Earth from space photos
Photographs of Earth taken from orbit and from the Moon by NASA astronauts and spacecraft: the whole Earth, cities lit up at night, hurricanes, deserts, coastlines and the thin blue line of the atmosphere.
Why they are free to use: NASA photographs are generally not subject to copyright in the US. Photos credited to partner agencies or companies are left out of this index. Each photo's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.
The whole Earth
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View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon
1972-12-07 · NASA Image and Video Library
Earth Observation
2014-06-19 · NASA Image and Video Library
View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon
1972-12-07 · NASA Image and Video Library
Apollo 10 view of the Earth
1969-05-18 · NASA Image and Video Library
'EPIC' View of Africa and Europe from a Million Miles Away
2017-12-08 · NASA Image and Video Library
View of Earth photographed by Apollo 15 on voyage to the Moon
1971-07-26 · NASA Image and Video Library
View of earth visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft during lunar orbital mission
1968-12-22 · NASA Image and Video Library
Apollo 10 view of the Earth
1969-05-18 · NASA Image and Video Library
Cities at night
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Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 35 Crew
2013-03-23 · NASA Image and Video Library
Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 35 Crew
2013-04-03 · NASA Image and Video Library
Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 39 Crew
2014-04-02 · NASA Image and Video Library
Earth Observation
2014-08-08 · NASA Image and Video Library
Earth Observation from the International Space Station
2015-09-17 · NASA Image and Video Library
Earth Observation
2015-09-22 · NASA Image and Video Library
Chicago, Illinois, pictured at night from the International Space Station
2025-05-15 · NASA Image and Video Library
Earth Observation
2014-08-17 · NASA Image and Video Library
Storms and hurricanes
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Hurricane Florence as seen from STS-66 shuttle Atlantis
1994-11-14 · NASA Image and Video Library
Hurricane Florence as seen from STS-66 shuttle Atlantis
1994-11-14 · NASA Image and Video Library
Hurricane Genevieve off the Pacific coast of Mexico
2020-08-19 · NASA Image and Video Library
Hurricane Josephine seen by the shuttle orbiter Challenger
1984-10-13 · NASA Image and Video Library
STS-65 Earth observation of Hurricane Emilia in Eastern Pacific Ocean
1994-07-18 · NASA Image and Video Library
Fish-eye view of Hurricane Kenneth in the Pacific Ocean
1993-09-13 · NASA Image and Video Library
Hurricane Edouard taken by Expedition 41 crewmember
2014-09-16 · NASA Image and Video Library
Earth Science
2004-09-15 · NASA Image and Video Library
Earthrise and the view from the Moon
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Apollo 8 Mission image, Earth over the horizon of the moon
1968-12-24 · NASA Image and Video Library
High-oblique view of Moon's surface showing earth rising above horizon
1968-12-22 · NASA Image and Video Library
View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecraft
1969-07-16 · NASA Image and Video Library
Apollo 10 view of the Earth rising above the lunar horizon
1969-05-18 · NASA Image and Video Library
View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecraft
1969-07-16 · NASA Image and Video Library
Apollo 15 Mission image - Ultraviolet (UV) Photo of the Lunar Horizon and the Earth
2009-02-03 · NASA Image and Video Library
Earth rise as photographed by Apollo 16
1972-04-19 · NASA Image and Video Library
Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb, with Earth on the horizon
1969-07-20 · NASA Image and Video Library
Coastlines, deserts and mountains
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Northern half of Mauritania's Atlantic Coast from Skylab
1973-12-28 · NASA Image and Video Library
Arid Coastal Plain, Southern Somalia, Africa
1993-01-19 · NASA Image and Video Library
Fog Bank, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa
1991-12-01 · NASA Image and Video Library
Kuwait Oil Fields as seen from STS-58
1993-10-20 · NASA Image and Video Library
Northwestern Mexico as photographed from Skylab
1975-01-27 · NASA Image and Video Library
View of portion of Libya and Arab Republic of Egypt
1975-07-20 · NASA Image and Video Library
Gemini IV Mission Image - Baja California, Colorado river and Sonora Desert
1965-06-05 · NASA Image and Video Library
LDEF Retrieval over the Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa
1990-01-20 · NASA Image and Video Library
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