Aerial Views of Landforms

Satellite imagery showcasing diverse landscapes, including coastlines, islands, and regions in Australia and Bahrain, with clear water and land contrasts.

The semi-desert, southern coast of Iran on the Persian Gulf is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Middle Eastern nation.

ISS040-E-018752 (24 June 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of 223 nautical miles, photographed this image of the Caribbean Coast of Belize near the point where it borders Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Belize has more than 200 islands or cayes.

The Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, and most of Brevard County, Florida, are clearly visible in this photo taken by the crew of the orbiter Discovery while in orbit during space shuttle mission STS-26.

ISS010-E-14645 (23 January 2005) --- The Rion-Antirion Bridge, located in Greece at the western end of the Gulf of Corinth, roughly 38.31 degrees north latitude and 21.75 east longitude, is featured in this electronic still camera's view, photographed by the Expedition 10 crew aboard the International Space Station. The bridge is near the cities of Patrai and Navpaktos.

ISS039-E-011515 (13 April 2014) --- Man-made archipelagos near Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 39 crew member on the International Space Station, flying at 220 miles above Earth. The municipality of Dubai is the largest city of the Persian Gulf emirate of the same name, and has built a global reputation for large-scale developments and architectural works. Among the most visible of these developments -- particularly from the perspective of astronauts onboard the ISS -- are three man-made archipelagos. The two Palm Islands -- Palm Jumeirah to the left of center, and Palm Jebel Ali, just to the right of center, appear as stylized palm trees when viewed from above. The World Islands (near left edge) evoke a rough map of the world from an air- or space-borne perspective. The Palm Jumeirah project began in 2001 and required more than 50 million cubic meters of dredged sand to raise the islands above the Persian Gulf sea level. Constructi

Low clouds over the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea was captured by the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite on April 1, 2016 at 4 55 UTC.

Earth observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Crewmember indicates New Orleans and Cuba. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 39 crew aboard the ISS. Image downlinked in folder North Africa, and released by astronaut on Twitter.

Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia is shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #15 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.

ISS025-E-014038 (10 Nov. 2010) --- Andros Island and the Tongue of the Ocean, a deep oceanic trench in the Bahamas separating the islands of Andros and nearby New Providence, captured the attention of a camera-bearing member of the Expedition 25 crew orbiting Earth onboard the International Space Station, some 220 miles above.

Color satellite image of Eritrea, with mask.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

ISS043E249688 (04/24/2015) --- This picture of Hawaii was tweeted out by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on the International Space Station with this comment: "Just flew over you #Honolulu #Hawaii. Happy #MemorialDay! #YearInSpace ".

The 'Lagoa dos Patos,' in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, translates to 'the Duck Lagoon.' This image from NASA's Terra satellite is MISR Mystery Image Quiz #5.

Color satellite image of Qatar and neighbouring countries.

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 42 crew aboard the ISS. Palm and World Islands, United Arab Emirates. Image was released by astronaut on Instagram.

Night Earth Observations taken by Expedition 38 crewmember. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter.

AS07-04-1609 (21 Oct. 1968) --- Woodlark Island in the Solomon Sea, east of New Guinea and northeast of Australia, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 158th revolution of Earth. Photographed from an altitude of 140 nautical miles, at ground elapsed time of 251 hours and 21 minutes.

AST-17-1378 (20 July 1975) --- A near vertical view of the most southerly portion of the Island of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, as photographed from the Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission. This view includes the towns of Gala, Pachino, Avela and Pozzalo. The photograph was taken at an altitude of 228 kilometers (141 statute miles) with a 70mm Hasselblad camera using high-definition aerial Ektachrome SO-242 type film.

Japan's Geiyo Archipelago, in the Seito Inland Sea, was once home to pirates. From the 9th to the 16th centuries, the pirates dominated the Inland Sea and terrorized the coasts of East Asia. Until the Shimanami Kaido (Inland Wave Sea Road) was completed in 1999, the Geiyo Islands were a remote region, accessible only by boat. The ASTER image was acquired August 19, 2010, covers an area of 33.7 by 43.7 km, and is located at 34.3 degrees north, 133.1 degrees east.

