Earth Observation
A Swirling Oasis of Life
[/caption] A serpentine eddy swirls in the southern Indian Ocean several hundred kilometers off the coast of South Africa in…
Can you See the Pyramids from Space?
[/caption] Astronaut Nicole Stott posted this image on her Twitter account. If you can spot the Great Pyramids at Giza…
ISS Night Flight in “Real Time”
We've featured wonderful time-lapse videos taken from the Space Station many times and each one is amazing to watch, but…
Super Bowl Cities Seen From Space
[/caption] If you live in or are from the US, you probably know that today is Super Bowl Sunday. Whatever…
Cities at Night Panorama of Millions of US East Coast Earthlings
[/caption] Do you live here? Tens of millions of Earthlings live and work in the bustling and seemingly intertwined American…
NASA’s Blue Marble…Side B.
[/caption] In response to last week's incredibly popular "Blue Marble" image, NASA and NOAA have released a companion version, this…
Amazing Panorama of Western Europe at Night from Space Station
[/caption] An amazing panorama revealing Western Europe’s ‘Cities at Night’ with hardware from the stations robotic 'hand' and solar arrays…
Toronto Teens Launch “Lego Man in Space”
[/caption] Updated:Jan. 30 Two teens from Toronto,Canada have launched “Lego Man in Space” using a helium filled weather balloon and…
Cold Plasma Flourishes In Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
[/caption] Thousands of miles above Earth, space weather rules. Here storms of high-energy particles mix the atmosphere, create auroras, challenge…
Blue Marble 2012: Amazing High Definition Image of Earth
[/caption] A new high-definition version of the 'Blue Marble' has been taken from the newest Earth observation satellite. The just-renamed…