Tournament Earth 2020: Best Picture Of Our Planet Contest

03 Apr 2020

This view of Glen Canyon and the Colorado River is equally arresting. In 20...

31 Mar 2020 40426210

During one day in August 2018, tropical cyclones, dust storms, and fires sp...

23 Aug 2018 40422024

Mountains of sand, some as tall as 300 meters (1000 feet), reach from the f...

13 Nov 2019 40422005

Lightning illuminated the center of the storm as the space station flew ove...

12 Jan 2015 40422001

Dissolved organic matter from forests and wetlands stained the water dark b...

30 Jul 2016 40422000

Landsat 8 captured fine details of the lava flowing in Iceland between the ...

08 Sep 2014 40421997

Recent retreat of the glacier’s West Branch took scientists by surprise. t...

02 Jul 2014 40421996

An unexpected series of blasts from a remote volcano in the Kuril Islands s...

21 Jun 2019 40421993

The confluence of the Rio Negro and Rio Solimões in Brazil is famous for un...

17 Jun 2012 40421989

When tides, currents, and gravity move water masses over seafloor features,...

01 Apr 2020 40421988

As sea ice around Russia’s New Siberian Islands thins and breaks-up each su...

05 Jun 2016 40421985

Curious gouges on the shallow seafloor were formed by ice that topped the s...

12 Apr 2016 40421984

Over the course of 25 years, farms have sprouted in the Arabian Desert, fue...

17 Jan 2012 40421978

Satellites and astronauts observed the potent storm as it headed for landfa...

01 Apr 2020 40421971

The ring shape is the result of coral reefs building up around a former vol...

06 Jan 2009 40421969

Ice caps and glaciers felt the heat as temperatures reached 18.3°C (64.9°F)...

06 Feb 2020 40421968

By removing natural and stray light sources, researchers get a clearer pict...

13 Apr 2017 40422025

After 35 years, the Voyager 1 space probe is farther from Earth than any ma...

18 Sep 1997 40422021

The Deep Space Climate Observatory captured a unique view of the Moon as it...

16 Jul 2015 40422018

The DSCOVR satellite captured the shadow of the Moon marching across Earth’...

09 Mar 2016 40422016

This view of Earth from space is a fusion of science and art, drawing on da...

09 Oct 2007 40422004

Bolts light up Earth’s atmosphere 4 million times a day. Scientists hope to...

12 Dec 2013 40421999

Even in a sea of lights, certain landmarks stand out. Around local midnigh...

08 Apr 2015 40421991

*THE WINNING IMAGE* A satellite image of the sands and seaweed in the Baha...

17 Jan 2001 40421990

Astronauts on the International Space Station captured these views of the a...

17 Sep 2011 40421981

Colliding continents and cracks in the Earth’s crust make for some remarkab...

30 Jul 2013 40421980

Four months after it began, the underwater volcanic eruption off El Hierro ...

13 Feb 2012 40421979

An annual summertime bloom of cyanobacteria flourished in such numbers as t...

11 Aug 2015 40421974

The “southern lights” were bright enough to illuminate the ice below. On J...

15 Jul 2012 40421970

The black-and-white photograph shows the Earth rising over a horizontal sur...

24 Dec 1968 40421966

An astronaut captured this view of an eruption plume amidst a chain of volc...

16 Nov 2013 40421965

Seen from a billion kilometers away, through the ice and dust particles of ...

09 Jan 2007 40421964