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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
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
Earth from the Moon: A Different Perspective on the Harvest Moon 2004/10/03 AS11-44-6548
The Blue Marble from Apollo 17 2001/01/29 AFRICA AS17-148-22727
Urban Growth in Cairo 1965–98 2001/09/16 EGYPT GEM05-1-45778
STS088-739-91
San Francisco from the International Space Station 2001/02/24 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS001-323-21
Viewing Earth's Limb 2003/04/02 ATMOSPHERIC LIMB ISS001-421-24
ISS002-E-9767
Mesopotamian Marshes 2002/03/03 IRAQ ISS001-702-110
First Image of Earth from the International Space Station 2000/12/02 USA ISS001-E-5011
Alexandria (Al Iskandariya), Egypt 2001/01/04 EGYPT ISS001-E-5025
Erosion by Ice and Water in the Southern Andes 2000/12/23 ARGENTINA ISS001-E-5113
Popocatepetl from the Space Station 2001/02/18 MEXICO ISS001-E-5316
Chetumal Bay Coral Reef 2001/10/28 BELIZE ISS001-E-5317
Rio de Janeiro 2002/04/14 BRAZIL ISS001-E-5418
Downtown Houston from Space Station Alpha 2001/06/03 USA-TEXAS ISS001-E-6283
Shiveluch-Kamchatkan Volcanoes 2002/03/10 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ISS001-E-6504
STS053-81-88
Watery Gem of Northern Italy, the City of Venice 2001/07/08 ITALY ISS001-E-6691
Dhaulagiri, Himalayan Ranges of Nepal 2001/04/29 NEPAL ISS001-E-6765
Niagara Falls 2001/05/20 USA-NEW YORK ISS002-E-5325
Atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia 2001/07/01 TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO ISS002-E-5401
ISS002-E-5677
Tierras Bajas Deforestation, Bolivia 2001/05/27 BOLIVIA ISS002-E-5654
Baku, Azerbaijan 2001/07/22 AZERBAIJAN ISS002-E-6176
Manhattan 2001/08/12 USA-NEW YORK ISS002-E-6333
Greenwich, Where East Meets West 2001/07/29 UK-ENGLAND ISS002-E-6638
îles Glorieuses 2003/08/03 INDIAN OCEAN I(S). ISS002-E-6913
Lake Sarez, Tajikistan 2002/01/06 TAJIKISTAN ISS002-E-7771
ISS002-E-7479
Ash Plume Streams from Mt. Etna, Sicily 2001/08/05 SICILY ISS002-E-8683
Dust Storm, Aral Sea 2001/12/30 KAZAKHSTAN ISS002-E-9147
Soufriere Hills, Montserrat, West Indies 2001/12/23 LESSER ANTILLES ISS002-E-9309
Image Transformations-Montserrat 2002/03/27 LESSER ANTILLES ISS002-E-9309
Space Station view of the Pyramids at Giza 2001/10/24 EGYPT ISS003-E-5120
Boilers along the southeast coast of Bermuda 2001/09/30 BERMUDA ISS003-E-5735
Brüggen Glacier, Chile 2001/12/09 CHILE ISS003-E-6061
Green Aurora Seen from the Space Station 2001/11/11 AURORA ISS003-E-6152
ISS Astronauts View the Moon 2002/01/13 ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS ISS003-E-6430
Tibetan Braid 2001/12/16 CHINA ISS003-E-6632
Red Aurora as Seen from the Space Station 2001/12/09 AURORA ISS003-E-6816
San Francisco Bay 2002/05/26 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS004-E-10288
Paris in April 2002/05/12 FRANCE ISS004-E-10414
An Astronaut's View of Jewel-toned Lakes 2002/05/19 USA-PENNSYLVANIA ISS004-E-10472
ISS004-E-10319
Pacific NW—Washington, Vancouver Island 2002/06/30 USA-WASHINGTON ISS004-E-10921
Natural Hazards -- Fires in Central America 2002/05/15 BELIZE ISS004-E-11078
Contrail Web over the Central Rhône Valley, Eastern France 2002/08/18 FRANCE ISS004-E-11807
Fires in Central and Southern Africa 2002/07/31 DEM. REP. OF CONGO ISS004-E-11958
