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11 phenomenal images of earth

by deputydog ⋅ 01 / 11 / 2007 ⋅ post a comment

below are 11 incredible photos taken from space which illustrate just a few of earth’s fascinating geographical features and nature’s frightening unpredictability.

click on all pictures for humongous versions.

1. sri lankan coast, 26th december 2004

(above) the ocean rapidly retreats 400 metres on the south-western coast of sri lanka, just 5 minutes prior to the arrival of a devastating tsunami.

(above) the swirling waters continue to batter the coast just moments after the main wall of water has hit.

2. an alluvial fan, xinjiang province, china

(above) covering an area 56.6 x 61.3 km and taken on may 2nd, 2002, this photo shows an alluvial fan that formed on the southern border of the taklimakan desert in china. an alluvial fan usually forms as water leaves a canyon, each new stream eventually closing up due to sediment - the result being a triangle of active and inactive channels. the blue ones on the left are currently active.

3. retreating glaciers in the bhutan-himalaya

(above) a beautiful but clear sign that glaciers are slowly melting due to global warming. easily visible are the ends of most of these glacial valleys’ surfaces turning to water to form lakes, a trend which has been noticed only in the last few decades.

4. hurricane isabel, 2003

(above) this terrifying photo of hurricane isabel was taken on the international space station in 2003 and illustrates the immense size of the hurricane’s eye. this particular hurricane was the deadliest of 2003 and winds reached 165 mph at its peak.

5. greenland’s eastern coast, august 21st, 2003

(above) the fractal coastline of greenland and its numerous fjords as seen from space.

‘little spots of white in the water seem to be ice originating from the deeper fjords that reach all the way to the icecap covering most of the island.’ link

6. aurora borealis

(above) an astounding and spooky photo of the natural phenomenon known as aurora borealis, taken on-board space shuttle atlantis during the sts-117 mission.

7. a total solar eclipse from space, 1999

(above) the shadow of the moon covers part of earth on august 11th, 1999 in this photo taken from mir space station. this shadow raced across earth at 2000 km/h, all areas under the centre of it plunged into darkness during a total solar eclipse. this was apparently one the final photos taken from mir.

8. egmont national park, new zealand

(above) mt. egmont volcano last erupted in 1755 and is now situated at the centre of egmont national park. park regulations have ensured the survival of a forest which extends at a 9.5 km radius from the summit of the volcano, the result of which can be seen from space in the form of huge dark green disc. this photo was taken during the sts-110 mission, april 2002.

9. mt. etna eruption, october 2001

(above) taken from the international space station in 2001, this is a photo of a particularly violent eruption on the island of sicily which produced a cloud of ash that travelled as far as libya. on the humongous version of the photo lighter coloured smoke can be seen near the volcano - this was caused by lava igniting nearby forests.

10. richat structure, mauritania

(above) the cause of the richat structure in the sahara desert of mauritania has been debated for many years. at first it was thought to be a meteor impact crater due to its circularity but this has since been disproven due to the lack of shock-altered rock in its vicinity. this massive (30 mile diameter) oddity is now believed to have been a rock dome sculpted over time by erosion. this incredible image was taken by the advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (aster) on october 7th, 2000.

sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

discussion

285 comments for “11 phenomenal images of earth”

  1. incredible no.8

    posted by deanimo | 2nd of November, 2007, 12:46 am

  2. cool. i like the 6th one best but mother earth is truly beautiful

    posted by Random Vandal | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:00 am

  3. Wow totally sweet pictures. Thanks for sharing.

    posted by Logan | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:04 am

  4. Amazing pics! I like the richat structure (#10) the most.

    posted by Jee | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:09 am

  5. Very unforgettable - just imagine how the technology will improve in the next decade and the quality of the photos

    posted by searchengines | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:23 am

  6. Great post, Thanks!

    posted by Dario M. | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:40 am

  7. Awesome pictures… The Sri Lanka ones are incredible!

    The Mt. Egmont Volcano one is kinda strange looking from that view, almost like a work of art…

    Thanks for sharing…

    Keith

    posted by Keith L. Dick | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:41 am

  8. Wow, all of these images are wondrous. I can only shake my head and try, although microscopically, to comprehend it.

    posted by paperseed | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:56 am

  9. Mt Taranaki, not Mt Egmont ;)

    posted by kiwidude | 2nd of November, 2007, 5:21 am

  10. I’m pretty sure the circular Mount Egmont/Taranaki boundry the is natural tree-line around the very steep and very circular volcano - I’ve been up there a few times and certainly no one is up there triming the forest back to comply with any park regulations.

    posted by Jo Blo | 2nd of November, 2007, 5:45 am

  11. also, many glaciers around the world have lakes at the bottom, this alone isn’t evidence of global warming, but of the fact that ice melts :)

    posted by Jo Blo | 2nd of November, 2007, 5:47 am

  12. sweeeeet!!

