On 11 September 2017, 999 photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli to create this time-lapse of the Earth (from Italy to Russia) as…
Founded by Greeks in the 8th century BC, the city was described by Cicero as ‘the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of…
As a result of a deep cracking cutting across the Larsen C ice shelf, a huge iceberg was spawned on 12 July 2017. Europe’s Copernicus…
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. Snow, ice and clouds dominate the image, providing us with an…
This ESA Earth from Space episode features an enormous lithium plant in Bolivia’s giant salt flat. Occupying over 10 000 sq km, the vast Salar…
Watch Earth through the perspective of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst in this six-minute timelapse video from space, accompanied by a new awe-inspiring soundtrack by Berlin-based…
This cool animation shows us many of NASA's fleet of Earth-observing spacecraft's, that measure aspects of the environment that touch the lives of every person…
Nikon's history in Space began with the Nikon Photomic FTN, a modified Nikon F camera that was used aboard the Apollo 15 in 1971 and…
NASA has released an updated composite picture of how the Earth looks at night. Now, it is never night at the same time across the…
Rome and its surroundings are pictured in this image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite, captured on 17 January 2016. The Tiber River snakes down from…
NASA astronaut Jeff Williams captured this ultra high definition video of our pale blue dot from orbit in the International Space Station. Jeff describes his…
Multiple scans from the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite have been stitched together to create this complete image of Switzerland. The southern part of the country is…
The Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over the northern part of Western Australia to the Wolfe Creek Crater National Park. The area pictured is close…
Sentinel-3A captured part of Japan on 12 May in this false-colour image. Sitting on a volcanic zone in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan is…
The Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over the Gibson Desert in Western Australia in this false-colour image. Covering an area of over 150 000 sq km,…
This Sentinel-1 radar composite image features the Virunga Mountains in East Africa: a chain of volcanoes stretching across Rwanda’s northern border with Uganda and east…
The Chinese city of Shanghai is pictured in this Sentinel-2A image from 16 December 2015. As well as the country’s most populous city – with…
The Landsat-8 satellite takes us over Iceland’s southeastern coast and the Vatnajökull glacier in this false-colour image from 6 September 2014. Glaciers cover 11% of…
Despite the lens flare, this video from Kaguya’s HDTV camera in November 2007 reveals a lovely Earthrise, followed by the rise of a star-like Venus.…
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. The Chinese city of Shanghai is featured in the 200th edition.…