11 Incredible Images That Bring Home The Wonder Of Planet Earth
Published 27 Mar 2018, 17:04 BST
The Apollo 17 crew took this iconic photo of Earth while traveling towards the moon in 1972. It was taken from 28,000 miles away.
Photograph by NASAA picture of London aurora taken by ESA astronaut Tim Peake during his six-month Principia on the International Space Station.
Photograph by Esa, NASANASA astronaut Terry Virts, commander of Expedition 43 on board the International Space Station, tweeted this beautiful image of our planet with this simple comment "#Earth".
Photograph by Terry Virts, NASAOn February 22, 2016, Kelly snapped this photo of the southern Sahara in Egypt’s southwest Qesm Al Wahat Ad Dakhlah district, near the border with Libya.
Photograph by Scott Kelly, NASAOn July 9, 2015, Kelly stood 250 miles (400km) above the Bahamas in the International Space Station’s Cupola observation module.
Photograph by Scott Kelly, NASATerry Virts selected this as one of his absolute favourite images taken in space— the aurora borealis over the U.K. The northern lights were always in the distance while the southern lights were usually much closer to his orbit.
Photograph by Terry Virts, NASAIn this photograph taken during the second successful mission to land on the moon, Apollo 12 astronauts captured the mystical scene of an Earthrise.
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<br />On January 26, 2016, Kelly captured this night photograph of Italy and the Alps. But the bright lights are far from spotless: More than 80 percent of Italy’s power comes from greenhouse gas-producing fossil fuels.
Photograph by Scott Kelly, NASAESA astronaut Tim Peake posted this stunning image on his social media channels, commenting, "Watching the Milky Way rising over the horizon".
Photograph by Esa, NASANASA produced this more recent “Blue Marble” by integrating satellite data from 2012.
Photograph by NASAClouds swirl in a storm over the North Pacific. This spiral pattern is one that is common in nature.
Photograph by Terry Virts, NASA