    posted by johny | 2nd of November, 2007, 6:54 am

  13. Wow. It’s very fine!!

    My blog was writing science theme of korean language.
    I hope that science topic use this picture. ^^

    thank’s

    posted by 작은인장 | 2nd of November, 2007, 7:09 am

  14. Awesome images. Great to see New Zealand (mount taranaki/egmont) in shot 8. It’s not even that good from a plane, live! Kia-Ora.

    posted by Kristin | 2nd of November, 2007, 9:28 am

  15. no. 1 is awesome. pity that it was a disaster though.

    posted by syahidali | 2nd of November, 2007, 11:01 am

  16. The aurora borealis is so beautiful!

    posted by pickupjojo | 2nd of November, 2007, 11:01 am

  17. … so beautiful!

    posted by manfrys | 2nd of November, 2007, 11:05 am

  18. Wow great photos thanks for posting! #4 is my new desktop wallpaper.

    AlienFarmer
    http://www.SolarCoupons.com

    posted by AlienFarmer | 2nd of November, 2007, 11:21 am

  19. scary hurricane

    posted by Alien | 2nd of November, 2007, 12:00 pm

  20. Wow, those are pretty awesome!

    posted by Yong Hwee | 2nd of November, 2007, 12:15 pm

  21. Lovely pictures!

    A+

    posted by Prestamos | 2nd of November, 2007, 12:29 pm

  22. That was so beautiful , I really want to share this to my friends and to other people maybe because of this they will learn to love and protect our environment our planet.

    posted by vetz of kawit | 2nd of November, 2007, 1:33 pm

  23. Number 8 looks like a boob.

    posted by First Frist | 2nd of November, 2007, 1:44 pm

  24. Amazing photos! Came here from the 2007 Weblog awards, best of luck to you.

    posted by Krista | 2nd of November, 2007, 1:57 pm

  25. Wow, these photos are simply breathtaking !! I’ve set #6 aurora borealis as my laptop’s desktop and it’s stunnig. Excellent post !

    posted by Marcus | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:27 pm

  26. Beautiful !!

    posted by Library | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:29 pm

  27. Beautiful collection. I love all of them, but the mt. etna eruption, october 2000 is beatiful.

    posted by Neelabh | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:35 pm

  28. simply amazing - each one I see I marvel and then I see the next one and then I marvel even more :)
    thanks for sharing…

    posted by rahul mirakhur | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:38 pm

  29. Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing.

    posted by Imran Nazir | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:55 pm

  30. what a wonerful gift you have shared! I often say every look….everyday,is a gift. these are evidence of something!?
    A spark…? What, who,…dare I say, God!?

    posted by everyday looks | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:55 pm

  31. wowww….the isabella picture is fascinating….i also love the fan..cooooool.

    posted by Mike | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:55 pm

  32. come on … #8 looks like a boob huh? Get a grip FirstFrist.

    posted by Skip | 2nd of November, 2007, 4:58 pm

  33. Wow those are amazing! I especially like the Mt saint Helens from space shot just amazing.

    posted by Kango Traveler | 2nd of November, 2007, 5:10 pm

  34. hi i am stunned to see those amazing pics…4,6 and 7 were awesome…

    posted by suresh | 2nd of November, 2007, 5:54 pm

  35. mooie plaatjes.

    posted by Elisa | 2nd of November, 2007, 5:55 pm

  36. Jo Blo, t’s well documented that the nearly perfect radius around Egmont Volcano correlates exactly with the boundaries established by the New Zealand Govt.

    The bhutan-himalaya photo would have proved the point a little better with before and after photos. The Bhutan-Himalaya glaciers NEVER used to recede at all because temperatures at those latitudes did not get above freezing for long enough periods of time to significantly melt anything.

    posted by 3b | 2nd of November, 2007, 5:58 pm

  37. Wow! Great compilation of images! The hurricane one is enough to strike fear into any man.

    posted by Jon | 2nd of November, 2007, 6:01 pm

  38. hey that was a very interested article and those are some really cool pictures of the earth. but the question is are they real photos? hit me back

    amber

    posted by AMBER | 2nd of November, 2007, 6:04 pm

  39. The images are wonderful. I liked these three the most: an alluvial fan, xinjiang province, china, greenland’s eastern coast, egmont national park, new zealand.

    posted by Mahesh Basantani | 2nd of November, 2007, 6:14 pm

  40. Here’s another picture and more viable explanation for the Richat Structure (#10):
    http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2005/arch05/050407richat.htm

    posted by Caleb Eaton | 2nd of November, 2007, 6:25 pm

  41. Nice collection of images. Kudos to you. I especially liked the Srilankan tsunami, aurora and the solar eclipse. Those are the rare pics. Thanks for sharing.

