This true-color image of the North and South America, taken from 35,000 km above Earth, combines 16 days of land data from NASA’s Terra satellite 

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The sun glints off the Indian Ocean as the ISS orbits 270 miles above western Australia, circling Earth every 90 minutes at over 17,000 mph

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This 2003 photo from Expedition 7 on the ISS shows Earth’s horizon with a Pacific sunset and thundercloud anvils

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NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory’s EPIC camera captured its first full-color image of the sunlit Earth from one million miles away by combining three separate images from its multi-filter shots

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Everything on the ISS centers around Earth, orbiting it 16 times daily. For Earth Day, NASA offers a unique, relaxing view of our planet from 250 miles up

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