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Europe by night. 1992 compared to 2010.
A picture from the International Space Station, provided Saturday by Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers, shows southern lights between Antarctica and Australia. (via ESA / NASA PhotoBlog - Southern exposure for auroral lights)
NASA scientists created this companion image to the wildly popular “Blue Marble” picture released last week. This image combines data acquired during six orbits by the Suomi NPP satellite to produce a view of the Eastern Hemisphere. The new “Blue Marble” pictures were taken using an instrument aboard Suomi NPP, known as the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite. The four vertical lines of “haze” seen in this image are caused by the reflection of sunlight off the ocean. (via PhotoBlog - NASA’s ‘Blue Marble’ goes viral … here’s the flip side)
ISS Passes Over Stormy Africa (w/Milky Way) (by JMajorLITD)
Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless II, is seen further away from the confines and safety of the Space Shuttle Challenger than any previous astronaut has ever been from an orbiter in this February 12, 1984 photo. (Reuters/NASA)
(via The Isles of Greece during a clear night pass over Europe. At… on Twitpic)
The Isles of Greece during a clear night pass over Europe. Athens shining brightly along the Mediterranean Sea. A very surreal feeling to view the splendor of this ancient land from outer space. said Douglas H. Wheelock.
(via APOD: 2011 June 8 - Space Shuttle and Space Station Photographed Together)
The first time ever that a Space Shuttle was photographed together with the Space Station.
What an Astronaut’s Camera Sees (by SpaceRip)
Shot during Fishbowl Bluegill, this is an image of an explosion of a 400 kiloton nuclear bomb taking place in the atmosphere, 30 miles above the Pacific, as viewed from above, in October 1962. (U.S. Department of Defense)
