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Welcome to the Earth as Art Gallery! Here you can view our planet through the beautiful images taken by the Landsat-7 satellite - and most recently, the Terra Satellite's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). This gallery of images uses the visceral avenue of art to convey the thrilling perspective of the Earth that satellites provide to the viewer.

Click on the map to view images by continent.

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The vortices in this image were created when prevailing winds sweeping east across the northern Pacific Ocean encountered Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

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The tongue of the Malaspina Glacier, the largest glacier in Alaska, fills most of this image

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This image shows a spinning formation of ice, clouds, and low-lying fog off the eastern coast of Greenland

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Nearly as deep as the Grand Canyon, Desolation Canyon is one of the largest unprotected wilderness areas in the American West

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Mt. Etna is one of the world's most active volcanoes

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skirts the edge of the dune-striped Sahara

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