Saharan Dust over Senegal 2002/06/09 SENEGAL ISS004-E-12080
Bullock Fire, near Tucson, Arizona 2002/06/04 USA-ARIZONA ISS004-E-12328
Wolf and Copper Fires Near Los Angeles   (MSFC) 2002/06/15 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS004-E-13300
Wolf and Copper Fires Near Los Angeles   (MSFC) 2002/06/15 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS004-E-13303
New Cornelia Mine, Arizona 2002/06/23 USA-ARIZONA ISS004-E-5201
Camaná, Peru, and Tsunami Vulnerability 2002/03/17 CHILE ISS004-E-6128
Kiritimati, Kiribati (Christmas Island) 2002/03/24 KIRIBATI ISS004-E-6249
ISS004-E-6250
ISS004-E-6251
ISS004-E-6252
Mosaic of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field 2002/02/17 ARGENTINA ISS004-E-6737
ISS004-E-6738
Glacial Retreat in Chilean Patagonia 2002/03/31 CHILE ISS004-E-7267
STS068-260-73
Santa Maria Volcano, Guatemala 2002/02/24 GUATEMALA ISS004-E-7999
Mount Everest from the International Space Station 2002/04/28 CHINA ISS004-E-8852
Ash and Steam, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Monsterrat 2002/04/07 LESSER ANTILLES ISS004-E-8972
ISS004-E-8973
Danube River flooding near Vác, Hungary 2002/09/01 HUNGARY ISS005-E-10000
ISS005-E-10926
Kanaga Volcano, Alaska 2002/09/15 USA-ALASKA ISS005-E-10097
A Star of Japan, Hakodate City 2002/09/22 JAPAN ISS005-E-10643
Well-head flare, Calanscio Sand Sea, Libya 2004/12/26 LIBYA ISS005-E-11189
Kharg Island, Iran 2003/01/12 IRAN ISS005-E-11900
Tarbela Dam, Pakistan 2005/05/31 PAKISTAN ISS005-E-12804
Measuring Water Depth from the International Space Station  (HSF) 2004/01/11 USA-HAWAII ISS005-E-13929
Easter Island 2002/10/06 EASTER ISLAND ISS005-E-15458
Astronaut Photos of Hurricane Lili 2002/10/13 GULF OF MEXICO ISS005-E-15904
ISS005-E-15906
ISS005-E-15928
ISS005-E-15929
Effect of Drought on Great Salt Lake  (HSF) 2004/01/18 USA-UTAH ISS005-E-16729
ISS007-E-13002
ISS002-707-87
The Acropolis, Athens, Greece 2002/12/22 GREECE ISS005-E-16846
Old Havana, Cuba 2003/01/05 CUBA ISS005-E-18035
Key West 2002/11/03 USA-FLORIDA ISS005-E-18039
Mount St. Helens, Washington 2004/05/16 USA-WASHINGTON ISS005-E-18511
Spectacular View of Etna from the International Space Station  (HSF) 2002/11/06 SICILY ISS005-E-19016
ISS005-E-19024
Emi Koussi Volcano, Chad, North Africa  (HSF) 2002/12/08 CHAD ISS005-E-20451
Lake Natron, Tanzania  (HSF) 2002/12/15 TANZANIA ISS005-E-2054
ISS005-E-2055
Lake Tandou, New South Wales, Australia  (HSF) 2002/12/01 AUSTRALIA-NSW ISS005-E-21125
ISS005-E-21126
ISS005-E-21127
Fire Scars in Australia's Simpson Desert 2005/06/12 AUSTRALIA ISS005-E-21295
Plankton Blooms, Capricorn Channel  (HSF) 2002/12/29 AUSTRALIA-Q ISS005-E-21572
Hayman Fire and Others Scorch Western U.S.   (MSFC) 2002/06/24 USA-COLORADO ISS005-E-5416
Hayman Fire and Others Scorch Western U.S.   (MSFC) 2002/06/24 USA-COLORADO ISS005-E-5419
Fernandina Island, Galapagos 2002/08/11 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ISS005-E-6997
Summit Crater of Mauna Loa 2002/07/28 USA-HAWAII ISS005-E-7002
Ad Dahna Sand Cordon, Saudi Arabia 2004/09/26 SAUDI ARABIA ISS005-E-9293
Jericho, West Bank 2005/05/01 ISRAEL ISS005-E-9451
Mt. Elbrus, Caucasus Range 2002/11/10 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ISS005-E-9675
Mount Kazbek, Caucasus, Russia 2002/09/29 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ISS005-E-9691
Petroleum Infrastructure, Denver City, Texas 2002/09/08 USA-TEXAS ISS005-E-9984
