NASA shares 8 unseen images of Earth

Blue Marble 2002 Capturing a complete photograph of Earth from space isn’t easy. Back in 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts carried a camera with them on their mission to the moon and took one of the most iconic images of our planet.

Eight days after its last close pass by Earth, the Galileo spacecraft turned around and captured a stunning image of both the Earth and the Moon together.

A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite has captured its first image showing the fully sunlit side of Earth from a distance of one million miles.

The Aqua satellite wasn’t the first to capture images of sea ice from space, but it continued the important work of tracking its movement.

In 2002, NASA scientists stitched together strips of natural color images of Earth, collected over four months from the MODIS instrument.

Smoke Plumes From Space: The sensors on the flagship satellites can not only detect the heat given off by wildfires.

Sea Ice Moves: The Aqua satellite wasn’t the first to observe sea ice from space, but it added valuable insight into its movement and changes.

An ice shelf has collapsed near the Antarctic Peninsula, where a mountain range stretches along its center, with ice shelves lying on both sides.

Sea Ice Moves: The Aqua satellite was by no means the first to observe sea ice from space.

This information is not DNA's opinion but obtained from media reports Source: NASA