    posted by Money Blurbs | 2nd of November, 2007, 6:57 pm

  42. If only Google Maps had this kind of clarity.

    posted by David Greiman | 2nd of November, 2007, 8:13 pm

  43. reallu awesome images …
    kool stuff here …

    posted by subcorpus | 2nd of November, 2007, 8:38 pm

  44. Those images are amazing. No. 7 is my favorite, makes you feel small no?

    posted by Geoff | 2nd of November, 2007, 8:47 pm

  45. Great pictures.
    The Vulcano forrest picture is my favorite.

    Well done !

    posted by Nikita Kondraskov | 2nd of November, 2007, 9:11 pm

  46. Global warming ‘eh? Stated so authoritatively, but I’ll bet you believe the psychic hotline and professional wrestling is real too!

    posted by Pink-o-commi | 2nd of November, 2007, 9:42 pm

  47. pink-o-commi - well i did believe in global warming, then you popped by and pretty much changed my beliefs instantly with that intelligent comment. thanks for the input.

    posted by deputydog | 2nd of November, 2007, 9:56 pm

  48. Truly amazing images. The pictures from Sri Lanka are a true indicator of the massive power of the sea. It was a terrible thing what happened to all those people.

    Thanks for sharing these wonderful images.

    posted by Chris | 2nd of November, 2007, 10:26 pm

  49. Very cool

    posted by Leach | 2nd of November, 2007, 10:41 pm

  50. google earth as art and you can get the pictures right from the source.

    for the lazies http://earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.htm

    posted by jon | 2nd of November, 2007, 10:54 pm

  51. absolutely amazing photos! amazing how nature still proves to be our most talented artist.

    posted by Todd Collins | 3rd of November, 2007, 2:21 am

  52. i like it is is really fascinating to look at and i think u cn learn ALOT from looking at these pictures and i also had a couple favs but not going to say now but will tell you later!!! cyya

    posted by Isabella | 3rd of November, 2007, 2:43 am

  53. Imagine so beautiful, unbelievable true in fact too.
    No WORDS to describe the beauty of it, because the Earth seen from there show the entire home where we all live… All should only WATCH & WATCH & LIVE IN PEACE FOREVER.

    Now think about those maniacs on this earth who hate to see this…
    who hate to accept the natural wonder Earth which even Heaven slave for laying in a peace all around…
    who live only for one think to achieve: to destroy entirely this incredible & only place hanging free in space where all human creatures, those more like animals and less, lives together, because no other planets wants to have them there!

    posted by kiefko | 3rd of November, 2007, 3:16 am

  54. This is just so beautiful and so fantastic real that one must only see it over and over again!
    Breath-taking awesome images… Must the science never again die out!

    posted by Kola F. | 3rd of November, 2007, 3:21 am

  55. Man, you ripped me off. There was much confusion over the fact that you had 10 events and 11 pictures in your title. Thanks Cockleton

    posted by Jack Sheppard | 3rd of November, 2007, 3:40 am

  56. Very elegant image of aurora borealis

    posted by blackice | 3rd of November, 2007, 4:10 am

  57. Beautiful images…many thanks.

    posted by Keith | 3rd of November, 2007, 6:16 am

  58. it`s nice Very nice

    posted by Porcelanosa | 3rd of November, 2007, 8:40 am

  59. Amazing.

    posted by Alen | 3rd of November, 2007, 9:57 am

  60. The aurora is always fascinating, great pics!

    posted by Ultime Notizie | 3rd of November, 2007, 11:13 am

  61. This solar eclipse a truly amazing! This is actually impressing.

    posted by Runews | 3rd of November, 2007, 1:05 pm

  62. Great PICS - Would be good marketing for space travel booking.

    posted by Rahul Chaudhary | 3rd of November, 2007, 1:30 pm

  63. simply stunning! thanks!
    peace.
    bv.

    posted by bv | 3rd of November, 2007, 3:33 pm

  64. FUCK YOU

    posted by FUCKHEAD | 3rd of November, 2007, 4:05 pm

  65. Supper Fotto !!!

    posted by Мониторинг Интернета | 3rd of November, 2007, 4:14 pm

  66. Tjis pics so beautiful!!! really very cool

    posted by szuman | 3rd of November, 2007, 5:09 pm

  67. Mahtavaa!!

    posted by Pekka Holoppa | 3rd of November, 2007, 6:32 pm

  68. where in bloody hell is the 11th one?

    posted by eh? | 3rd of November, 2007, 9:01 pm

  69. As someone who has spent lots of time on glaciers, let me point out you don’t know what you’re talking about when you say “a beautiful but clear sign that glaciers are slowly melting due to global warming.”

