Tag: Earth

  • The first time humans saw the whole Earth with their own eyes

    This image is historic. It’s the first time humans saw the entire Earth with their own eyes. The Apollo 8 astronauts took this picture on as they ventured into deep space on December 1968. Till today only 24 humans had the chance to see the Earth from this distance. There is no better place than…

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  • The Earth from Space: November 2015 from EPIC

    This is where you are: The Earth as seen from the EPIC camera onbord of the DSCOVR spacecraft 31.Oktober – 1. November 2015 credit: NASA / NOA edit: cosmic data: http://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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  • Earth from Space

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    Still from the most beautyfull pictures of Earth ever taken 🙂 AS04-507: Apollo 4, Crescent Earth, 9.November 1967 High Resolution Picture  

    AS04-507: Apollo 4, Crescent Earth, 9.November 1967
  • Earth Art : Australia from Space

    Colour-enhanced photographs taken by astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station, 400km above the Earth. Camera: Nikon D4 :: Scott Kelly Twitter

    EarthArt Australia Lake Everard
  • Earth Images from The Project Apollo Archive – selection 1

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    The Project Apollo Archive is an online source of digital images of the historic manned lunar landing program. The Archive was created by Kipp Teague in February 1999. Title image: view of the Earth from an automatic camera on Apollo 4 – November 9, 1967 find the unprocessed scans on the Project Apollo Archive on…

    view of the Earth by Apollo 4
  • a new way of seeing time

  • I LOVE THIS PLANET!!

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    Compilation of timelapses from the International Space Station. Music: Ludovico Einaudi – Experience (Live At Fabric, London 2013) Editor: Dmitry Pisanko Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth Original data: 95 623 files, 109 Gigabytes from http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov

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  • Earth Spheres

    “We will now be able to measure and track Sun-induced space weather as well as global climactic trends in ozone levels, aerosols, vegetation, volcanic ash, and Earth reflectivity, all in high resolution; just the kind of data our civilization needs to make informed cultural, political, and scientific decisions that affect our future. Occasions such as…

    Earth Spheres
  • Finally we will have daily color images of Earth 🙂

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    ” Earth: Not mounted on a stand, with color-coded state and national boundaries, as schoolroom globes are prone to display. Instead, we see our world as only a cosmic perspective can provide: Blue Oceans – Dry Land – White Clouds – Polar Ice. A Sun-lit planet, teeming with life, framed in darkness.” Neil deGrasse Tyson…

    Earth EPIC
  • The Overview Effect

    The Overview Effect is an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and mankind’s place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment. more infos: weareplanetary.com

  • Earth from Space

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    Our beautiful planet Earth seen from the International Space Station Photograph taken on June 2015 by Terry W. Virts. (NASA Astronaut) original file

    Earth from Space