Earth Observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). File lists this group of images as possibly Misc New Zealand & Galapagos & Carribean

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

On December 10, 2013 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASAs Terra satellite flew across the central Atlantic Ocean and captured a true-color image of the Canary Islands. Lying off of the coast of Western Sahara and Morocco, the islands were created by successive submarine volcanic eruptions which raised the ocean floor vertically until some of land rose above sea level. The oldest islands lie in the east and the youngest in the west. From east to west, the major islands seen in this image are Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palmera and El Hierro. While the creation of the islands began in the Late Cretaceous Period (70 - 80 million years ago), active volcanic activity continues. In 2011, a spectacular submarine eruption occurred just off the shore of El Hierro. The volcano became quiet again, but very recently increasing earthquakes and changing height of El Hierro suggested the volcano may again be entering an active eru

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

Several bodies of water are pictured including Lake Albert (at lower left); and Lakes Kwania, Kyoga, and Kojweri (at center); and Lake Victoria (at bottom right); as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above the African nation of Uganda.

This large tabular iceberg, broken off from the Antarctic Ice Sheet, was spotted in the South Atlantic Ocean (57.0S, 57.0W) southeast of the tip of South America as it was slowly being moved north and east by wind, current and tidal influences. This type of iceberg, never to be seen in the northern hemisphere, is typical for Antarctica. Although some such icebergs are as large as 100 km in length, this one measures about 35 by 69 km.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Folder lists this as Buenos Aires.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

STS030-152-066 (4-8 May 1989) --- The upper Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast area was clearly represented in this large format frame photographed by the astronaut crew of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis. The area covered stretches almost 300 miles from Aransas Pass, Texas to Cameron, Louisiana. The sharp detail of both the natural and cultural features noted throughout the scene is especially evident in the Houston area, where highways, major streets, airport runways and even some neighborhood lanes are easily seen. Other major areas seen are Austin, San Antonio and the Golden Triangle. An Aero Linhof camera was used to expose the frame.

2010/119 - 04/29 at 16 :48 UTCOil slick in the Gulf of Mexico (Input Direct Broadcast data courtesy Direct Readout Lab, NASA/GSFC)Satellite: TerraNASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Aden, Yemen, True Colour Satellite Image. Aden, Yemen. True colour satellite image of Aden, in the Gulf of Aden. Image taken on 12 November 1999, using LANDSAT 7 data.

Satellite view of Honshu, Japan, 4 May 2005 with thick plume of smoke crossing the island from the west where intense fires had been burning in North Korea. Credit NASA. Science Earth Geology Pollution

This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Lanzarote, the easternmost of the Canary Islands, which is 125 km off the coast of Africa, and the fourth largest of the archipelago.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station. File identifies it as Patagonia.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

ISS008-E-20331 (1 April 2004) --- The Great Lakes region was featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 8 crewmember on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS008-E-12555 (22 January 2004) --- This photo of melt-water pooled on the surface of iceberg A-39D, a 2 x 11 kilometers iceberg currently located near South Georgia Island, was taken by an Expedition 8 crewmember on the International Space Station (ISS). The different intensities of blue are interpreted as different water depths. From the orientation of the iceberg, the deepest water (darkest blue) lies at the westernmost end of the iceberg. The water pools have formed from snowmelt  late January is the peak of the southern summer. This iceberg was part of the original A-38 iceberg that calved from the Ronne Ice Shelf in October 1998. Originally the ice was between 200 and 350 meters thick. This piece of that iceberg is now probably about 150 meters thick, with around 15 meters sticking up above the surface of the water.

The Space Shuttle Launch Complex As Seen From Space

Satellite view of the islands of Japan. Credit: NASA. Science Earth Geology Oceanography

The International Space Station was orbiting just off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, about 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean when Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Raja Chari photographed NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The agency's two launch pads, 39A (at top) and 39B (at bottom), are clearly seen on the beach. Standing at launch pad 39B is NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop. The rocket is being prepared for the uncrewed Artemis I mission "that will demonstrate NASAs commitment and capacity to extend humanitys presence on the Moon - and beyond."

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

iss056e084625 (July 7, 2018) --- The island nation of Madagascar was photographed by an Expedition 56 crew member as the International Space Station orbited about 255 miles above the Mozambique Channel which separates Madagascar from the African nation of Mozambique.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

Color satellite image of Port-au-Prince, Capital city of Haiti. Image collected on January 14, 2020 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

61A-31-005 (30 Oct 1985) --- This almost vertical view, photographed from Earth-orbit by an STS-61A crew member, centers on the metropolis of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and some of the adjacent Lake Michigan shoreline, southward toward the Illinois border. The 70mm frame was photographed on the first day of the Spacelab D-1 mission with a handheld Hasselblad camera.

