Earth Satellite View | Universe Today

Written by Fraser Cain

The best way to see planet Earth is to look down on it from space. We'll give you some amazing Earth satellite view pictures, but first, let's give you some resources you can access to see a view of Earth from satellites.

If you just want to find your house from space, check out Google Maps and Google Earth. These let you see satellite views of Earth; just put in your address and you'll see a satellite view of your place on Earth.

If you want to see a gallery of nice Earth satellite view images, check out NASA's photo gallery of Earth from space images. Some of these photos were captured by satellites and others were taken by astronauts just sticking their camera out the window of the space shuttle or the International Space Station.

Now, onto the pictures.

This Envisat image captures a plankton bloom in the Barents Sea. Credit: ESA

Here's an incredible image of a plankton bloom in the Barents Sea, captured by ESA's Envisat Earth observing satellite.

Image from NASA's Terra Satellite, taken August 31, 2009. Credit: NASA

This photograph shows the recent California wildfires. The image was taken by NASA's Terra satellite.

Earth and Moon from space. Credit: NASA

Here's the whole Earth and Moon from space. Now that's a nice picture of the planet we live on.

Earth from Space at Night

This is a satellite view of Earth taken at night. You can see the regions of dense human population, and the places which have less electricity and are less densely populated.

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