32 stunning photos of Earth from space

Earth Observatory NASA, in honor of its 20th anniversary, has published on its website a few dozen shots of our planet from space. Specialists of scientific institutions asked the audience to choose the best of them. Each of these photos is amazing!

The passage of the moon between the Earth and a space satellite, 2015

The eruption of Klyuchevskaya volcano in Kamchatka, made by astronaut from ISS in December 2013

The eruption of an underwater volcano near the fishing village of La Restinga on island of El Hiero in the Canary Islands made in December 2012 camera ALI satellite

Thickets of marine algae from the Bahamas. The satellite image was taken in January 2001

Satellite image of Tien Shan in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, made in July 2013

Storm front over Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The picture was taken from the ISS in December 2013

Giant colonies of marine bacteria in the Baltic sea. The picture was taken from the satellite Landsat 8 in August 2015

The volume of Earth taken on the basis of the number of space photographs taken from satellites between 1994 and 2004

The auroras over Antarctica, shot with an infrared camera from the satellite Suomi NPP in July 2012

Picture taken from the ship Voyager1 in September 1977. View of Earth from the point located over the mount Everest

The of Paris, taken from the ISS in April 2015

Black-and-white photograph of the Earth taken from the moon by the members of the crew of Appolo 8, Christmas eve 1968

The Earth satellite DSCO made in March 2016

The Land in 2016, which removed all artificial lighting. Would look like the Earth without people

The Aurora over the southern part of the Indian ocean. The picture was taken from the ISS in September 2011

A view from space on Glen canyon, passing through Utah and Arizona. In fact, it connected some pictures taken by astronauts from the ISS

Retreat of the dunes in the Namib desert. The picture was taken in November 2019 Landsat 8

The eruption in a lava field in Iceland, September 2014, the Landsat 8

Touch the 2012, showing the growth of green spaces in the Wadi as-Sirhan — desert area of Saudi Arabia

The new Siberian Islands, separated by Sannikova Strait, taken in July 2016 Landsat 8

A satellite image showing the retreat of the Columbia glacier in Alaska, July 2014

Satellite image of the Northern part of the Caspian sea with traces of trawlers, April 2016

The melting ice caps of Antarctic Islands of the Needles during a record warming, when the temperature in Antarctica has reached +18

The estuary of the Bay of Rupert, Canada

ATAPI Atoll in the South Pacific ocean. The picture was taken from the ISS in January 2009

The confluence of Solimoes and Rio Negro in the Amazon jungle of Brazil. A satellite image taken in June 2012

The Andaman sea off the coast of Burma, November 2019

Hurricane Florence 600 kilometers from North Carolina, September 2018

June 22, 2019, volcanic eruption Raikoke in the Kuril Islands

Touch the earth's atmosphere, made 23 Aug 2018

Tropical cyclone Bansi off the East coast of Madagascar. The picture was taken from the ISS in January 2015