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A NASA T-38 training jet is seen as it flies at 1500 feet over Washington, DC, Thursday, April 5, 2012. NASA, in...
The towns of Santa Claus, Ga., (top) and Santa Claus, Ind. (bottom), are shown in these two images from the Advanced...
Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) is seen from Top of the Town in...
iss071e580719 (Aug. 30, 2024) -- The coastline of South Africa, with Cape Town and the False Bay situated at the top...
iss067e169965 (July 1, 2022) --- The Khawr az-Zubayr Waterway (at bottom) separates the Middle Eastern nations of...
ISS040-E-006271 (31 May 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International...
ISS038-E-039032 (30 Jan. 2014) --- Prince Albert, South Africa is featured in this image photographed by an...
jsc2023e038731 (6/22/2023) --- Two types of Hoshi-Tomo badges were designed by students. “Hoshi” implies star(s),...
STS072-727-059 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- Plains of the Orange Free State, South Africa are featured in this 70mm frame...
NASA's ISS-RapidScat instrument on the International Space Station provided a look at the strong winds that led to...
STS058-77-083 (18 Oct-1 Nov 1993) --- In this scene of the south coast of Africa, Cape Agulhas, the southernmost...
STS068-232-083 (30 September-11 October 1994) --- This is a view of Mount Pinatubo, Philippine Islands, orient with...
STS039-85-029 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- This 70mm frame is one of the best pictures of the Oklahoma City area from...
This image of the Nyiragonga volcano eruption in the Congo was acquired on January 28, 2002 by the Advanced...
SL3-88-004 (July-September 1973) --- A vertical view of the Salinas River Valley area south of Monterey Bay,...
On Sunday, April 28, a category F5 tornado cut an East-West path through La Plata, Maryland, killing 5 and injuring...
ISS032-E-017635 (9 Aug. 2012) --- A nighttime view of Kuwait City is featured in this image photographed by an...
STS098-382-0014 (7-20 February 2001) City Lights of the Northeastern Seaboard of the U.S. were captured with a 35mm...
The summits of two large volcanoes in Central Java, Indonesia are shown in the center of this radar image. Lava...
STS-56 Earth observation taken aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, is probably the best view of Perth in...
SL4-136-3501 (6 Dec. 1973) --- A vertical view of a portion of the State of Queensland, Australia, as photographed...
ISS022-E-012031 (16 Dec. 2009) --- Greater Bridgetown area, Barbados is featured in this image photographed by an...
ISS040-E-080921 (26 June 2014) --- Dominican Republic and Haiti, Hispaniola, Caribbean are featured in this image...
While Sochi is a coastal town on the Black Sea, the skiing events for the XXII Olympic Games are taking place about...