Crater Lake, Oregon  (HSF) 2003/01/26 USA-OREGON ISS006-E-15238
New York City and East Coast City Lights  (HSF) 2003/04/13 USA-NEW YORK ISS006-E-18382
Australian Bushfires  (HSF) 2003/02/09 AUSTRALIA-NSW ISS006-E-19300
Society Islands, French Polynesia  (HSF) 2003/02/16 SOCIETY ISLANDS ISS006-E-22132
London by Night  (HSF) 2003/02/23 UK-ENGLAND ISS006-E-22939
Panama Canal 2003/03/02 PANAMA ISS006-E-23743
Southern Sierra Nevada and Owens Lake  (HSF) 2003/03/09 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS006-E-24783
Buenos Aires at Night  (HSF) 2003/03/16 ARGENTINA ISS006-E-24987
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
Page, Arizona  (HSF) 2003/03/23 USA-ARIZONA ISS006-E-28359
Popocatepetl and Iztaccíhuatl Volcanoes, Mexico 2005/03/27 MEXICO ISS006-E-28546
Lake Michigan Ice  (HSF)  (MSFC) 2003/03/30 USA-MICHIGAN ISS006-E-29393
Smog in the Northern Adriatic Sea  (HSF) 2003/04/27 ITALY ISS006-E-33736
A Danish Perspecive 2003/04/20 SWEDEN ISS006-E-33901
Palm Island Resort 2003/07/13 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ISS006-E-35516
Los Angeles at Night  (HSF) 2003/04/06 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS006-E-36913
Arid Coast of Peru 2005/03/20 PERU ISS006-E-38306
Baitoushan Volcano, China and North Korea 2005/05/15 CHINA ISS006-E-43366
Lights Along the Nile 2003/07/01 EGYPT ISS006-E-44645
São Paulo, Brazil, at Night  (HSF) 2003/05/04 BRAZIL ISS006-E-44689
Kulunda Steppe, Western Siberia, Russia 2003/06/01 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ISS006-E-45591
Above and Under the Red Sea  (POD) 2003/05/11 RED SEA ISS006-E-45935
Photographs of Auroras from Space 2004/01/04 AURORA ISS006-E-47517
ISS006-E-51691
The East Pacific Rise from Near and Far 2007/01/23 MEXICO ISS006-E-51456
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 2004/07/11 USA-HAWAII ISS006-E-52006
Hurricane Claudette  (HSF) 2003/07/21 USA-TEXAS ISS007-E-10244
Changes in the Mamore River, Bolivia 2003/08/17 BOLIVIA ISS007-E-10797
Alexandria, Egypt 2004/05/30 EGYPT ISS007-E-10960
Noctilucent Clouds  (MSFC) 2003/08/10 ASIA ISS007-E-10974
Austin, Texas  (HSF) 2003/08/24 USA-TEXAS ISS007-E-11256
Egypt’s Great Pyramids of Giza  (HSF) 2003/09/07 EGYPT ISS007-E-12915
Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan 2003/11/03 PAKISTAN ISS007-E-13090
Fires in British Columbia 2003/08/28 USA-WASHINGTON ISS007-E-13281
Merapi Volcano, Java  (HSF) 2003/09/14 INDONESIA-J ISS007-E-13327
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River 2003/09/23 ZIMBABWE ISS007-E-14361
Hurricane Fabian 2003/09/08 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS007-E-14419
Hurricane Isabel 2003/09/15 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS007-E-14745
Hurricane Isabel 2003/09/15 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS007-E-14750
Noumea, New Caledonia  (HSF) 2003/09/28 NEW CALEDONIA ISS007-E-14867
Johannesburg, South Africa  (HSF) 2003/10/05 REPUBLIC SOUTH AFRICA ISS007-E-15149
Coastal Dunes, Brazil  (HSF) 2003/10/19 BRAZIL ISS007-E-15177
Toquepala Copper Mine, Southern Peru  (HSF) 2003/10/11 PERU ISS007-E-15222
Honolulu  (HSF) 2003/10/26 USA-HAWAII ISS007-E-16813
Salton Sea 2003/11/09 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS007-E-16876
ISS007-E-17038
Boston  (HSF) 2003/11/16 USA-MASSACHUSETTS ISS007-E-17770