    There is this thing they invented just before global warming called “summers”. The glacier will be back. In fact, the planet will be in another ice age if you want to shut up and wait long enough.

    posted by James | 3rd of November, 2007, 9:28 pm

  70. Realy cool :)

    posted by Bullseye | 3rd of November, 2007, 9:30 pm

  71. thank for pic

    posted by belal | 3rd of November, 2007, 10:59 pm

  72. hello

    posted by mehrdad | 3rd of November, 2007, 11:08 pm

  73. What I saw,has an effect on me that there is a creative of this nice earth. And this is not anybody except GOD.

    posted by Majid Avijgan, MD, Professor of Infectious Diseases | 4th of November, 2007, 7:12 am

  74. Cool . Very nice.

    posted by Arsalan Dehghaniَ | 4th of November, 2007, 8:43 am

  75. The solar eclipse pic brings back very strong memories for me. I’ve always had a faciniation with WWII history. My brother and his family were visiting us in Germany so they and my family were at the Dachau prision camp and we had just exited the crematorium (sp?) when this solar eclipse began. Maybe it was pure coincidence but it was the most eerie and stoic moment of my life. My sister in law got some spectacular sequence shots of this eclipse and has them framed nicely in her basement. I can’t look at them without reviving a feeling of despair, and uncomprehension. Wish everyone in the world could experience the abominal feeling it brings up…it would never happen again.

    posted by Robert | 4th of November, 2007, 9:29 am

  76. Beautiful. Great pictures.

    posted by inirudebwoy | 4th of November, 2007, 10:45 am

  77. WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, Wonderfullllllllllllllll, like no others.

    Thanks a lot

    posted by Ali | 4th of November, 2007, 12:01 pm

  78. Those pictures are wow. Number 6 is truly amazing.

    posted by hoenir | 4th of November, 2007, 4:44 pm

  79. Wow!!!!

    posted by Administrador | 4th of November, 2007, 6:27 pm

  80. beautiful photos=) never think it is so amazing=)

    posted by Fabio Cannavaro | 4th of November, 2007, 7:38 pm

  81. Truly a miracle this ball of mud!

    posted by skunk12pu | 4th of November, 2007, 9:21 pm

  82. Truly amazing. I don’t think I’ve seen many photos more beautiful than # 6 or more amazing that #s 1 and 4. Thank you for sharing these!

    posted by amazed | 5th of November, 2007, 12:37 am

  83. I Think look picture power GOD

    posted by ali_atehran2002 | 5th of November, 2007, 4:46 am

  84. Amazing, phenomenal pictures. Wow! Thanks for putting these up.

    posted by Thomas | 5th of November, 2007, 4:48 am

  85. It’s Beautiful!

    posted by Sezer | 5th of November, 2007, 7:18 am

  86. I’ve followed the links for the sources but can’t find the original of the aurora one…can anyone help?

    posted by Jon | 5th of November, 2007, 9:51 am

  87. fabulus stuff and very clever

    posted by joybell | 6th of November, 2007, 12:26 am

  88. i like it very much and would loveww to see more of our universe

    posted by joybell | 6th of November, 2007, 12:28 am

  89. Jo Blo- That is not the natural tree line on Mt. Egmont. No one is trimming the forest back. The green coming up to the base of the volcano is all agricultural land where the forest used to extend. The park tried to protect the forest up to a certain radius from the volcano. Sadly. this didn’t help the birds they were trying to protect, as they needed coastal areas as well as the area around the volcano and many of the birds that once inhabited the park don’t anymore. A classic mistake in protected lands planning.:)

    posted by Sara | 6th of November, 2007, 6:12 am

  90. Very interesting photos…
    :-)

    posted by Walter Giannò | 6th of November, 2007, 8:51 pm

  91. woah the sri lankan ones are breathtaking and makes me think about how strong and mighty the sea really is. Sri lanka’s such a beautiful island as well..Didn’t deserve it..Well done though A+ work as always, R u English or American,

    posted by Derren Schoefield | 6th of November, 2007, 10:01 pm

  92. It’s amazing how we admire the wonders of the world and yet be so terrified by it’s possible destructions.
    thanx for the pictures.

    1 love.

    posted by Boyckie | 7th of November, 2007, 6:47 am

  93. Our mother nature is simply Amazing!

    posted by Winnie | 7th of November, 2007, 8:14 am

  94. awesome

    posted by atomed | 7th of November, 2007, 9:35 am

  95. wow..its really cool!!!

    the hurricane pic was the best!

    posted by hermione | 7th of November, 2007, 4:01 pm

  96. You’re right. They ARE phenomenal.

    posted by Frank Yee | 8th of November, 2007, 12:04 am

  97. I’ve seen that last one in a dream……..=o

    posted by Izabael | 8th of November, 2007, 2:30 am

  98. WOW! Thanks for the pics! My favorites are #8 and #10….oh the beauty of geometry and nature.

    posted by Indy | 8th of November, 2007, 11:39 pm

  99. God, it’s so terrific that simply cought my breath!

    posted by Anton | 9th of November, 2007, 10:16 am

  100. Amazing!

    posted by Muntean Mihai | 9th of November, 2007, 4:24 pm

  101. I am mesmerized by the freakishness and beauty of nature

    posted by gueraph | 9th of November, 2007, 11:19 pm

  102. EXCELLENT , AMAZING

    posted by CHANDRASENAN | 10th of November, 2007, 7:37 am

  103. I am in no way responsible for weather, volcanic activity, eclipses, and the rest. No other gods are, either. And none of us need virgins (or anything else) from you humans. Just so you know.

