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22 days of data from the Suomi NPP satellite went into making this beautiful and eerie view of the Earth at night, spinning in a black sky. The satellite can see in the visible and near-infrared at high sensitivity, able to map city lights, fires, and even moonlit weather. This animation is made from real images, mapped onto the previously existing Blue Marble images to make the view more realistic.

From high above the Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) provides a unique vantage point to view our home planet. Stunning time-lapse photography of cities, aurora, lightning and other sights are seen from orbit. Famed astronomer Galileo imagined these views from space and now through the technological marvel of the space station, we can see them for ourselves.

A NASA-sponsored researcher at the University of Iowa has developed a way for spacecraft to hunt down hidden magnetic portals in the vicinity of Earth. These portals link the magnetic field of our planet to that of the sun.

The Blue Marble is an incredibly detailed, true-color depiction of the Earth. NASA is responsible for this dataset made from a compilation of satellite images throughout 2001.

Robert Hunt, an imaging scientist at Spitzer Science Center, explains how the Spitzer Space Telescope captured the infrared light of an alien super-Earth.

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This animation of GOES data runs through the period of April 14-15, 2012. The imagery reveals the strong flow of warm, moist air from the Gulf into an advancing cold front. There were more than 135 reports of tornadoes and 124 different warnings during this period.

On March 4, 2012, as the space station circled the Earth above the Indian Ocean, an aurora blazed below. Hundreds of still photos were put together to make a time lapse video of this incredible, mesmerizing sight.

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A supercomputer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center was used to map aerosols - particles suspended in the air - based on observations from August 2006 - April 2007. The result is surprisingly lovely. I've marked a couple of pints you want to pay attention to, like a volcanic eruption near Madagascar; the effect of the event is stunning.

The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, ...

In this twenty-second edition of ESA's "Earth From Space," two images from from the Envisat satellite are examined, showing northern France and its urban heat islands.

NASA dreams big science. In this awesome new short, NASA presents the Earth, the planets, the Sun, and the endless universe beyond. Come for the cool, stay for the music, take away a sense of wonder to share. It's six minutes from Earth to forever, and you can see it here!

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Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the twentieth edition we look at an image of the Juruá River snaking through the Amazon rainforest in western Brazil.

In the eighteenth edition we look at an Envisat image of frozen lakes, dotting the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia.

The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the SeaStar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing.

What the rings would look like from different cities and latitudes accross the world. It's interesting to imagine how it would effect culture throughout time...