Fall Colors Portland, Maine 2003/11/30 USA-MAINE ISS007-E-17772
Fires in Southern California  (MSFC)  (NID) 2003/10/28 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS007-E-18088
First Recorded Eruption of Anatahan Volcano  (HSF)  (POD) 2003/05/18 NORTHERN MARIANA IS. ISS007-E-5366
Gosses Bluff Impact Crater, Northern Territory, Australia  (HSF) 2003/06/15 AUSTRALIA-NT ISS007-E-5697
Kinshasa and Brazzaville 2004/03/21 DEM. REP. OF CONGO ISS007-E-6305
Omaha and Council Bluffs on the Lewis and Clark Trail  (HSF) 2003/06/22 USA-NEBRASKA ISS007-E-7247
Salt Lake City, Utah  (HSF) 2003/07/27 USA-UTAH ISS007-E-7360
Peruvian Valleys  (HSF) 2003/07/20 PERU ISS007-E-7388
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 2003/07/06 USA-NORTH CAROLINA ISS007-E-7842
Dust Storm over the Southern Red Sea 2003/06/30 SAUDI ARABIA ISS007-E-7872
ISS007-E-7878
Glacial Retreat 2004/02/01 ARGENTINA ISS008-E-11807
ISS001-E-5318
Five-Year-Old Icebergs near South Georgia Island  (MSFC) 2004/01/25 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-12109
ISS008-E-12107
Pangue Dam, Bíobío River, Chile 2004/02/15 CHILE ISS008-E-12372
Iceberg Melt, Near South Georgia 2004/03/14 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-12555
ISS008-E-12564
100,000 Earth Photographs from the International Space Station  (HSF) 2004/02/08 USA-TEXAS ISS008-E-13212
On Top of the World: Everest and Makalu 2004/03/28 CHINA ISS008-E-13304
Greenhouses of the Campo de Dalías, Almería Province, Spain 2004/05/23 SPAIN ISS008-E-14686
Mount Baker, Washington—a Hazardous Beauty 2004/06/13 CANADA-BC ISS008-E-15491
ISS008-E-15493
Major Dust Storm East of Bam, Iran  (HSF) 2004/02/25 IRAN ISS008-E-16328
Massive Sandstorm in Qatar  (HSF) 2004/02/25 SAUDI ARABIA ISS008-E-16355
Mt. Fuji, Japan 2004/03/07 JAPAN ISS008-E-17326
Central Africa Dust Storm 2004/03/12 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-18202
Betsiboka Estuary, Madagascar  (HSF) 2004/04/11 MADAGASCAR ISS008-E-19233
ISS007-E-14344
Mumbai, India 2004/05/02 INDIA ISS008-E-19273
“Hurricane” Catarina hits Brazil  (HSF) 2004/04/04 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-19646
Kiev, Ukraine 2004/04/18 UKRAINE ISS008-E-20656
Istanbul, Turkey: The crossroads of Europe and Asia 2004/05/10 TURKEY ISS008-E-21752
Fire Smog in the Central Valley of California 2003/11/23 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS008-E-5095
Lake Titicaca 2003/12/21 PERU ISS008-E-5649
ISS008-E-5652
Rio de la Plata 2003/12/07 ARGENTINA ISS008-E-5983
Water Boundaries 2003/12/14 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-6009
The Many Faces of Mount Everest 2003/12/28 CHINA ISS008-E-6150
Lake Teletskoye, Russia 2004/10/10 RUSSIA ISS008-E-7600
Thinning Upper Atmosphere 2004/02/22 ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS ISS008-E-8951
Argudan, Caucasus Mts., Russian Federation 2004/02/28 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ISS008-E-9603
Tucson, Arizona 2004/07/18 USA-ARIZONA ISS009-E-10382
Yellow River Delta 2004/08/22 CHINA ISS009-E-10807
ISS009-E-10808
ISS009-E-10809
Athens, Greece 2004/08/15 GREECE ISS009-E-11537
Cabarete Bay, Dominican Republic 2004/08/08 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ISS009-E-12329
Gebel Edmonstone, Egypt 2004/10/31 EGYPT ISS009-E-12441
Mount Kilimanjaro Closeup 2004/08/01 TANZANIA ISS009-E-13366