Earth
From the Land of Ice and Snow
[/caption] Views from the window of NASA's DC-8 reveal sweeping expanses of ice and rock as part of the ongoing 2011…
Iceland’s Midnight Sun: a Time-Lapse Treat!
This beautiful time-lapse video was created by photographer Joe Capra during his 17-day solo trek around Iceland in June 2011.…
Phobos-Grunt: The Mission Poster
[/caption] Russia is marking the upcoming blastoff of their dauntingly complex Phobos-Grunt sample return mission to the Martian moon Phobos…
Earth Vs. Stuff from the Sun
[/caption] The Sun is big. And comparatively, Earth is a tiny Lilliputian. We've all seen images comparing the size of…
What is Airglow?
[/caption] In many of the photos that we have featured recently from astronauts aboard the International Space Station, a glowing…
What Would Earth Look Like from a Distant Star?
As the number of discovered extrasolar planets grows, astronomers begin looking at the next step: finding rocky Earth-like planets. In…
Fires in the Sky, Fires on the Ground
[/caption] With all of the activity that's been occurring on the Sun recently, the aurorae have been exceptionally bright…
It Turns Out Some Borders *Are* Visible from Space
[/caption] There is an oft-repeated and perhaps beautiful saying that you can't see political borders from space. Well, it turns…
Got Drought? Just Tow in an Iceberg
[/caption] As an April Fool’s joke in 1978, Australian businessman Dick Smith claimed he was towing an iceberg from Antarctica…
Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Seen From Space
[/caption] Taken by NASA astronaut and Expedition 27 flight engineer Ron Garan, this image shows the Petermann Ice Island (PII-A)…