Stellar Photos Of Earth Taken From Space

1. Some of the beautiful pictures taken from space were released by NASA on the occasion of celebrating the Earth Day. The stellar photo is a real classic, which makes a child to interpret it to be a delicious strawberry ice cream. One just cannot wait to scoop it out The phot was taken using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer instrument on NASAs Terra spacecraft. The image is the result of a nearinfrared light with w .....

Spain and Portugal at night

2. It sure looks like yet another galaxy altogether. One can even interpret it to be a wonderful eclipse that is taking place in space. The image of Spain and Portugal at night released by NASA makes one really think so. The photo shot exhibits shimmering display of light emitting from the peninsular cities. The lights surely assists you to identify the land mass. A little below the shoreline one can spot the capital of Portuguese, Lisbon. Directly .....

Antwerp Belgium

3. Antwerp, Belgium appears as an abstract artists masterpiece. A very beautiful portrait you cannot help but admire. It definitely appears as a work of inexplicable art created by divine hands. Antwerp city has one of Europes largest seaports. It is situated on the Scheldt River. This river links the North Sea by the Western Scheldt estuary. The photograph released by NASA is the image of the Scheldt delta featuring the Western Scheldt. The photogr .....

Montreal Canada

4. Some of the photos released by NASA are a fabulous treat to our eyes. One such eye candy is a pleasing aerial photo of Montreal clicked at night from the International Space Station. Night photos help us to know the places of inhabitations which can never accomplished in a day time photograph. The photo enables us to differentiate the streets, main roads, highways and residential areas based on the lighting. Bright white lights are emitted from t .....

Betsiboka River Madagascar

5. The red river appears as a red vein enticing something. The stellar photograph of Betsiboka River estuary courtesy NASA, was taken by the STS104 crew. The red color is because of the sediments, it carries a huge quantity of reddish orange silt. Astronauts have even described that the color ironically makes you believe that Madagascar is bleeding to death. Indeed this perceptive surveillance sheds light on Madagascars environmental problems, the c .....

Southwestern Europe

6. The spectacular image of South Western Europe at night is a true delight for eyes. The gold like glow due to night lights gives the gorgeous fiery view. Using the stellar photos is a better means of portraying the geography of power consumption at night time. The glow is due to the outdoor lightings. The image evidently explains the fact that the cities of Europe lie along the shoreline. It undoubtedly appears as a display of bright crackers burs .....

Vancouver Canada

7. The picturesque city of Vancouver yet looks very exquisite far away from space as well. The coastal seaport city of Canada with its elegant sceneries is a true wonder to look at from space. The satellite picture appears as a dark fog surrounded by green patches of land mass. The green color makes it appear like green algae. Vancouver Island shields the Strait of George from the Pacific Ocean. This is very well seen as a misty black patch with a d .....

New York New Jersey United States

8. New York/New Jersey of the United States appear as a black white picture of a mine being excavated. The major commercial places appearing as dust Quite amazingly the earth looks completely different from space. The photograph of New York and New Jersey are astonishingly unbelievable. Who knew that the capital city would appear so sober? With no greens and browns, just plain black and grey. It would definitely turn out to be a masterpiece of abstr .....

Moselle River Germany

9. Earth our beautiful abode. The many rivers, oceans, land masses give it an even entirely divine look. How does it appear from space? Thanks to the pictures from NASA, we are lucky enough to view the wonderful photos of our planet. The stellar photos reveal its sheer beauty awesomeness. The photo of the Moselle River in Germany appears like a green snake that is crawling amidst dry leaves and bricks. The surroundings of the river appear as tiny dr .....

Nardo Italy

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Bamenjing Reservoir Cameroon Africa

11. The Bamendjing reservoir located in Bamendjing in Cameroon was built in 1975. It dams the Noun River. This river flows from the western region of Cameroon where it arises from Lake Oku and flows towards the south. The Monoun River joins it and they flow south together into the valley between mountains Mount Yahou and Ngotsetzezan. The reservoir has a maximum length of 32 km and is 276 km wide. The surface area of this reservoir varies from 150 km .....

Argentinean Coast

12. The Argentinean coastline of 4,500 km serves as an awesome touristic locale, since kilometres of lukewarm water mingles with an array of landscapes such as majestic cliffs, shoals, dunes, accompanied by numerous fishing, recreational, and sporting activities. This coast offers an extraordinary and diverse environment where muddy or sandy beaches display pebble accumulations, and abrupt cliffs or quartz rock massif are seen. The whale watching tou .....

United States of America

13. The United States of America is a federal republic and comprises of one federal district and 50 states. Totally, United States is spread around 9.83 million km2 and is the third largest nation in terms of total area. It has a population of about 318 million individuals and is the third largest country in terms of population. USA is also one of the worlds most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations. This is because of large amount of immigra .....

Northern Europe with Northern Lights in the distance

14. The Northern Lights are an occurrence in the northern areas of the polar region or northern Europe. Northern Europe, geographically, comprises of Iceland, Denmark, Norway, the Faroe Island, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Greenland, and the British Isles. They frequently occur in a region of 2500 km radius centred on the magnetic north pole. This aurora or northern light zone extends all over the northern Scandinavian islands, though .....