    posted by God | 10th of November, 2007, 11:39 pm

  104. SPECTACULAR. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

    posted by Dave Bengston | 11th of November, 2007, 12:50 am

  105. I had one grunch but the eggplant over there.
    1506 nix nix.
    nov shmoz ka pop!
    Smoookin!
    Ah-coomba-lahka-chimba!

    posted by barnegat blummis | 11th of November, 2007, 6:09 am

  106. Absolutely breathtaking photographs. Regarding #10, I had just seen that “structure” in the Planet Earth: Deserts episode and wondered what it was. Thank you for enlightening me!

    posted by Mandragora | 11th of November, 2007, 11:07 am

  107. The one that shows the shadow of the moon travelling across the surface of the earth, I like that one and the one on Hurricane Isabel is not too bad either. Cheers

    posted by John | 11th of November, 2007, 2:49 pm

  108. I was in hurricane Isabel. Weird seeing it from a different view. It looks almost pretty — except for all of the death and destruction and such.

    posted by Steph | 12th of November, 2007, 3:03 am

  109. Fantastic. Isnt Mother Nature priceless.
    Sue

    posted by Sue | 12th of November, 2007, 5:03 am

  110. A Mãe Natureza é linda!

    posted by kolves | 13th of November, 2007, 4:01 pm

  111. I love this planet.

    posted by Jono | 13th of November, 2007, 11:44 pm

  112. what fantastic pics. thanks for showing them.

    posted by silvamayflower | 14th of November, 2007, 1:48 pm

  113. looking at these pics… kimda makes me wonder how insignificant our puny lives are…and the fuss we make about it!!
    it takes my breath away ..the miracle of mother earth!!

    posted by samitha | 14th of November, 2007, 6:02 pm

  114. Wow…These images make you realize how small we are.

    posted by taylor | 15th of November, 2007, 5:00 am

  115. Awsom pics

    posted by exdestructo | 15th of November, 2007, 8:11 am

  116. sweeeeeeeeeet. I loved the Richat picture. And Isabel… wow. I lived in the Outer Banks when Isabel hit, and WOW. I’ve never seen such an awesome image. I love hurricanes.

    posted by LaPancake | 15th of November, 2007, 11:42 pm

  117. amaising!

    posted by cassidy | 16th of November, 2007, 2:48 am

  118. WOW Very incredible Images

    posted by Demon | 17th of November, 2007, 1:22 am

  119. Thank you for the intriguing pictures. These photographs make me appreciate the beauty of earth even more. God bless you.

    posted by NewLifeFromHeaven | 17th of November, 2007, 1:34 am

  120. not only do your photos prove that the world will end, but they’re pretty.

    There’s beauty in the breakdown…
    frou frou

    posted by popojin | 17th of November, 2007, 2:49 am

  121. Beautiful. A picture remembered myself why I love fractals. :)

    posted by vylia | 17th of November, 2007, 3:21 am

  122. 10q 10q 10q

    posted by oliGOfree | 17th of November, 2007, 12:19 pm

  123. Incredible the ocean in sri lankan coast!

    posted by sturdy | 17th of November, 2007, 10:47 pm

  124. I’m simply Amazed by this photos!

    posted by proka | 18th of November, 2007, 12:56 am

  125. Fantastic Photos awesome, our planet our home we will all have to work hard to look after it just like our own homes.

    posted by mwjb50 | 18th of November, 2007, 2:08 am

  126. save this planet guys….

    posted by Dharmesh | 18th of November, 2007, 6:09 am

  127. Awesome pics, great to see a NZ one in there, even if the caption was a bit wrong.

    posted by SNICE | 18th of November, 2007, 8:45 am

  128. awesome!!!

    posted by Shrey Modi | 18th of November, 2007, 2:15 pm

  129. The photographs are just amazing!!

    posted by Chris Yeong | 18th of November, 2007, 3:54 pm

  130. awesome pics. it is easy to forget how beautiful our world is.

    posted by hans | 18th of November, 2007, 7:12 pm

  131. Wonderful things to see. Worth my time. :)

    posted by Binh Nguyen | 18th of November, 2007, 7:29 pm

  132. Wow!!!

    These photos truly are amazing! I like the photo #4 (hurricane Isabel) the most. Imagine all of the possibilities of taking photos with that kind of technology.

    posted by Clickandseetv | 18th of November, 2007, 11:01 pm

  133. unbelievable!!!! Great Images!!

    posted by urKA-CHIKA | 18th of November, 2007, 11:44 pm

  134. wow this is so beautiful. Congratulations for this very nice collection of earth pix… this planet is so nice without human beings - or did you see any on the pix?

    posted by Léonie the t-shirt maniac | 19th of November, 2007, 7:11 am

  135. incredible pictures! fantastic!

    posted by per ekelund | 20th of November, 2007, 7:11 pm

  136. Excellent Photo’s but I wouldn’t worry too much about global warming. We are told the dinosaurs survived for approximately 250 million years and there were no Ice caps then, so we could be in for a long haul.

