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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
100,000 Earth Photographs from the International Space Station  (HSF) 2004/02/08 USA-TEXAS ISS008-E-13212
250,000 Earth Photographs from the International Space Station 2006/08/27 NEW ZEALAND-SI ISS013-E-67242
A Danish Perspecive 2003/04/20 SWEDEN ISS006-E-33901
A Star of Japan, Hakodate City 2002/09/22 JAPAN ISS005-E-10643
Above and Under the Red Sea  (POD) 2003/05/11 RED SEA ISS006-E-45935
Activity at Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 2006/05/23 USA-ALASKA ISS013-E-24184
Ad Dahna Sand Cordon, Saudi Arabia 2004/09/26 SAUDI ARABIA ISS005-E-9293
African Dust Blows over the Caribbean 2001/09/09 ATLANTIC OCEAN STS065-75-47
STS105-723-7
Al Wadj Bank, Saudi Arabia 2008/03/23 SAUDI ARABIA ISS016-E-19394
Alexandria (Al Iskandariya), Egypt 2001/01/04 EGYPT ISS001-E-5025
Alexandria, Egypt 2004/05/30 EGYPT ISS007-E-10960
Algae in Great Salt Lake 2007/07/15 USA-UTAH ISS015-E-5815
Algodones Dunefield, California 2005/11/20 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS011-E-11543
An Astronaut's View of Jewel-toned Lakes 2002/05/19 USA-PENNSYLVANIA ISS004-E-10472
ISS004-E-10319
Another New Lake in Egypt 2001/04/22 EGYPT STS102-716-25
STS106-716-96
Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco 2002/02/10 MOROCCO STS108-711-25
Anvil Tops of Thunderstorms 2002/08/25 NORTH AMERICA STS111-E-5451
Apataki Atoll 2006/03/05 TUAMOTU ISLANDS
Aquaculture in the Nile Delta 2006/10/29 EGYPT ISS013-E-76441
Argudan, Caucasus Mts., Russian Federation 2004/02/28 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ISS008-E-9603
Ariake Sea, Kyushu, Japan 2001/04/01 JAPAN STS090-739-79
Arid Coast of Peru 2005/03/20 PERU ISS006-E-38306
Ash Cloud from Mount Ubinas, Peru 2006/08/20 PERU ISS013-E-66488
Ash Plume Streams from Mt. Etna, Sicily 2001/08/05 SICILY ISS002-E-8683
Ash and Steam, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Monsterrat 2002/04/07 LESSER ANTILLES ISS004-E-8972
ISS004-E-8973
Astronaut Photography: Observing the Earth from the International Space Station 2001/02/21
Astronaut Photos of Hurricane Lili 2002/10/13 GULF OF MEXICO ISS005-E-15904
ISS005-E-15906
ISS005-E-15928
ISS005-E-15929
Aswan High Dam in 6-meter Resolution from the International Space Station 2002/05/05 EGYPT STS102-303-17
Athens, Greece 2004/08/15 GREECE ISS009-E-11537
Atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia 2001/07/01 TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO ISS002-E-5401
ISS002-E-5677
Aurora Australis 2001/04/15 AURORA STS039-342-28
Aurora from the Space Shuttle 2001/01/11 AURORA STS097-354-36
Austin, Texas  (HSF) 2003/08/24 USA-TEXAS ISS007-E-11256
Australian Bushfires  (HSF) 2003/02/09 AUSTRALIA-NSW ISS006-E-19300
Aves Island 2006/06/18 CARIBBEAN SEA ISS013-E-27590
Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina 2007/03/11 ARGENTINA ISS014-E-5615
Baitoushan Volcano, China and North Korea 2005/05/15 CHINA ISS006-E-43366
Baku, Azerbaijan 2001/07/22 AZERBAIJAN ISS002-E-6176
Baltimore with a Dusting of Snow  (HSF) 2003/01/19 USA-MARYLAND STS113-347-28
Barcelona, Spain 2007/02/18 SPAIN ISS014-E-10547
Barcelona, Spain 2004/07/04 SPAIN ISS009-E-9987
Bechar Basin, Algeria 2007/08/05 ALGERIA ISS015-E-15323
Beijing, China 2003/06/08 CHINA STS090-714-42
Beirut Metropolitan Area, Lebanon 2008/01/13 LEBANON ISS016-E-8436
Belle Isle, Newfoundland, Canada 2006/03/12 CANADA-N ISS012-E-15918
