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10 More Stunning Images of Earth from Space

Earlier we made a post 26 Outstanding photos of Earth from Space which our readers loved. So, we thought of making another post with more and new images of earth from space.

So without any due enjoy this new collection of images of earth from space.

1. Beautiful Earth and NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis

On July 2, 1995 as seen from the Russian Federation Mir Space Station.

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2. Tsunami strikes the coast of Sri Lanka

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3.  Niagara Falls

The image shows the Niagara River that connects Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, snaking around Goat Island, in the lower left of the full image. Most of the river’s water plummets over the Canadian/Horseshoe Falls, but some diverted water spills over American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls downstream. Every second, more than two million liters of water plunges over the Horsehoe Falls segment of Niagara Falls creating one of the world’s largest waterfalls as well as eating away as much as two meters of rock per year. The image was acquired August 2, 2004.

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4. Ground Zero, New York City

This one-meter resolution satellite image of Manhattan, New York was collected at 11:43 a.m. EDT on Sept. 12, 2001 by Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite. The image shows an area of white and gray-colored dust and smoke at the location where the 1,350-foot towers of the World Trade Center once stood. Since all airplanes were grounded over the U.S. after the attack, IKONOS was the only commercial high-resolution camera that could take an overhead image at the time.

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5. Malosmadulu Atolls, Maldives

North and South Malosmadulu Atolls are in the Maldives, an island republic in the northern Indian Ocean, southwest of India. The Maldives are made up of a chain of 1,192 small coral islands, which are grouped into clusters of atolls. It has a total area of 298 square kilometers and a population of about 330,000. The capital and largest city is Male, with a population of about 80,000. Arguably the lowest-lying country in the world, the average elevation is just 1 meter above sea level. The natural-color ASTER image of the Malosmadulu Atolls was acquired on December 22, 2002, and is centered near 5.3 degrees North latitude, 73.9 degrees West longitude.

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6. Palm Island, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This IKONOS satellite image was collected on July 16, 2004. The image shows this man-made island that lies off the coast of Dubai in the Persian Gulf. The island is being built from 80 million cubic meters of land dredged from the approach channel to the Emirate’s Jebel Ali Port. When complete, this resort will have approximately 1,200 single-family and 600 multi-family residences, an aquatic theme park, shopping centers, cinemas and more.

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7. Hurricane Ike From Space Station

This picture of Hurricane Ike from earlier today was downlinked by the crew of the International Space Station on 10 Sept. 2008, flying 220 statute miles above Earth. The center of the hurricane was near 23.8 degrees north latitude and 85.3 degrees west longitude, moving 300 degrees at 7 nautical miles per hour. The sustained winds were 80 nautical miles per hour with gusts to 100 nautical miles per hour and forecast to intensify.

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8. Pacific Ocean From Space

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9. Iceland from space

Iceland, in the north Atlantic, as seen from space. In this mid winter picture, most of the island is covered with bright sun lit snow, yet there’s a dust storm off the southern coast, a rare combination typical only to Iceland.

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10. Clouds

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