Earth Day Pictures: 20 Stunning Shots of Earth From Space: National Geographic

Circles of LifeFields near the city of Perdizes, in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil (see map), are seen in a 2011 astronaut photograph. (Special section: Sustainable Agriculture.)Photograph courtesy NASA and NASA Earth Observatory

Model CityA fog-free San Francisco (see map) is seen in this 2004 oblique-angle satellite photograph. (Read National Geographic Traveler's Ultimate City Guide for San Francisco.)Photograph courtesy Space Imaging and NASA Earth Observatory

Blue PlanetEleuthera Island in the Bahamas is seen in a 2002 astronaut photograph taken from the International Space Station.
(Learn how you can help this Earth Day.)Photograph courtesy NASA

Reflections on a DisasterSpilled oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is seen offshore of Petit Bois Island and Horn Island in eastern Mississippi (see map) in a June 2010 satellite picture. (Related: "Gulf Oil Spill: One Year Later.")Photograph courtesy NASA EO-1 and NASA Earth Observatory

Web of LightSeen in a 2003 astronaut photograph, the city of São Paulo, Brazil (see map)—home to 17 million people—stands out like a beacon in the night. The variations in color are due to the city using different types of streetlights, according to NASA.
(Related: "First Green Supersonic Jet Launches on Earth Day.")Photograph courtesy NASA

Circulation SystemTidal flats and channels on the western side of the Bahamas' Long Island (see map) are seen in a 2010 astronaut photograph.Photograph courtesy NASA and NASA Earth Observatory

Thunderstorm Over AsiaA thunderstorm hovers over Asia in a 1999 astronaut photograph taken from the space shuttle Columbia. Although the precise location of the storm isn't known, the shuttle was passing over Myanmar (Burma) at the time the picture was taken. (Photo Gallery: Lightning.)Photograph courtesy NASA

Scenic RoutesThe ever shifting Rio Negro and many of its past paths curl across the Patagonia region of Argentina (see map) in a 2010 astronaut photograph taken from the International Space Station.Photograph courtesy NASA and NASA Earth Observatory

Caustic WatersVivid Lake Natron in Tanzania (see map)—said by NASA to be the world's most caustic body of water—is a threatening shade of orange in a 2005 satellite image. Despite its reputation, the lake manages to host a native species of fish, the alkaline tilapia. (See: Megafishes.)Photograph courtesy ASTER/JAXA/NASA and NASA Earth Observatory

March to the SeaThe Neumayer Glacier on South Georgia Island, east of the southern tip of South America (map), creeps ever closer to the ocean in a 2009 satellite image. (Video: Glacier Melt.)Photograph courtesy EO-1/NASA and NASA Earth Observatory

Made by MeteoriteIn a satellite image released in 2004, salty seasonal lakes are brightly evident within the Shoemaker impact structure—at 1.7 billion years old, the oldest known meteorite-impact site in Australia. (Photos: Asteroids and Comets.)Photograph courtesy Landsat/USGS

Sea SnakesGullies slithering through sandbanks are seen in the Wadden Sea, near the Netherlands, in a 2006 satellite image.Photograph courtesy CNES/Spot Image/ESA

Iceberg NurseryIn a 2010 satellite picture, the Matusevich Glacier calves new icebergs into an Antarctic channel, which cuts between the Lazarev Mountains and the Wilson Hills. (Read a first-person account of visiting Antarctica.)Photograph courtesy EO-1/NASA and NASA Earth Observatory

Desert's EndIn Eastern Algeria's stretch of the Sahara, the Tifernine Dune Field—a section of the Grand Erg Oriental dune sea (see map)—meets the Tinrhert Plateau, as seen in a 2008 astronaut photograph.Photograph courtesy NASA via NASA Earth Observatory

Cloud VorticesCloud vortices, or von Kármán vortices, create patterns in the sky near the Cape Verde Islands off northwestern Africa (see map). The vortices are caused by wind rushing over the islands. (Pictures: "New Cloud Type Discovered?")Photograph courtesy Terra/MODIS/NASA

Fresh FlowsFresh, dark lava flows cover the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea

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