Berkeley Pit: Butte, Montana 2006/11/12 USA-MONTANA ISS013-E-63766
Bernese Alps, Switzerland 2006/12/10 SWITZERLAND ISS013-E-77377
Betsiboka Estuary, Madagascar  (HSF) 2004/04/11 MADAGASCAR ISS008-E-19233
ISS007-E-14344
Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah 2007/10/21 USA-UTAH ISS015-E-29867
Biogenic Films at the Mouth of the Suez Canal 2001/09/23 EGYPT STS105-331-18
Boilers along the southeast coast of Bermuda 2001/09/30 BERMUDA ISS003-E-5735
Boston  (HSF) 2003/11/16 USA-MASSACHUSETTS ISS007-E-17770
Brüggen Glacier, Chile 2001/12/09 CHILE ISS003-E-6061
Brooklyn, New York Waterfront 2007/07/29 USA-NEW YORK ISS015-E-5483
Buenos Aires at Night  (HSF) 2003/03/16 ARGENTINA ISS006-E-24987
Bullock Fire, near Tucson, Arizona 2002/06/04 USA-ARIZONA ISS004-E-12328
Burren Plateau, County Clare, Ireland 2008/05/04 IRELAND ISS016-E-30080
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts 2005/08/28 USA-MASSACHUSETTS ISS011-E-10856
Cabarete Bay, Dominican Republic 2004/08/08 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ISS009-E-12329
Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2005/12/18 MEXICO ISS012-E-7151
Calcite Quarry, Michigan 2006/08/06 USA-MICHIGAN ISS013-E-14843
California Wildfires as Seen From the Space Shuttle 2001/09/02 USA-CALIFORNIA STS105-E-5416
STS105-E-5417
STS105-E-5421
Camaná, Peru, and Tsunami Vulnerability 2002/03/17 CHILE ISS004-E-6128
Cananea Copper Mine, Sonora, Mexico 2008/04/20 MEXICO ISS016-E-31056
Caravelas Strandplain, Bahia Province, Brazil 2007/03/18 BRAZIL ISS014-E-10499
Central Africa Dust Storm 2004/03/12 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-18202
Central Phoenix Metro Area, Arizona 2006/06/04 USA-ARIZONA ISS013-E-17394
Cerro Culiacan, Mexico 2008/04/27 MEXICO ISS016-E-31086
Ceuta, Northern Africa 2007/08/26 SPAIN ISS015-E-18808
Changes in the Mamore River, Bolivia 2003/08/17 BOLIVIA ISS007-E-10797
Chernobyl, Ukraine 2004/04/25 UKRAINE NM23-745-116
Chetumal Bay Coral Reef 2001/10/28 BELIZE ISS001-E-5317
Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela 2006/01/22 VENEZUELA ISS012-E-11779
Coastal Change, Amazon River Mouth 2005/03/06 BRAZIL ISS010-E-13029
Coastal Dunes, Brazil  (HSF) 2003/10/19 BRAZIL ISS007-E-15177
Coastal Fog, South Peruvian Coast at Pisco 2002/04/21 PERU STS109-730-80
Colorado River Delta, Baja California 2004/06/27 MEXICO ISS009-E-9839
Concepcion Volcano, Nicaragua 2007/05/29 NICARAGUA ISS015-E-7543
Confluence of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers at Cairo, IL 2006/02/05 USA-ILLINOIS ISS012-E-15035
Constanta, Romania  (HSF) 2002/11/17 ROMANIA STS112-E-6329
Contrail Web over the Central Rhône Valley, Eastern France 2002/08/18 FRANCE ISS004-E-11807
Corrientes, Argentina, and the Parana River 2004/11/07 ARGENTINA ISS010-E-5070
Cosiguina Volcano, Nicaragua 2007/12/30 NICARAGUA ISS016-E-10894
Crater Lake, Oregon 2006/09/17 USA-OREGON ISS013-E-54243
Crater Lake, Oregon  (HSF) 2003/01/26 USA-OREGON ISS006-E-15238
Cumulonimbus Cloud over Africa 2008/03/10 AFRICA ISS016-E-27426
Currituck Sound, North Carolina, USA 2006/11/19 USA-NORTH CAROLINA ISS014-E-6971
Dallas, Texas 2005/07/24 USA-TEXAS ISS010-E-24596
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, TX 2006/07/02 USA-TEXAS ISS013-E-19323
Danube River flooding near Vác, Hungary 2002/09/01 HUNGARY ISS005-E-10000
ISS005-E-10926
Day Fire, Southern California 2006/09/24 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS013-E-81687
