The Earth Observatory

January 14, 2009 10:42 PM

Earth, observed. Standout photographs from NASA's Earth Observatory website.
posted by homunculus (11 comments total)

Previously.
posted by homunculus at 11:14 PM on January 14, 2009

Always amazing. Thanks.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:45 PM on January 14, 2009

Here is an Earth as Art gallery from the Landsat-7 satellite.
posted by netbros at 11:52 PM on January 14, 2009

I made a screensaver like this -- just a bunch of cool photos screencapped from my first time using Google Earth. Funny how a lot of the places I saved crop up in this gallery, too (#2, #5, #12, #23).
posted by Rhaomi at 1:10 AM on January 15, 2009

How does the island affect the clouds in #13? Or is it just a coincidence?
posted by harriet vane at 1:22 AM on January 15, 2009

Wow.
posted by nax at 3:41 AM on January 15, 2009

Great job kokogiak (and homunculus)! (Previously)
posted by TedW at 5:54 AM on January 15, 2009

harriet vane: "How does the island affect the clouds in #13? Or is it just a coincidence?"

The island reaches a height of almost 3000 ft so it messes with cloud formations.
posted by Science! at 6:19 AM on January 15, 2009

Every time 'The Big Picture' goes bold in my RSS feed, and the little (1) appears beside it, I feel tingly in my happy areas.
posted by WinnipegDragon at 7:51 AM on January 15, 2009

Entirely awesome, thank you.
posted by Smedleyman at 1:16 PM on January 15, 2009

Cool, thanks Science!
posted by harriet vane at 12:54 AM on January 16, 2009