Pictures of Earth From Orbit
Orbitpic1 | A dust storm from the west coast of Africa approaches the Canary Islands, December 12, 2003. |
Orbitpic2 | Three progressively bigger views of the Hawaiian Islands, May 27, 2003. |
Orbitpic3 | The Philippines, March 29, 2002. |
Orbitpic4 | The Cape Verde Islands, December 26, 2002. |
Orbitpic5 | The Bahamas (small and big), May 18, 2001. |
Orbitpic6 | Cuba and Jamaica (small, medium, and big), June 8, 2001. |
Orbitpic7 | New Zealand (small, medium, and big), December 31, 2002. |
Orbitpic8 | Ireland (small and big), March 18, 2003. |
Orbitpic9 | Iceland, January 27, 2002. |
Orbitpic10 | Greece (small and big), August 3, 2002. |
Orbitpic11 | Greece and Turkey, June 29, 2002. |
Orbitpic12 | The Sahara desert on November 9, 2001. Clockwise from upper left are Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad and Niger. |
Orbitpic13 | The "Middle East" on May 4, 2003. |
Orbitpic14 | The Nile Valley, August 23, 2003. Cairo is a gray spot near the triangle's apex. |
Orbitpic15 | The Nile Delta (small and big), June 3, 2002. Green vegetation along the Nile. |
Orbitpic16 | Two views of the Caspian Sea. |
Orbitpic17 | Italy (small, medium, and big), March 25, 2003. |
Orbitpic18 | Mount Etna eruption, November 12, 2002. |
Orbitpic19 | Italy and Southeastern France, June 17, 2002. |
Orbitpic20 | The Iberian Peninsula, July 28, 2003. |
Orbitpic21 | Northeastern Europe (small and big), September 30, 2000. |
Orbitpic22 | Northwestern Europe (small, medium, and big), April 8, 2002. |
Orbitpic23 | The Carpathian Mountains (small and big) including Poland in the Northwest, May 6, 2003. |
Orbitpic24 | Florida on February 13, 2003. |
Orbitpic25 | Arizona (small and big) on June 11, 2003. |
Orbitpic26 | The Grand Canyon (small and big) on January 19, 2002. |
Orbitpic27 | California and Nevada (small and big) on June 6, 2002. |
Orbitpic28 | The Rocky Mountains and several western states (small, medium, and big) on March 29, 2004. Snow remains on high elevations. The Great Salt Lake in Utah has two colors divided by a railroad track passing across the lake. |
Orbitpic29 | Southeastern USA (small and big) on January 11, 2004. |
Orbitpic30 | Northeastern USA (small and big) on May 23, 2002. New England. |
Orbitpic31 | East coast of USA centered on NJ (small and big) on September 13, 2002. |
Orbitpic32 | Wide shot of eastern USA on April 14, 2003. |
Orbitpic33 | East coast of USA on April 13, 2003. |
Orbitpic34 | The mid-Atlantic USA (small, medium and big) on August 24, 2003. |
Orbitpic35 | Central east coast USA on December 31, 2003. Some snow remains on the western Appalachian Mountains. |
Orbitpic36 | The Chesapeake Bay on March 8, 2000. |
Orbitpic37 | Hurricane Isabel over the North Carolina Outer Banks on September 18, 2003 11:55 EST. |
Orbitpic38 | The state of New Mexico (small, medium, and large) on August 26, 2004. The Rio Grande River runs through the middle of the state. |
Orbitpic39 | Lake Michigan and some surrounding states from October 10, 2004. |
Orbitpic40 | The Red sea from September 29, 2004. Clockwise from upper left: Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. |
Orbitpic41 | Southern Africa from October 31, 2004. |
Orbitpic42 | The state of Oregon (small, medium, and large) on March 8, 2005. |
Orbitpic43 | Southern India (small, medium, and large) on March 16, 2005. |
Orbitpic44 | The Southern tip of South America. Chile, Argentina, and snow capped Andes Mountains (small, medium, and large). |
Orbitpic45 | The Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. Icebergs and glaciers can be seen near the largest ice shelf on the continent. |
Orbitpic46 | The Great Lakes on September 23, 2007. |