Decreasing Water Levels in Egypt’s Toshka Lakes 2006/01/08 EGYPT ISS012-E-11639
Den Helder, Netherlands 2007/06/03 NETHERLANDS ISS015-E-5977
Dendi Caldera, Ethiopia 2008/03/30 ETHIOPIA ISS016-E-19239
Dhaulagiri, Himalayan Ranges of Nepal 2001/04/29 NEPAL ISS001-E-6765
Downtown Houston from Space Station Alpha 2001/06/03 USA-TEXAS ISS001-E-6283
Dune Patterns, Namib Desert, Namibia 2005/10/02 NAMIBIA ISS011-E-9756
Dune Types in the Issaouane Erg, Eastern Algeria 2006/09/10 ALGERIA ISS013-E-65526
Dust Plumes, Baja California, Mexico 2007/12/16 MEXICO ISS016-E-5526
Dust Storm over the Southern Red Sea 2003/06/30 SAUDI ARABIA ISS007-E-7872
ISS007-E-7878
Dust Storm, Aral Sea 2001/12/30 KAZAKHSTAN ISS002-E-9147
Dust Storm, Aral Sea, Kazakhstan 2007/11/04 KAZAKHSTAN ISS015-E-7874
Dust and Smog in Northeast China 2006/05/14 CHINA ISS012-E-21250
Dyess Air Force Base: Abilene, Texas 2006/12/31 USA-TEXAS ISS014-E-7480
Earth from the Moon: A Different Perspective on the Harvest Moon 2004/10/03 AS11-44-6548
Easter Island 2002/10/06 EASTER ISLAND ISS005-E-15458
Ebro River Delta, Northeastern Spain 2004/07/25 SPAIN ISS009-E-9985
Effect of Drought on Great Salt Lake  (HSF) 2004/01/18 USA-UTAH ISS005-E-16729
ISS007-E-13002
ISS002-707-87
Egmont National Park, New Zealand 2002/06/02 NEW ZEALAND-NI STS110-726-6
Egypt's North Sinai Agricultural Development 2001/06/10 EGYPT STS040-77-91
STS073-708-83
STS090-728-55
STS100-703-46
Egypt’s Great Pyramids of Giza  (HSF) 2003/09/07 EGYPT ISS007-E-12915
Ekuma River and Etosha Pan, Namibia 2006/04/30 NAMIBIA ISS012-E-23057
Elephant damage to vegetation in Botswana 2001/08/26 BOTSWANA STS008-33-993
Emi Koussi Volcano, Chad, North Africa  (HSF) 2002/12/08 CHAD ISS005-E-20451
Erg Oriental, Algeria 2007/02/11 ALGERIA ISS013-E-75141
Erosion by Ice and Water in the Southern Andes 2000/12/23 ARGENTINA ISS001-E-5113
Estevan Coalfield and Power Plants, Saskatchewan 2001/03/18 CANADA-S STS098-715B-84
Fall Colors Portland, Maine 2003/11/30 USA-MAINE ISS007-E-17772
Fall Colors in the Wasatch Range, Utah 2005/10/23 USA-UTAH ISS011-E-13889
Fernandina Island, Galapagos 2002/08/11 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ISS005-E-6997
Fire Scars in Australia's Simpson Desert 2005/06/12 AUSTRALIA ISS005-E-21295
Fire Smog in the Central Valley of California 2003/11/23 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS008-E-5095
Fires in British Columbia 2003/08/28 USA-WASHINGTON ISS007-E-13281
Fires in Central and Southern Africa 2002/07/31 DEM. REP. OF CONGO ISS004-E-11958
Fires in Southern California  (MSFC)  (NID) 2003/10/28 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS007-E-18088
Fires, East Falkland Island, South Atlantic 2007/10/14 FALKLAND ISLANDS ISS015-E-30526
First Image of Earth from the International Space Station 2000/12/02 USA ISS001-E-5011
First Recorded Eruption of Anatahan Volcano  (HSF)  (POD) 2003/05/18 NORTHERN MARIANA IS. ISS007-E-5366
Five-Year-Old Icebergs near South Georgia Island  (MSFC) 2004/01/25 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-12109
ISS008-E-12107
Flooding in Somalia 2007/03/04 SOMALIA ISS014-E-13848
ISS012-E-23442
Forest Fire Smoke Surrounding Mt. McKinley 2005/08/21 USA-ALASKA ISS011-E-11805
Forest Fire, Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge, LA 2006/01/15 USA-LOUISIANA ISS012-E-13692
Fringing Coral Reef, Red Sea 2005/03/13 SUDAN ISS009-E-23808
