There's been a long history of NASA-provided "Blue Marble" images of Earth, but now we're getting a different perspective thanks to photos taken by the Elektro-L No.1 Russian weather satellite. Unlike Continue reading…
NASA's recently released "Blue Marble" images managed to capture our collective imaginations (the first image of the Western hemisphere has been viewed more than 3.8 million times on Flickr), but Continue reading…
It was a year ago today that a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami destroyed a large swath of the northeastern coast of Japan. The area has come a long way over the past year — according to Continue reading…
North and South Americans have seen their continents from space in 2012, and now NASA has released a second "Blue Marble" image, this time centered on Africa and Asia. Like the first, it's a composite Continue reading…
"You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, Continue reading…
