-E-15906
ISS005-E-15928
ISS005-E-15929
Guanaja Island, Honduras 2007/03/25 HONDURAS ISS014-E-15767
Howland Island, Pacific Ocean 2005/01/02 HOWLAND ISLAND ISS010-E-9287
Danube River flooding near Vác, Hungary 2002/09/01 HUNGARY ISS005-E-10000
ISS005-E-10926
Lake Morari, Tibet 2006/12/17 INDIA ISS013-E-76262
Mumbai, India 2004/05/02 INDIA ISS008-E-19273
Lake Sambhar, India 2004/12/12 INDIA ISS010-E-8524
Mumbai, India 2007/02/04 INDIA ISS014-E-8741
ISS014-E-8742
ISS014-E-8744
îles Glorieuses 2003/08/03 INDIAN OCEAN I(S). ISS002-E-6913
Sangeang Api, Indonesia  (HSF) 2002/10/20 INDONESIA STS112-E-5628
Grasberg Mine, Indonesia 2005/07/31 INDONESIA ISS011-E-9620
Merapi Volcano, Java  (HSF) 2003/09/14 INDONESIA-J ISS007-E-13327
Tsunami Damage, Northwestern Sumatra (Indonesia) 2005/01/23 INDONESIA-S ISS010-E-13088
Mt. Damavand, Iran 2005/02/20 IRAN ISS010-E-13393
Major Dust Storm East of Bam, Iran  (HSF) 2004/02/25 IRAN ISS008-E-16328
Winter in the Dasht-e-Lut Desert, Eastern Iran 2006/03/26 IRAN ISS012-E-18779
Salt Dome in the Zagros Mountains, Iran 2006/04/16 IRAN ISS012-E-18774
Kharg Island, Iran 2003/01/12 IRAN ISS005-E-11900
Mashhad, Iran 2003/02/02 IRAN STS107-E-5290
Mesopotamian Marshes 2002/03/03 IRAQ ISS001-702-110
Burren Plateau, County Clare, Ireland 2008/05/04 IRELAND ISS016-E-30080
Jericho, West Bank 2005/05/01 ISRAEL ISS005-E-9451
Lake Fucine, Italy 2008/03/16 ITALY ISS016-E-30337
Nardo Ring, Italy 2007/09/09 ITALY ISS014-E-7578
Napoli and Volcanism - Vesuvius and Mt. Etna 2001/11/04 ITALY STS104-710-60
Haze in the Po River Valley, Italy 2006/11/05 ITALY ISS013-E-78295
Watery Gem of Northern Italy, the City of Venice 2001/07/08 ITALY ISS001-E-6691
Venice, Italy 2007/04/22 ITALY ISS014-E-17346
Turin, Italy 2006/02/12 ITALY ISS012-E-15598
Smog in the Northern Adriatic Sea  (HSF) 2003/04/27 ITALY ISS006-E-33736
A Star of Japan, Hakodate City 2002/09/22 JAPAN ISS005-E-10643
Tokyo at Night 2008/04/21 JAPAN ISS016-E-27586
Ariake Sea, Kyushu, Japan 2001/04/01 JAPAN STS090-739-79
Mt. Fuji, Japan 2004/03/07 JAPAN ISS008-E-17326
Salt Evaporation Ponds, Dead Sea 2001/05/13 JORDAN STS028-96-65
STS102-708-10
Uralsk, Kazakhstan 2005/11/13 KAZAKHSTAN ISS011-E-6717
Dust Storm, Aral Sea, Kazakhstan 2007/11/04 KAZAKHSTAN ISS015-E-7874
Mining and Agriculture in Kazakhstan  (HSF) 2002/11/24 KAZAKHSTAN STS112-E-6013
Ural River Delta, Kazakhstan 2005/06/05 KAZAKHSTAN ISS009-E-18679
Retreating Aral Sea Coastlines 2005/08/14 KAZAKHSTAN ISS011-E-7865
Dust Storm, Aral Sea 2001/12/30 KAZAKHSTAN ISS002-E-9147
Kiritimati, Kiribati (Christmas Island) 2002/03/24 KIRIBATI ISS004-E-6249
ISS004-E-6250
ISS004-E-6251
ISS004-E-6252
Beirut Metropolit