Gallipoli and Dardanelles Strait, Turkey 2007/01/21 TURKEY ISS014-E-8138
Galveston, Texas 2006/11/26 USA-TEXAS ISS014-E-7258
Gebel Edmonstone, Egypt 2004/10/31 EGYPT ISS009-E-12441
Geneva, Switzerland 2006/12/24 SWITZERLAND ISS014-E-7084
Gibraltar Bay, Western Mediterranean Sea 2007/01/07 SPAIN ISS014-E-6812
Glacial Retreat 2004/02/01 ARGENTINA ISS008-E-11807
ISS001-E-5318
Glacial Retreat in Chilean Patagonia 2002/03/31 CHILE ISS004-E-7267
STS068-260-73
Gobi Dust Over Northeast China and Korea 2001/05/06 CHINA STS031-73-54
STS031-73-59
Golden Gate, San Francisco, California 2006/09/03 USA-CALIFORNIA ISS013-E-65111
Gosses Bluff Impact Crater, Northern Territory, Australia  (HSF) 2003/06/15 AUSTRALIA-NT ISS007-E-5697
Grasberg Mine, Indonesia 2005/07/31 INDONESIA ISS011-E-9620
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado 2008/01/20 USA-COLORADO ISS016-E-6986
Green Aurora Seen from the Space Station 2001/11/11 AURORA ISS003-E-6152
Green Circles—Al Khufrah Oasis, Libya 2004/11/14 LIBYA ISS010-E-5266
Greenhouses of the Campo de Dalías, Almería Province, Spain 2004/05/23 SPAIN ISS008-E-14686
Greenwich, Where East Meets West 2001/07/29 UK-ENGLAND ISS002-E-6638
Grey Glacier, Chile 2007/06/24 CHILE ISS015-E-10704
Guanaja Island, Honduras 2007/03/25 HONDURAS ISS014-E-15767
Harrat Khaybar Volcanic Field 2008/04/13 SAUDI ARABIA ISS016-E-34524
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
Haze in the Po River Valley, Italy 2006/11/05 ITALY ISS013-E-78295
Honolulu  (HSF) 2003/10/26 USA-HAWAII ISS007-E-16813
Houston Ship Channel, Texas 2005/12/25 USA-TEXAS ISS012-E-9567
How Does Anthropogenic Haze Influence Climate? 2003/05/25 PACIFIC OCEAN STS075-773-66
How on Earth Was This Image Made? 2003/03/26
Howland Island, Pacific Ocean 2005/01/02 HOWLAND ISLAND ISS010-E-9287
Human Spaceflight Fact Sheet 2002/07/12
Hurricane Claudette  (HSF) 2003/07/21 USA-TEXAS ISS007-E-10244
Hurricane Damage in Biloxi, Mississippi 2005/09/18 USA-MISSISSIPPI ISS011-E-12547
Hurricane Fabian 2003/09/08 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS007-E-14419
Hurricane Frances 2004/08/30 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS009-E-20440
Hurricane Isabel 2003/09/15 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS007-E-14745
Hurricane Isabel 2003/09/15 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS007-E-14750
ISS Astronauts View the Moon 2002/01/13 ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS ISS003-E-6430
Iberá Swamp Topography, NE Argentina 2005/01/30 ARGENTINA ISS010-E-5072
Iceberg A22A, South Atlantic Ocean 2007/06/17 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS015-E-10125
ISS015-E-10118
Iceberg Melt, Near South Georgia 2004/03/14 ATLANTIC OCEAN ISS008-E-12555
ISS008-E-12564
Image Transformations-Montserrat 2002/03/27 LESSER ANTILLES ISS002-E-9309
Imperial Valley and Salton Sea, California 2002/07/07 USA-CALIFORNIA STS111-E-5224
Internal Waves, Strait of Gibraltar 2001/03/03 SPAIN STS098-712-29
International Space Station from Space Shuttle Endeavour 2007/09/23 GREECE STS118-E-9469
Irkutsk, Siberia, Russian Federation 2005/09/11 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ISS011-E-9913
Isla Blanquilla, Venezuela 2007/11/25 VENEZUELA ISS015-E-7771
Isla San Lorenzo and Isla Las Animas, Gulf of California 2007/11/11 MEXICO ISS015-E-7928
Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan 2003/11/03 PAKISTAN ISS007-E-13090
Isles of Scilly, UK