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NASA’s C-20A takes off from Libreville International Airport in Gabon, Africa, in support of the AfriSAR Â...
iss073e0816985 (Sept. 27, 2025) --- Bright lightning storms illuminate the cloudy landscape of western Africa in...
AS04-01-200 (9 Nov. 1967) --- Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Sahara, looking northwest, as...
S65-18750 (23 March 1965) --- Astronaut John W. Young took this picture over eastern Africa during the Gemini-Titan...
Head of Department, Western Cape Government Economic Development and Tourism, Velile Dube, provides remarks during a...
NASA International Program Specialist, Office of International and Interagency Relations, Greg Mann, provide remarks...
From left to right, the Premier of the Western Cape Government, Alan Winde, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for...
NASA SCaN Development Manager, Bill Marinelli provides remarks during a meeting with the Associate Administrator for...
STS039-151-193 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- The Strait of Gibraltar, the only outlet for the Mediterranean Sea, was...
STS062-151-182Z (4-18 March 1994) --- This east-looking view shows most of the east-west extent of the country of...
STS049-92-071 (13 May 1992) --- The STS-49 crew aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour captured this...
Africa Flores, Land Cover and Land Use Change Theme Lead for SERVIR, speaks during the 2018 Annual Earth Science...
A piece of Africa—actually lots of them—began to arrive in the Americas in June 2014. On June 23, a lengthy river of...
AS11-36-5355 (17 July 1969) --- Most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular...
This image, captured by NASA Terra satellite on July 20, 2005, shows the dust cloud just off the west coast of...
Three striking and important areas of Tanzania in eastern Africa are shown in this color-coded shaded relief image...
These images from NASA Terra satellite images are of northeastern South Africa, near Kruger National Park, were...
These images from NASA Terra satellite images of Zambia and Botswana, Africa were acquired on August 25, 2000 during...
This spaceborne radar image shows part of the vast Namib Sand Sea on the west coast of southern Africa, just...
The area known as the Afar Triangle is located at the northern end of the East Africa Rift, where it approaches the...
This is a false-color composite of Central Africa, showing the Virunga volcano chain along the borders of Rwanda,...
NASA Terra spacecraft flew over South Africa and Zimbabwe where week-long torrential rains swelled the Limpopo River...
STS072-727-059 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- Plains of the Orange Free State, South Africa are featured in this 70mm frame...
AS17-148-22718 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- This excellent view of Saudi Arabia and the north eastern portion of the African...