The oil refinery fires in Libya that were started by attacks on oil terminals in Libya in very early January continue. The stream of black smoke that emanates from the refinery has grown tremendously as the fires caused by the initial shelling have spread to giant storage tanks. These fires are reported to be raging in Sidra, on the coast between Sirte and Benghazi. Actively burning areas, detected by MODISs thermal bands, are outlined in red. The initial image of the fires taken on January 07, 2016 can be found here for comparison a href= http //www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2016/terra-captures-images-of-oil-fires-in-libya rel= nofollow www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2016/terra-captures-im... /a NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team b a href= http //www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html rel= nofollow NASA image use policy. /a /b b a href= http //www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html rel= nofollow NASA Goddard Space Fli

iss056e085198 (July 8, 2018) --- The Capistrano beach and the southern California cities of Dana Point and San Clemente in Orange County are pictured as the International Space Station orbited off the Pacific coastline.

S135-E-006377 (9 July 2011) --- An almost vertical view from the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Atlantis, photographed by one of four STS-135 crewmembers, shows the southernmost part of Italy, referred to as the "boot." The eastern-most part of Sicily made it into the frame at left. The dark triangle in upper left corner is part of the window frame on the shuttle's flight deck. When the photo was taken, the STS-135 astronauts were on the mission's second day of activity in Earth orbit, and the eve of docking day with the International Space Station.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

ISS040-E-000478 (17 May 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the International Space Station used an 80mm lens on a digital still camera to photograph this image of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Those pictured include components of the Caicos -- Providenciales, North Caicos, Grand Caicos and East Caicos. The Turks Islands, including Grand Turk (under clouds), are on the right.

Colour satellite image of Caracas, Venezuela. Image taken on January 21, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

This image was acquired by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. This image is from the MISR Where on Earth... Mystery Quiz #26.

cloud-free views of Western Europe in the spring. However, a high-pressure pattern kept skies spectacularly clear over the Iberian Peninsula

The Galapagos, situated in the Pacific Ocean roughly 1000 kilometers west of mainland Ecuador. This image from NASA's Terra satellite is MISR Mystery Image Quiz #4.

Satellite view of Kuwait (with country boundaries). This image was compiled from data acquired by Landsat 8 satellite in 2014.

The stereo image at right is a downward-looking (nadir) view of the area around the San Cristobal volcano in Nicaragua taken by NASA's Terra satellite. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

Philadelphia lies in the center of this image from NASA's Terra satellite. Larger cities, including New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore and Washington D.C., are visible from upper right to lower left.

ISS013-E-76441 (4 Sept. 2006) --- Aquaculture in the Nile delta, Egypt is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember on the International Space Station. In the last three decades, a series of lagoons and lakes with greater and lesser connection to the sea have been greatly modified for the production of fish along the northeast coast of the Nile delta. Partial sunglint in this image reveals numerous details in one such fishery. Waves generated by northwesterly winds (lower left to upper right) have generated the frond-like sand spit along the coast (top). Faint sea swells are visible at upper left. Dark patches in the center are shadows cast by small clouds (also visible as dull white masses against the silver-grey sunglint). Dark curved lines on the inshore (western) side of the spit show prior positions of the spit. Most of Musallas Lagoon occupies the lower half of the image. By contrast with spit, the shores of the lagoon are everywhere occupied by a network

(28 April-6 May 1991) --- This scene shows a small area of the north Pacific coast of the USSR's Kamchatka peninsula. Flying at an inclination of 57 degrees to Earth's Equator, the Space Shuttle Discovery was able to record photography of a number of seldom observed areas on the planet, such as the USSR. One of Discovery's seven crewmembers aimed a 70mm handheld camera through aft flight deck overhead windows to record the image..

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

Augustine Volcano, Alaska, Usa, True Colour Satellite Image. Augustine Volcano, Alaska, true colour satellite image. Augustine is a volcano 1227 m high conical-shaped island stratovolcano located in Alaska's Cook Inlet. Image taken on 16 August 2000 using LANDSAT data. Print size 30 x 30 cm.

