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Earth As Art 2

Landsat 7 and the ASTER and MODIS sensors aboard NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites take you around the world for more stunning views of Earth.

The Southern Coast of France. Predominately green with some gray. Blue ocean.
Southern Coast of France
Southern Coast of France
On Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastline, dark-colored volcanic cones sprout from an ancient lava field known as Harrat Al Birk.
Harrat Al Birk
Harrat Al Birk
Blue rivers course through a colorful landscape
Niger River
Niger River
False color image of Colima Volcano. Two light blue peaks surrounded by red.
Colima Volcano
Colima Volcano
Bright green brush like strokes on a brown landscape near bright blue waters.
Lake Amadeus
Lake Amadeus
Surrounded by yellows is a dark gray land with golden yellow spots.
Pinacate Volcano Field
Pinacate Volcano Field
The Cabo San Antonio represented in a chaotic mix of greens, blues, and pinks. A sharp line defines the edge between the deep blue waters and the edge of land.
Cabo San Antonio
Cabo San Antonio
False color image shows pink land extending out in the form of islands into the blue waters.
Delta Region, Netherlands
Delta Region, Netherlands
The Ugab River appears gray as it winds through wavy streaks of yellow, purple, and red.
Ugab River
Ugab River
The Brandberg Massif appears as an approximate dark green circle in the middle of the image. It has many grooves and indentations.
Brandberg Massif
Brandberg Massif
White and wispy clouds forming a spiral over a blue-gray waters
Whirlpool Cloud
Whirlpool Cloud
A ring sticks out in the center and is surrounded by rough terrain
Gosses Bluff
Gosses Bluff
Karman Vortices formed in the brown, blue, green, and orange clouds.
Von Karman Vortices
Von Karman Vortices
A a pale white fan shape is the primary feature. Half of the fan has blue stringing across it.
Alluvial Fan
Alluvial Fan
Land represented in red takes up the bottom half of the image. Light blue water represents the top half of the image. Blobs of light blue water invade the land.
Campeche
Campeche
Black waters reaching into blue colored and mountainous coastline of northern Norway.
Northern Norway
Northern Norway
Landscape of farmsteads looks like a cubist collage.
Northern Kazakhstan
Northern Kazakhstan
Mountainous outcrops of Jebel Auenat rise above the barren plains
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
A juxtaposition between white in the top left and blue in the bottom right.
Kamchatka Peninsula
Kamchatka Peninsula
Variations of blue cones scattered across the rugged landscape.
Volcanoes
Volcanoes
Pink and green colored islands in the middle of deep blue waters.
Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands
Blues, purples, some yellows, and a small amount of green on the right side show where the Atacama Desert meets the foothills of the Andes.
Andes
Andes
Dark gray runs over the red slopes of Mount Etna as white smokes drifts across.
Mt. Etna
Mt. Etna
Green hugs the edges of the channels of water. All surrounding colors are blues.
Mississippi River Delta
Mississippi River Delta
Several light blue wadis form a mesh like structure.
Jordan
Jordan
Swirls of yellows and splotches of blue.
Great Salt Desert
Great Salt Desert
A portion of Africa.
Africa
Africa
A portion of Australia.
Australia
Australia
Red ridged land with some white at the bottom.
Desolation Canyon
Desolation Canyon
Blue lake surrounded by yellow and brown
Lake Disappointment
Lake Disappointment
The area of Cancun
Cancun
Cancun
Thick blue waterway with streaks of green is fed by many other waterways and is surrounded by green.
Jau Park
Jau Park
The Bogda Mountains next to the Turpan Depression. Green mountainous terrain at the top of the image. The bottom of the image is purple with a yellow spot on the right side. Groupings of green dots can be seen in the bottom of the image.
Bogda Mountains
Bogda Mountains
Light blue valley glaciers pushing into the red land.
Vatnajokull Glacier Ice Cap
Vatnajokull Glacier Ice Cap
Satellite Imagery of Mexico. The southern half is greener while the top half is browner.
Mexico and Central America
Mexico and Central America
A portion of South America
South America
South America
Major rivers of southwestern China and snow-capped peaks and ridges create an irregular red and white patchwork.
Himalayas
Himalayas
A portion of Eastern Asia land.
Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia
A brown satellite image of land. Presumably in North America.
North America
North America
Small lakes and waterways are seen among the bright green
Yukon Delta
Yukon Delta
The greens and browns of southern Europe. Snow-capped peaks are at Italy's northern border. The Mediterranean Sea is black.
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Splotches of yellow and green dot the brown floor of Western Australia's  Shoemaker impact structure.
Shoemaker Crater
Shoemaker Crater
Western Asia and a small amount of surrounding areas.
Western Asia
Western Asia
Europe's land shown with bright greens and the surrounding blue water
Europe
Europe
Splotches of reds, greens, and blues.
The Syrian Desert
The Syrian Desert
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