    If we don’t destroy each other first!!!!

    posted by Glynn | 20th of November, 2007, 7:18 pm

  137. Would love to have been behind the camera too have photographed these wonders

    Wouldn’t worry too much about global warming We are told the dinosaurs survived for approximately 250 million years and there were no Ice caps then, so we humans could be in for a long haul.

    If we don’t destroy each other first

    posted by Glynn | 20th of November, 2007, 7:28 pm

  138. Oh,great
    incredible pictures

    Thanks

    posted by mojtaba | 21st of November, 2007, 6:42 am

  139. These are really cool

    posted by crafty nature | 22nd of November, 2007, 1:34 am

  140. wow these are amazing. as a New Zealander i feel a little ashamed i have never been to Mt Taranaki/Egmont - how could they name a mountain after something so bland when it already had such a meaningful name!? beautiful photos of the fjords too.

    posted by hannah | 22nd of November, 2007, 9:56 am

  141. The views are really phenomenal! I didnt think i could really see sites like this from earth and free of charge.Thanks deputydog.

    posted by Isaac | 22nd of November, 2007, 12:27 pm

  142. Hurricane Isabel and the Aurora Borealis are the ones I prefer

    this is indeed an impressive collection, awesome shots

    #3 is fantastic as well

    posted by Cool Pics Blog | 22nd of November, 2007, 2:31 pm

  143. amazing shots ! thanks for sharing

    posted by Denis | 22nd of November, 2007, 5:13 pm

  144. Great photos.
    Thanks.

    posted by ptv | 22nd of November, 2007, 9:16 pm

  145. What an effort..Its really beautiful.Nature is almost unbeatable

    posted by Bankim | 22nd of November, 2007, 10:56 pm

  146. let us make earth the most beautiful place by planting trees of love, peace and harmony. a good deed will make a difference. love to everyone

    let us make earth the most beautiful place by planting trees of love, peace and harmony. a good deed will make a difference. love to everyone

    posted by meera khanna | 23rd of November, 2007, 9:30 pm

  147. cool pics! quite an interesting photographs. These pics should make us realize how precious is the planet we live in

    posted by wilsonprime | 23rd of November, 2007, 11:14 pm

  148. This is just amazing!! Thanks for gathering all these pics for us.

    posted by Minal | 24th of November, 2007, 5:42 am

  149. nice, thanks for sharing these

    posted by zdw | 24th of November, 2007, 6:47 am

  150. great selection!! nice pics :)

    posted by Ahsverus | 25th of November, 2007, 5:33 am

  151. Truly amazing photos! All photos are indeed phenomenal!

    posted by Kostas Panagias | 25th of November, 2007, 9:14 am

  152. Whoah, mahn, like, those pheauotoes ore loike, totally modular, mahn!

    posted by Steve the Peve | 25th of November, 2007, 1:26 pm

  153. this is why humans must worship al gore

    posted by blueballofbeauty | 25th of November, 2007, 9:25 pm

  154. Hey guys!!!!
    I think this website is…… suuuuper cute!
    I just makes me tingle.
    smooches for everyone!!!!!!

    including you first fist.

    all show you what a boob looks like.

    p.s.
    yall are real cute, but I hope I didn’t offend anyone with my off the wall
    flirtashious sexy talk.

    once again I hope yall have a good day.

    P.S. But seriously yall need to chill out.

    posted by spencer swanson | 26th of November, 2007, 4:21 am

  155. amazing pictures, the one of the aurora borealis is my favorite.

    posted by qwertyuiop | 26th of November, 2007, 9:35 pm

  156. The “six” is amazing!!

    posted by Ahsverus | 27th of November, 2007, 2:49 am

  157. incredible! absolutely incredible. I feel like I wanna go in space to see all of them. Keep it Up!

    posted by seedee | 27th of November, 2007, 6:18 am

  158. No.5 is the best pic. You can see how Greenland the ice country is losing shape due to global warming. Looked like a bunch of trees at first!

    posted by Sanju Paison | 27th of November, 2007, 9:23 am

  159. wow!!
    those are some great images!!

    posted by vamapaull | 28th of November, 2007, 3:05 am

  160. Waoow!! Amazing pictures! I liked the eclipse, awesome.

    posted by Antwerp | 28th of November, 2007, 11:51 am

  161. most excellent pictures.

