Earth Observation
Earth Day Timelapse
In honor of Earth Day, enjoy this beautiful timelapse compiled by science educator James Drake, who put together one of…
Is This The Last Image From Envisat?
[/caption] The European Space Agency's venerable Envisat satellite may have sent back its final image, according to recent news from…
Dubai’s Island Version of the World, As Seen from Space
[/caption] Usually astronauts have to go much farther away than low Earth orbit to see the entire world in one…
Earth’s Van Gogh Oceans
I was traveling the day this video was released, so missed posting it earlier. If you haven't seen it yet,…
Moscow At Night
[/caption] Tracing a bright star upon the Earth, the lights of Russia's capital city blaze beyond the solar panels of…
Go an Hour Without Power: Earth Hour 2012
You've seen all the videos and images we've been featuring lately that astronauts on the International Space Station have taken…
What Does Space Look Like From Space?
Pretty impressive, I'd say! This video is a compilation of different time-lapses taken from the ISS over the past several…
Satellite Photo of Vancouver and the Fraser River
[/caption] I just had to post this satellite photograph of Vancouver with the sediment plume streaming out of the Fraser…
Antarctica Gives NASA Satellite The Ol’ Frazil Dazzle
[/caption] Ghostly green tendrils drift out into Mackenzie Bay off the coast of eastern Antarctica in this image, acquired by…
The Sky Is Falling, Scientists Report
[/caption] Ok, maybe not the sky itself... but the clouds. According to recent research by climate scientists in New Zealand,…