Epic Earth Photos by NASA

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A selection of photographs taken from space by NASA, showing some of the most impressive views of our planet. The images are built with NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and combine three combined images that together give a photographic quality.

The eastern coast of the United States at night.

Photograph taken by VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite – Suomi NPP

Reid Wiseman tweeted this photo from the International Space Station on Tuesday morning, Sept. 2, 2014. “My favorite views from #space – just past #sunrise over the ocean,” the Expedition 40 astronaut tweeted.

75% of the Earth’s surface are made of water. It is the main feature of our planet

Dagze Tso is one of many inland lakes in Tibet

Volcanic storm on Vanuatu Archipelago

Storm cell photo was taken from NASA’s high-altitude ER-2 aircraft

Black Marble City Lights

NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Arctic Ocean during a solar eclipse

Rub’ al Khali Desert, Arabian Peninsula

Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) on July 26, 2014, Expedition 40

Lagoon of Venice

Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders taken pictures of Moon and Earth in 1968

Flying Through an Aurora

Earth as seen from the Cupola on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station

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