10 special images of the earth taken from space

I am glad to set aside one day in a year to remember that although we have set all the imaginary boundaries to define ourselves, our offices, communities, cities and, most importantly, many countries are all spinning on the same blue sphere. After all, when aliens inevitably appear on the lawn of the earth one day, it will unite us. With all this in mind, on Earth Day this year, let's take a look at some of the best images of our planet taken from space, because nothing is more thought-provoking than realizing that all human history is contained in a light blue point.

This photo of our hometown world, named after the Earth Multicolor Imaging Camera (EPIC), was taken on July 6, 20 15, and was taken by NASA's deep space climate observation satellite about 1 million miles away. It shows a sunny globe, which is actually a combination of different photos.

This photo titled "The Earth Rises" was taken in June 20 15, when NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was traveling 80 miles above the lunar surface at a speed of 3,580 miles per hour. Despite the name of the picture, the earth doesn't actually rise from the moon, because the moon belongs to tidal locking, which means that its side always faces us.

The famous "light blue dot" image is the first portrait of the solar system. Voyager 1 took this photo from 4 billion miles away on February 1990. This is a good way to feel very, very small. The image is actually 60 different frames spliced together.

NASA's Somy NPP satellite took this image called "Blue Marble" on October 4th, 20 12/KLOC-0. According to its researchers, the satellite was launched to observe our changing earth.

2016 65438+1On October 25th, Tim Peake, an ESA flight engineer, took this image of the earth while flying over the Mediterranean.

During the one-year mission of the International Space Station, the famous astronaut scott kelly took many photos of the underground earth. This photo was taken on August 20 10 15, 2000, showing the western United States.

This image of the earth was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite after circling the earth six times, and captured the sky over the Indian Ocean, because tropical cyclone Joalane occupied the center stage. It was photographed on April 9th, 2065438+2005 after the SomyNPP satellite circled the earth six times.

This photo was taken by Barry Wilmore, commander of the 42nd Expedition, on the International Space Station, showing the extraordinary night view of the Great Lakes in 20 14 12.7 years.

This photo was taken by NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (Messenger) spacecraft sometime in 2005. This photo shows the plant life on the earth through infrared rays. Although it is not a true color image like many other images, this unique image can capture more details because it replaces the blue light scattered by our atmosphere instead of the infrared light. It also shows the health of plants, because the healthiest plants reflect the most infrared light.

Another photo taken by astronaut scott kelly during his one-year space life on the International Space Station was taken in the aurora of the earth in the early morning of June 7th, 20 15.