Dec 21, 2020 · On Aug. 14, 1959, the Explorer 6 satellite took the first photograph of Earth from orbit, but the image lacked detail. On April 1, 1960, the TIROS-1 weather satellite returned the first of its 23,000 television images of the Earth, most of them of …

Mar 29, 2023 · NASA’s Images of Change gallery has added a new feature: “Google Timelapse” view. In addition to comparison views of before-and-after images, you can now view selected scenes as time-lapse sequences generated via the Google Earth engine.

Jan 2, 2025 · Astronauts photograph the Earth from their unique point of view in low Earth orbit. Photographs record how the planet is changing over time, from human-caused changes like urban growth and reservoir construction, to natural dynamic events such as hurricanes, floods and volcanic eruptions.

May 16, 2023 · Travel through forests, cities, parks, farms and islands with Landsat images. Discover how we see the land from space, and monitor change on Earth. Arrange pictures in the correct order to see how Earth is changing.

EarthTime enables users to interact with visualizations of the Earth's transformation over time. Combining huge data sets with decades of images captured by NASA and European Space Agency satellites, EarthTime brings to life patterns of natural change and human impact.

Apr 22, 2015 · One month after the launch of the ninth Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS-IX), researchers from NASA, RCA, and the U.S. Weather Bureau assembled 450 satellite photos into the first global composite view of Earth.

Probably the most requested picture of the Earth, this picture was taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts as they left earth orbit en route to the Moon. Taken on Dec. 7, 1972, it was the first time that the trajectory of an Apollo mission enabled a view of the south pole.

Apr 28, 2024 · Since the launch of NASA Earth Observatory (EO) on April 29, 1999, the site has hosted more than 15,000 image-driven stories, featuring everything from the newest satellite imagery to decades-long records of change. This video highlights 25 of our favorite images and data visualizations.

Sep 2, 2019 · With these images compared over time, you can see the toll the warming of the Earth is taking on the planet. Below are some examples from NASA’s Images of Change project, which shows...

Mar 7, 2024 · On March 8, 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took the first image of Earth from the surface of another planet. The Earth appearing as nothing more than a bright star provided a new perspective on our home planet, a perspective reshaped over the past eight decades as cameras aboard rockets and spacecraft traveled farther and farther away.