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Here are some very nice Australia pics. You can turn any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then right-click and choose “Set as Desktop Background”.
Spider Crater, Western Australia
This photo provides an amazing view of the Spider Crater located in the Western Australia. It was taken in August 11, 2000 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) onboard NASA’s Terra satellite.
Down Under From Up Above
Here’s an image of the Shark Bay situated in Australia. This image was taken from the International Space Station by an Expedition 10 crew member. Shark Bay is just one of the many sites being maintained by the International World Heritage Programme.
Great Barrier Reef and the coast
Here’s an image of the Great Barrier Reef taken from space during the STS-108 mission of the space shuttle Endeavour on December 2001. Great Barrier Reef is a natural breakwater that protects the coasts of Queensland, Australia from the strong Pacific Ocean waves.
PORT PIRIE, Australia
Here’s the view of Australia’s Port Pirie city. This image was captured from space on March 4, 2003 during the Expedition 6 mission to the International Space Station.
Australian Fires
This image of the forest fire that happened at the Northern Territory in Australia was obtained on June 17, 2009 using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument flying aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite.
We have written many articles about Australia for Universe Today. Here’s an article about the giant iceberg still heading for Australia, and here’s an article about the huge river of dust over Australia.
If you’d like more info about Australia, check out Visible Earth, and here’s a link to the NASA Earth Observatory Homepage.
We’ve also recorded related episodes of Astronomy Cast about the Earth. Listen here, Episode 51: Earth.
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