An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shot a photograph of the Moon’s shadow crossing the Earth on June 21, 2020.
Published Jun 23, 2020An array of sandy colors paint the landscape around the capital and port city.
Published Jun 21, 2020The play of sunlight on water gives definition to the jagged coastlines of Sardinia and Corsica.
Published Jun 14, 2020Two inland deltas spring from the landscape near the confluence of the Blue and White Niles.
Published Jun 10, 2020A commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft has safely delivered two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
Published Jun 2, 2020The largest lake on the Balkan Peninsula is colored by sediments eroded from the surrounding highlands.
Published May 31, 2020Divided by the Danube River, the city is actually a unification of three different older communities.
Published May 24, 2020Clouds formed over rural areas and the cities but are noticeably absent above Guanabara Bay and the ocean due to the mechanisms of cloud formation.
Published May 17, 2020Dust storms are common in the region, and sometimes bear resemblance to weather events on Mars.
Published May 10, 2020An ISS astronaut using a short camera lens captured almost all of Mexico in one shot.
Published May 3, 2020After five rounds and 56,000 votes, the readers have chosen their favorite. We have a Tournament Earth 2020 champion.
Published Apr 28, 2020From late February to early March in most years, the winter cold freezes much of the surface area of the lakes. But not so much in 2020.
Published Apr 24, 2020The Susquehanna River cuts through the folds of the Valley-and-Ridge province of the mountain chain.
Published Apr 12, 2020Despite sporadic rainfall, the island is the occasional home of two of the larger bodies of water in Hawaii.
Published Apr 5, 2020Earth’s third-highest summit, Kangchenjunga, rises more than 8500 meters above sea level along the border of Nepal and India.
Published Mar 29, 2020Vote for your favorite all-time Earth Observatory image. Help narrow the field from 32 nominees down to one champion in a five-round tournament.
Published Mar 26, 2020Atmosphere Land Life Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Videos
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Published Mar 22, 2020The almost circular massif in the Darfur region is a large cluster of volcanoes and lava flows, with a few traces of human activity.
Published Mar 15, 2020The remote hamlet sits along California’s rugged “Lost Coast.”
Published Mar 8, 2020The only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean is part of Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
Published Feb 29, 2020Ancient geologic features and modern creations share the spotlight in this photo of southeastern Utah and northern Arizona taken from the ISS.
Published Feb 23, 2020This photograph highlights several snow- and ice-capped volcanoes as they cast early morning shadows over a mountainous region of Bolivia and Chile.
Published Feb 16, 2020Complicated tectonics elevated the high plateau from rock layers that were originally deposited millions of years ago at the bottom of the sea.
Published Feb 9, 2020Natural wonders of Peru stand out in this wide-angle photograph.
Published Feb 2, 2020Two of the largest freshwater lakes in Turkey sit on the Anatolia Plateau.
Published Jan 26, 2020Astronaut Christina Koch snapped a picture of the Quadrantids in January 2020.
Published Jan 20, 2020Astronauts captured a striking glimpse of the Andes Mountains, which divide lush forest from the Atacama Desert.
Published Jan 19, 2020An astronaut captured this view of the Front Range, the San Juan Mountains, and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Published Jan 12, 2020At the boundary between Earth and space, particles and gases and energy do an intricate and colorful dance that varies daily.
Published Jan 7, 2020Geologically young, dark lava flows stand out from older, lighter rocks and the sands of the central Sahara.
Published Jan 5, 2020