15 Stunning Satellite Images of Earth

Unique photographs of our planet of unimaginable beauty, the authenticity of which is hard to believe. Mountains, clouds, and oceans form incredible landscapes of unexpectedly vibrant colors, creating a sense of unreality. These stunning images reveal a completely different side of Earth.







Tassili n'Ajjer is a plateau in southeastern Algeria, in the Sahara Desert.

Lake Carnegie in Australia.



Vesuvius, an active volcano in southern Italy.



The Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.



Republic of Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.



Republic of Chad, Central Africa.



Alaska, northwestern edge of North America.



Great Salt Desert, northern Iranian Plateau.



Venetian Lagoon.



Maldives, Indian Ocean.



A large mountain lake in Tibet.



The shadow of a solar eclipse over clouds in the Arctic Ocean.



Glaciers of Alaska, North America.



Petermann Glacier, northwestern Greenland.



Atacama Desert, west coast of South America, Chile.