March 31, 2010The volcanic eruption near Eyjafjallajkull persists into its second week, with continued lava fountaining and lava flows spilling into nearby canyons. The eruption is located at the Fimmvrduhls Pass between the Eyjafjallajkull ice field to the west (left) and the Mrdalsjkull ice field to the east (right).This natural-color satellite image was acquired on March 26, 2010, by the MODIS aboard NASAs Terra satellite. Dark ash and scoria cover the northern half of the Fimmvrduhls Pass. White snow covers the rest of the pass, sandwiched between white glaciers. Snow-free land is tan, brown, or dark gray, devoid of vegetation in early spring.To download a high res version of this image go to:http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2010-03-31NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and tec

Santorini Island, Greece, True Colour Satellite Image. Santorini island, Greece, true colour satellite image. Santorini island is part of the Cyclades archipelago, Southeast of Greece. Image taken on 8 August 1999 using LANDSAT data.

This image from NASA's EarthKAM shows Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. The superb natural harbor at Lisbon is a commercially important European port handling much of the import-export traffic for Portugal and Spain.

ISS021-E-011832 (22 Oct. 2009) --- The northern Savage Islands in the Atlantic Ocean are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 21 crew member on the International Space Station. The Savage Islands, or Ilhas Selvagens in Portuguese, comprise a small archipelago in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean between the archipelago of Madeira to the north and the Canary Islands to the south. Like other island groups, the Savage Islands are thought to have been produced by volcanism related to a mantle plume or hot spot”. Mantle plumes are relatively fixed regions of upwelling magma that can feed volcanoes on an overlying tectonic plate. Active volcanoes form over the plume, and become dormant as they are carried away on the moving tectonic plate. Scientists believe that over geologic time, this creates a line of older extinct volcanoes, seamounts, and islands extending from the leading active volcanoes that are currently over the plume. This view illustrates Selvagem Grande, the lar

Earth observation. iss068e004262 (Sept. 30, 2022) --- The eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, on the Great Barrier Reef is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the island continent.

Satellite view of Japan with snow-covered mountains, Spring greening land at lower levels. Dust from mainland China blowing over the Sea of Japan, and out into the Pacific Ocean. Credit: NASA. Science Earth Erosion Geology

ISS023-E-035670 (8 May 2010) --- Mingachevir Reservoir, Azerbaijan is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station. This detailed photograph highlights the southern Mingachevir Reservoir located in north-central Azerbaijan. The Mingachevir Reservoir occupies part of the Kura Basin, a topographic depression located between the Greater Caucasus Mountains to the northeast and the Lesser Caucasus Mountains to the southwest. According to scientists, folded layers of relatively young (less than 5.3 million years old) sedimentary rock, explosive volcanic products (ash and tuff), and unconsolidated sediments form the gray hills along the northern and southern shorelines of the reservoir (center and right). Afternoon sun highlights distinctive parallel patterns in the hills that are the result of water and wind erosion of different stratigraphic layers exposed at the surface. The nearby city of Mingachevir (left) is split by the Kur Rive

On May 3, 2018, a new eruption began at a fissure of the Kilauea volcano on the Island of Hawaii. Kilauea is the most active volcano in the world, having erupted almost continuously since 1983. Advancing lava and dangerous sulfur dioxide gas have forced thousands of residents in the neighborhood of Leilani Estates to evacuate. A number of homes have been destroyed, and no one can say how soon the eruption will abate and evacuees can return home. On May 6, 2018, at approximately 11 a.m. local time, the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured this view of the island as it passed overhead. Much of the island was shrouded by clouds, including the fissure on its eastern point. However, an eruption plume is visible streaming southwest over the ocean. The MISR instrument is unique in that it has nine cameras that view Earth at different angles one pointing downward, four at various angles in the forward direction, and four in the backward dir

61A-39-052 (30 Oct-6 Nov 1985) --- This Earth view shows Quinhuangdao, China. The Great Wall of China can be seen in this photograph. The center coordinates are 40.0 north latitude and 120.0 east longitude. This photograph was taken from an altitude of 180 miles, on the 24th orbit of the Space Shuttle Challenger. The crew consists of astronauts Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr., commander; Steven R. Nagel, pilot; mission specialists James F. Buchli, Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Bonnie J. Dunbar; payload specialists Reinhard Furrer (DFVLR), Ernst Messerschmid (DFVLR), and Wubbo J. Ockels (ESA).

Color satellite image of Kitakyushu, Japan. Image collected on April 23, 2014 by Landsat 8 satellites.

Pulau Kimaam, Pulau Dolok, Pulau Yos Sudarso, and Frederik Hendrik Island are all names used to refer to this island, which is part of the Indonesian province of West Papua. This image from NASA's Terra satellite is MISR Mystery Image Quiz #10.