    posted by wyldsyd | 28th of November, 2007, 12:45 pm

  162. Is it my imagination or does #8 (egmont national park, new zealand) look like the Mandelb rot Set?

    posted by Rich | 28th of November, 2007, 7:09 pm

  163. Pictures of distorted people here are also amazing :)

    posted by Crystal | 28th of November, 2007, 10:41 pm

  164. No Rich, of course you are correct. All’s the same in nature: micro/macro. Is #10 a blue eye? #2 a seashell?

    posted by Ian | 29th of November, 2007, 4:07 am

  165. All pic are cool but no.6 are the most amazing for me..

    posted by Dan | 29th of November, 2007, 7:25 am

  166. yep earth is so beautiful :).. i like the alluvial fan pic

    posted by chloe | 29th of November, 2007, 12:31 pm

  167. global warming is caused by the holes in the ozone layer. Those holes would repair themselves IF our crazy butts would pull together and slow our rolls. Then our glaciers would be tight. Technology, technology only good so that we can see out mistakes from teh sky.

    Support medical technology and nothing more. It should be a tradition to perserve what was traditioanlly here. We’ve had all that we’ve needed for quite some time.

    posted by melisa | 29th of November, 2007, 7:13 pm

  168. COOL PICS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THE TSUNAMI THO!

    posted by DRRTYASSFUKKERWHOWILLGIVEYOUAIDSFOFREE | 29th of November, 2007, 8:49 pm

  169. I am trying to find out where I can acquire image #6. I have been searching all through the NASA archives without success. I even talked to one of the archivists for the Johnson Space Center and she couldn’t find it either. Any help you can give me on this would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks!

    Peter

    posted by Peter | 29th of November, 2007, 10:09 pm

  170. korcula

    posted by andrej | 30th of November, 2007, 7:46 pm

  171. Really a stunning collection … well done. Especially like #10 … sort of looks like an eyeball.

    posted by Rose | 1st of December, 2007, 5:34 pm

  172. what an amazing shots

    posted by al3nee | 2nd of December, 2007, 10:00 pm

  173. I can see #8 outside my window :)

    posted by James | 3rd of December, 2007, 10:57 pm

  174. Damn fantastic shots..thank you

    posted by mainrooster88 | 4th of December, 2007, 4:09 pm

  175. INCREDIBLE FANTASTIC PICTURES - WHAT A VIEW!!! Thanks…

    posted by kiefko | 5th of December, 2007, 6:06 pm

  176. Great images. I have not seen it before.

    posted by TOTALFUNWORLD.COM | 6th of December, 2007, 9:06 am

  177. awesome! beautiful,thx

    posted by puiu | 6th of December, 2007, 10:14 am

  178. Absolutely beautiful!!!

    posted by Tasha | 6th of December, 2007, 8:22 pm

  179. amazing

    posted by victor | 7th of December, 2007, 12:07 am

  180. FANTASTIC PICTURES

    posted by ALIVEPAKISTAN.COM | 7th of December, 2007, 1:58 pm

  181. awesome

    posted by VoIPWONDERS.COM | 7th of December, 2007, 1:59 pm

  182. Great pics!! Don’t see many like these- especially the one’s that had to be taken as an event happened (like the eclipse)

    posted by Brian | 8th of December, 2007, 11:44 am

  183. Woh, Excellent job. Hats off to the team.

    posted by M.Udayakumar | 10th of December, 2007, 9:14 am

  184. Wow. Simply spell binding!!!

    posted by Vasant M. Salian | 10th of December, 2007, 3:47 pm

  185. amazing pics.

    posted by sonny | 12th of December, 2007, 5:04 pm

  186. This images are awesome!!!I have no comment………..

    posted by Ivica | 13th of December, 2007, 6:38 pm

  187. Nice photo collection! Space perspective is always captivating.

    posted by Tommi | 14th of December, 2007, 6:31 am

  188. Here’s one interesting sight nearby my home town : Söderfjärden meteorite crater.

    * “The Söderfjärden plain is the result of a meteorite impact about 520 million years ago”
    * “The most beautiful meteorite crater in Finland” has a diameter of about 4 miles and is more than 300 meters deep.”

    http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/3731/
    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=s%C3%B6derfj%C3%A4rden&sll=63.008874,21.578522&sspn=0.056172,0.22934&ie=UTF8&mrt=kmlkmz&ll=63.008874,21.578522&spn=0.056172,0.22934&t=h&z=13&iwloc=I&om=1

    posted by johnny | 14th of December, 2007, 12:57 pm

  189. im speechless!!!!

    posted by IhateDesign | 14th of December, 2007, 1:59 pm

  190. WOW! I had been admiring spectacular shots of space taken by Hubble. Now these shot of Earth…wow! Thanks for publishing.

    posted by ĴΩŋ | 14th of December, 2007, 3:40 pm

  191. ta loco,
    a terra mto foda

    dalhe geologiaaaaaaaaaa

    posted by JoaoR | 1st of January, 2008, 2:34 pm

  192. You will find that Mt Egmont as you call it has reverted to its original name - Mt Taranaki (actually many years ago - perhaps 20 yrs).

