Earth Observation
Breathtaking Flyover of Greenland from NASA’s Operation IceBridge
Here's a view you don't often see: Greenland's glaciers from 500 meters above the ice. But this new video from…
Celebrate Earth Month with 2 New Videos from NASA
Enjoy some great views of our home planet from images taken from the orbiting Earth-observing satellites and taken by astronauts…
Some of the Best Images of Earth from Space
This video compilation from the Goddard Space Flight Center takes a look back at the best views of our planet…
Earth Month: NASA Launches New Interactive Image Gallery
In honor of Earth month, NASA has launched a beautiful new interactive image gallery that explores and highlights our latest…
Astronaut Photos Create a Map of the World
If you could spend a few months -- or even a few days -- living aboard the ISS, what would…
Weird Cloud ‘Coils’ Captured by Earth-Observing Satellite
These are some of the strangest looking clouds I've seen from the fleet of Earth-observing satellites. These coil-like or bow-wave-shaped…
NASA’s Operation IceBridge Surveys Greenland and Earth’s Polar Ice Sheets
NASA's Operation IceBridge has begun the 2013 research season of Ice Science flights in Greenland and the Arctic to survey…
‘First Light’ Image for Telescope on the International Space Station
As we reported in January, a new telescope was installed on the International Space Station – not to observe the…
It’s Earth Madness! Vote for Your Favorite Images of Our Home Planet
NASA's Earth Observatory website has decided to join in on the bracketology fever that overtakes many US citizens during the…
5 Landsat Pictures That Changed the World
Turn a camera to a location for four decades, and you can see a lot of change. Streets appear or…