ISS015-E-08950 (21 May 2007) --- An 800-mm lens look from the International Space Station shows the Kennedy Space Center around midday on May 21, 2007. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, took the photo. The Space Shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for a launch no earlier than June 8, sits on Pad A (near top center frame) at launch complex 39. Pad B can be seen near center frame. The giant Vehicle Assembly Building (upper right) and part of the Shuttle Landing Facility (near lower right edge) are among other facilities seen in the digital frame.

ISS023-E-024555 (14 April 2010) ---Parts of New Jersey, right side of frame, and New York City (generally, left part of photo) are the focus of this still image downlinked from the International Space Station while docked with the space shuttle Discovery.

ISS025-E-010716 (31 Oct. 2010) --- From 220 miles above Earth, one of the Expedition 25 crew members aboard the International Space Station exposed this night time image of the Florida peninsula on Oct. 31. Both the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are clearly visible in the scene, which includes the Florida "Panhandle" and part of the Georgia coast.

STS059-306-034 (9-20 April 1994) --- The radiating transportation pattern of this 20th-Century urban plan is nicely displayed in this high-resolution photograph. Light-toned spots in the desert mark oil well sites; along the south edge of the scene, some dark residue remains from the fires set during the recent Gulf War. Blown sand has nearly hidden the soot and thick oil that were deposited on the surface. Nikon photograph, 300mm lens.

ISS030-E-031663 (8 Jan. 2012) --- This photo showing the Manicouagan Reservoir in Quebec, Canada, was photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station. The Manicouagan Reservoir marks the site of an impact crater, 60 miles (100 kilometers) wide, which, according to scientists, was formed 212 million years ago when a meteorite crashed into this area. Scientists say that over millions of years the many advancing and retreating glaciers and other erosional processes have worn down the crater.

Panama City, Panama, True Colour Satellite Image. Panama City, Panama. True colour satellite image of Panama City, capital city of Panama. Image taken on 28 May 2001, using LANDSAT 7 data.

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS.

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS. View of city lights at night.

ISS036-E-025991 (29 July 2013) --- One of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station took this night picture of Sicily (top) and the tip of Italy's "boot" in the Mediterranean Sea on July 29, 2013.

Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Slate Islands Meteor Impact Crater, Ontario, Canada, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of Slate Islands impact structure, Ontario, Canada (age : 350 million years ; diameter : 30 km). Image taken on 5 September 1990 using LANDSAT data.

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION -- ISS025-E-10716 -- This image of the southeast United States from the International Space Station on Halloween night is anything but frightening. From 220 miles above Earth, an Expedition 25 crew member aboard the orbiting laboratory took the image, which shows the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, the Florida panhandle and part of the Georgia coast. The Expedition 25 crew members are NASA astronaut and Commander Doug Wheelock, NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Shannon Walker, and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Kaleri, all flight engineers. Two days later, NASA and its international partners will celebrate 10 years of continuous human presence aboard the station.

Satellite view of Bahrain in 2002 and 2014. This before and after image shows urban expansion over the years.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 39 crew aboard the ISS. Image was released by astronaut on Twitter and downlinked in folder Japan.

ISS034-E-050137 (14 Feb. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station recorded this night image of the British Isles. The view is to the north with Dublin, Ireland left of center. London appears as the bright cluster of lights centered in the lower right quadrant. The green appearance along the horizon is the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights.

Earth Observations during Expedition 69. iss069e000774 (April 3, 2023) - Syria's principal port city of Latakia, on the Mediterranean coast, was pictured by UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above.

. iss069e053861 (Aug. 4, 2023) --- Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo craft is pictured from the International Space Station as it approaches while orbiting 261 miles above the coast of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

Colour satellite image of Mombasa, Kenya. Image taken on June 29, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

These views from NASA's Terra spacecraft portray Houston and Galveston Bay on September 12, 2002, and display data from three of MISR's nine cameras along with a map of retrieved aerosol optical thickness.

iss056e127007 (Aug. 4, 2018) --- Wildfires are seen to the north of the San Francisco Bay Area in the Mendocino National Forest in northern California as the International Space Station orbited nearly 252 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

. iss068e036406 (Jan. 2, 2023) - The island of Bonaire off the coast of Venezuela, one of three island municipalities comprising the Caribbean Netherlands, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above.

Satellite view of the Gulf of Parita in Panama

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