    posted by naomi | 2nd of January, 2008, 11:21 pm

  193. I studied Geomorphology many moons ago. I wish we had acess to photos like these at that time.

    posted by Diane | 6th of January, 2008, 11:38 am

  194. i love how the earth looks!!

    posted by benny | 7th of January, 2008, 5:42 pm

  195. those are some rele cool pics

    posted by mohamed | 8th of January, 2008, 5:49 am

  196. awesome collection of photos.. very interesting to see that many great things happening in and around the world…

    posted by androo | 8th of January, 2008, 5:58 am

  197. Круто!!!Давно я токого не видал!

    posted by Zeleboba | 11th of January, 2008, 9:19 pm

  198. awesome pictures!!!

    posted by Arnel | 16th of January, 2008, 3:04 am

  199. very cool, including sources, even cooler. =]

    posted by Dave Bullock | 16th of January, 2008, 9:34 pm

  200. Only with shots like these can we get to see the awesome topographic features of mother earth.

    posted by Small Business Marketing | 21st of January, 2008, 1:08 am

  201. WOW, amazing images…

    posted by koka | 24th of January, 2008, 4:51 am

  202. thank you very much, for these awesome pictures. sincerely, ruth

    posted by ruth katje | 24th of January, 2008, 6:18 pm

  203. Awesome pictures, they look amazing! I can’t believe these are actual pictures. They look so unreal.

    posted by ArsonistX | 29th of January, 2008, 1:43 am

  204. What beautiful photos! Incredible to say the least. I am in wonder. Many thanks for showing this! I will return alot I do believe. And I DO BELIEVE, smiles, frstyfrolk

    posted by frstyfrolk | 30th of January, 2008, 2:12 pm

  205. simply amazing! i was extremely fascinated with no. 1….good work.

    posted by rekisha | 4th of February, 2008, 2:54 pm

  206. im amazed with these photographs

    posted by 7 | 5th of February, 2008, 9:30 pm

  207. amazing

    sanjoy

    posted by sanjoy | 19th of February, 2008, 2:25 am

  208. They all are beautiful, no 5 look beautiful and spooky at the same time

    posted by blazingstone | 20th of February, 2008, 2:05 pm

  209. simply cool…………..
    beautiful

    posted by meera | 23rd of February, 2008, 3:57 am

  210. my favorite is the sixth one.What beautiful blue color.

    posted by Saim Baig | 24th of February, 2008, 2:25 pm

  211. I must say That I was very impressed with these photos.

    They were very wonderfully taken
    and presented for us to see.

    It was almost like being there.

    I will return to this site to view more of what you have to offer, in
    the near future.
    My Thanks to you for your very tastleful creativity.

    Gayle Galleo
    macgalleo@nc.rr.com

    posted by Gayle Galleo | 3rd of March, 2008, 1:58 pm

  212. Wow this is amazing.

    posted by kaatrien | 6th of March, 2008, 1:51 pm

  213. this is great!

    posted by eli | 15th of March, 2008, 6:52 pm

  214. part of the global warming solution is the mineral thats in 12 specific countries needs to be extracted and put in certain locations on earth. new zealand, australia, africa, russia, china brazil, usa. are some of them.but first all loose sand must be sucked out of ocean from 150 feet to 3 miles, not near rocks,boulders or corral,just mark them. thats mandatory to delete excessive heat naturally.

    posted by MICHAEL J. SCHMITZ | 21st of March, 2008, 9:47 am

  215. I was very moved and impressed by these images - and I am usually on Google Earth! It’s refreshing and life-affirming to see a beautiful global Earth as God sees it - a reminder that there are no natural borders and boundaries to divide Mankind. If our governments spent more time looking at these images we would have less wars.

    posted by river | 1st of April, 2008, 6:37 pm

  216. Those lights are just amazing.Can’t believe they are real.

    posted by Fanati | 10th of April, 2008, 2:07 pm

  217. Sooooo Coooool. Great Photos. I can only think that we are but a speck on a speck of a speck within the universe we live in.

    posted by Mickael | 10th of April, 2008, 2:54 pm

  218. Awesome pics!
    Truly majestic!
    Nature is really a great architect!

    posted by Abhishek Sainani | 20th of April, 2008, 8:28 am

  219. Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing.

    posted by Mazm | 25th of April, 2008, 1:18 pm

  220. Very nice pictures, now we know what we destroying.

    posted by Karsten Sonnenberg | 27th of April, 2008, 1:20 pm

  221. HI, so lovely pictures…the world is fantastic, even from above…
    :) Åsa

    posted by Åsa Petersson | 28th of April, 2008, 4:40 am

  222. Brilliant pics ;)!!! Thanks for sharing ;)

    posted by Rasmus.S | 28th of April, 2008, 7:56 am

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