Southern Lights near Australia and Antarctica

15. Auroras visible in southern hemisphere are called southern lights or aurora australis. It can be viewed from high latitudes of Antarctica and Australia. An aurora happens to be a natural light seen in the sky in regions of high latitude. It is caused because of the collision of magnetospheric charged particle and solar winds with atmosphere. Aurora comprises of different colours like red, green, blue, yellow and pink. An aurora usually appears ei .....

Earth at Night

16. A view of the picture depicting Earth by night as taken from a satellite proves that night times on Earth are not as dark as all of us believe. The fact is that Earth is never completely dark when as the glow from manmade structures and nature light our planet. The light shines even when no human settlements are around as volcanoes rage and wildfires burn. Gas and oil wells flicker like matchsticks. Auroras adorn the skies of the polar region. St .....

Kamchatka Peninsula Russia

17. The Kamchatka Peninsula happens to be a 1,250kilometre peninsula located in the far eastern region of Russia having an area of around 270,000 km2. The peninsula has the Sea of Okhotsk on its west and the Pacific Ocean on its east. Along the Pacific seashore of the peninsula, the Kuril .....

Crater Lake Oregon

18. Crater Lake happens to be a caldera lake situated in south central Oregon in west of United States. This lake almost partially fills up a deep caldera having a depth of 2,148foot and was formed about 7,700 years ago due to the collapse of the Mount Mazama volcano. This lake is well known for its clear water and deep blue colour and is the prime attraction of the Crater Lake National Park. The lake is supposed to be the deepest within the United S .....

Antarctica

19. Antarctica is located in the Antarctic area in the Southern Hemisphere. It is southernmost continent on Earth and is the geographical South Pole. Area wise, it happens to be the fifth largest continent. Almost 98% of this region is covered with ice with an average of a minimum of 1.9 kilometres in thickness. It is the driest, windiest, and coldest continent on earth with the greatest average elevation as compared to all the other continents. Only .....

Great Sand Dunes Colorado

20. The sand Dunes of Colorado are natures wonder and also a wonder when seen from space. The characteristic greenish black color areas of the sand dunes are due to the black sand. The characteristic black dunes appearing as green algal mass. This black sand is the deposits of magnetite that is a crystalline black oxide of iron. The peak of the dunes are said to be moist always. This feature is better reasoned by the misty looking deposits on the dun .....

Parana River Brazil

21. The sceneries of Brazil appear as a true scenic wonder from space as well. This fact is illustrated by the stellar photograph of the Parana River in Brazil. An apt picture from space that would work wonders in your interiors, enhancing the beauty of the walls. The river appears in crispy blue running over the green cubes of a jigsaw puzzle. Yes, a single picture that can be interpreted in many different ways. The river appears to be sandwiched in .....

Nile River Egypt

22. Regarded as the longest river in the world, Nile appears remarkably from space. It appears as a thin strip of gray rope running through sandy plains. The elegance of the picture is enhanced by the Red Sea that gives a picturesque effect. The Red Sea in contrast to its name appears blue. One of the best pictures released by NASA worth admiring on the event of celebrating the Earth Day. The factor making this image to stand out is the part of spher .....

Saudi Arabian Desert

23. Desert no matter seen from where looks deserted and arid. But is makes a difference when you see the photo taken from space. The satellite photo courtesy NASA on account of celebrating the Earth day. The Saudi Arabian desert appears as dim gold dust spread across covering rocks. The rocks indeed appear from space. But give an impression of insects crawling out from sand. The beautiful yellow and the black rocks enhance the beauty of the photograp .....

Cayman Islands

24. Cayman Islands of the United Kingdom are in the Western Caribbean Sea. A tourist destination is also a much sought after image from space. The grand Cayman Island appears as a floating mass on the sparkling waters of the sea. The sea tends to be seen as black due to the light deflection. The Island in its sheer beauty appears green and blue. The shimmering of the water is well captured in the photograph. The Islands appearance from space can also .....

Texas United States

25. Texas resembles a jigsaw puzzle with brilliant colors. It also gives you the impression of a tiled floor. The wonderful colors and specks make it look even attractive. The mist adds the flavor to this delightful treat. It appears like that mainly due to the various sediments. For example the Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments that contain deposits of Eocene lignite. The other kinds of sediments being the Miocene sediments, Permian sediments, Miss .....

Sahara Desert Africa

26. The vast Sahara looks stunningly magnificent. You cannot help but compare it to a wild cats yellow skin. The vast desert in itself speaks volume of its arid land covered with golden sand. The rocks hiding beneath the sand is visible as black wavy structure. The rocks of the Sahara are themselves an abode of art housing valuable information of the past. The dry Sahara looks indeed as golden dust blown all over the rocks that appear as dark coal or .....

Moon rise over a cloudy Earth

27. Thanks to NASA for releasing the stellar photos on the account of the Earth Day. Each photo being unique in itself. The delicious photo of the cloudy earth makes one feel and to merge in the divinity of life. Kids would take it to be icecream topped by a cream sugary candy. A really pleasing image that would make you says, Moon how beautiful you are?.Appearing above the icy cool clouds lining the earths atmosphere. An incredible masterpiece speak .....

Happy Earth Day

28. One of the magnificent planets revolving around the sun, Earth our very own abode. Celebrates the Earth Day, on account of which NASA released some of the most amazing stellar photos of earth that were taken from space. Right from US to Russia, our habitat looks just mesmerizing. One such image being the one which was taken during solar eclipse. The rim of light over the sphere appears like a rim of hope and a silver lining for sure. It also make .....