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Here are some great pictures of the Caribbean. 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”.
A view of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from the International Space Station
Here’s a satellite image of the Caribbean Island from the International Space Station taken by the Expedition 20 crew in September 28, 2009. The Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault runs along the longer peninsula which can be seen in the image.
Space Station Views of Haiti
Here’s an image of Port-au-Prince city, Haiti taken from the International Space Station by an Expedition 22 crew member on January 18, 2010, six days after the destructive earthquake that hit the country.
Hurricane Emily and the Moon
This beautiful view of the eye of Hurricane Emily above the Caribbean Sea was captured from the International Space Station in July 16, 2005. Hurricane Emily is a Category 5 hurricane having a maximum wind speed of 160 mph.
Greater Antilles islands in the Caribbean Sea
This photo of the Hispaniola island, one of the four islands of the Greater Antilles located in the Caribbean Sea was captured from the International Space Station by a crew member of the Expedition 17 in August 19, 2008. Dominican Republic and the recent victim of earthquake, Haiti, are located in the Hispaniola island.
Earth - South America (first frame of Earth Spin Movie)
This amazing photo of the earth particularly South America and the Caribbean was captured by the space craft Galileo during its flight to Jupiter in December 11, 1990. The Galileo space craft was built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to study the Jupiter system.
We have written many articles about the Caribbean for Universe Today. Here’s an article about the earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti, and here’s an article about a famous volcano in the Caribbean.
If you’d like to see more pictures of the Caribbean, 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 Plate Tectonics. Listen here, Episode 142: Plate Tectonics.
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