Happy Earth Day! The Best Images of Earth Taken by Astronauts in 2020

Astronauts on the International Space Station have the best seat in the house and take thousands of photographs of Earth every year.

Here are some of the best views of our planet from space in this selection by the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre.

The view over the Caribbean

The sunrise over the Great Australian Bight

Canadian autumn

Airglow over the Indian ocean

Beaches in New Caledonia

The Cooper Creek in Australia

The wind farms in Hawaii

The wind farms on the island of Maui in the State of Hawaii, USA, as seen from the International Space StationNASA’s Johnson Space Center