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EARTH -- 07 Dec 2009 -- A beautiful view of the clouds and oceans of the Earth taken from the International Space Station by an astronaut -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA | ESA

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NASA image of Earth released in 2000 as part of its "Blue Marble" series of pictures and showing North and South America. The image was compiled using data derived from three different satellite instruments and includes Hurricane Linda to the west of Mexico as recorded on September 9 1997. The moon, pictured in a 1994 satellite image, was then added for artistic effect and has been magnified to about twice its relative size.

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 03 Jun 2009 -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20 flight engineer, is pictured in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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NASA image of astronaut Piers J Sellers, high above the Earth's atmosphere, making his way along a truss on the outside of the International Space Station during the STS-121 Space Shuttle Discovery mission on July 12 2006.

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NASA image of Astronaut Piers J Sellers using a hand rail and a foot restraint to remain stationary above the cloud-covered Earth while working on the exterior of the International Space Station during the STS-112 mission in October (12) 2002

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NASA image of Astronaut Robert L Curbeam Jr preparing to replace a faulty TV camera on the exterior of the International Space Station during the STS-116 mission in December (12) 2006

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NASA image of astronaut Daniel Tani working on the exterior of the International Space Station during the STS-120 mission in October (28) 2007

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NASA image of Astronaut David A Wolf anchored to a foot restraint above the Earth's atmosphere on the International Space Station Remote Manipulator System during the STS-112 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission in October (10) 2002. Wolf is carrying an external camera which was installed on the station.

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NASA image of Astronaut mission specialists Robert L Curbeam Jr (left) and Christer Fuglesang working on the exterior of the International Space Station during the STS-116 Space Shuttle Discovery mission on December 12 2006. Beneath the astronauts is New Zealand and Cook Strait (dividing New Zealand's North and South islands) in the Pacific Ocean.

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Famous NASA photo of Earth taken in 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17 as they headed for the moon. The image was captured on December 7 after the command module aligned with the Earth and Sun, allowing the crew to photograph the Earth in full light. The photo was taken around 18,000 miles away from the planet and the continent of Africa and the island of Madagascar are clearly visible beneath the swirling clouds. Also visible at the bottom is the Antarctic continent - this was the first time an Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the southern polar ice cap. The Mediterranean Sea can be seen at the very top of the image and also visible, among other things, are the Red Sea and the Arabian Peninsula.

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EARTH -- A view of the Earth from on board the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 21 Jun 2009 -- Expedition 20 crew members view a monitor in the International Space Station's Unity node as they celebrate Father's Day and the birthday of cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), commander. Today also marked Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata's (top) 100th day in orbit since his launch to the ISS aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in March. Also pictured are cosmonaut Roman Romanenko (top left), European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (background) and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (right), all flight engineers -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 21 Jun 2009 -- Expedition 20 crew members view a monitor in the International Space Station's Unity node as they celebrate Father's Day and the birthday of cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), commander. Today also marked Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata's (right) 100th day in orbit since his launch to the ISS aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in March. Also pictured are cosmonaut Roman Romanenko (left), European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (background) and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (second right), all flight engineers -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 21 Jun 2009 -- Cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Expedition 20 flight engineer, prepares to use a High Definition Video (HDV) camera in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 21 Jun 2009 -- Expedition 20 crew members view a monitor in the International Space Station's Unity node as they celebrate Father's Day and the birthday of cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), commander. Today also marked Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata's (right background) 100th day in orbit since his launch to the ISS aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in March. Also pictured are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (foreground) and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left background), both flight engineers -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 21 Jun 2009 -- Expedition 20 crew members view a monitor in the International Space Station's Unity node as they celebrate Father's Day and the birthday of cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (center), commander. Today also marked Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata's (top center) 100th day in orbit since his launch to the ISS aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in March. Also pictured are cosmonaut Roman Romanenko (top left), European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne (background) and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (right), all flight engineers -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 03 Jun 2009 -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20 flight engineer, poses for a photo while floating freely in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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KAZAKHSTAN Near Arkalyk -- 11 Oct 2009 -- Surrounded by medical personnel, seated from left to right are spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte, Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and ISS Expedition 20 Flight Engineer Michael Barratt.They had landed minutes before at 12:32 a.m. EDT aboard the Soyuz capsule near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Laliberte who arrived at the station on Oct. 2 with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 24 Jul 2009 -- This is a close-up view of the helmet visor of astronaut Christopher Cassidy during his second spacewalk on July 24. Seen mirrored in the visor is astronaut Tom Marshburn, with whom Cassidy will team again on July 27 for the STS-127 crew's fifth and final session of extravehicular activity. Eleven astronauts and cosmonauts remained inside the International Space Station and the shuttle to which it was docked, while the two suited astronauts continued work on the orbital outpost -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 14 Jun 2009 -- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both Expedition 20 flight engineers, work in the Harmony node of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 23 Jun 2009 -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works with the Fluid Control Pump Assembly (FCPA), which is a part of the Internal Thermal Control System (ITCS) in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Israel -- 23 Jul 2009 -- Part of the Dead Sea and parts of Israel and Jordan photographed from the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Pacific Ocean -- 29 Apr 2002 -- Because clouds represent an area of great uncertainty in studies of global climate, scientists are interested in better understanding the processes by which clouds form and change over time. In recent years, scientists have turned their attention to the ways in which human-produced aerosol pollution modifies clouds. One area that has drawn scientists attention is ship tracks, or clouds that form from the sulfate aerosols released by large ships. Although ships are not significant sources of pollution themselves, they do release enough sulfur dioxide in the exhaust from their smokestacks to modify overlying clouds. Specifically, the aerosol particles formed by the ship exhaust in the atmosphere cause the clouds to be more reflective, carry more water, and possibly inhibit them from precipitating. This is one example of how humans have been creating and modifying clouds for generations through the burning of fossil fuels. This image was acquired over the northern Pacific Ocean by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra satellite. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC -- Picture

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 07 Jun 2009 -- A zero-gravity dinner...Expedition 20 crew members share a meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Pictured from the left are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, flight engineer; cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, commander; cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, both flight engineers -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 28 Jun 2009 -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20 flight engineer, floats freely in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 23 Jul 2009 -- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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Comet Lovejoy as seen from the ISS through the Earth's atmospheric horizon.

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 28 Oct 2010 -- Parts of Europe and Africa are very easily recognizable in this night time image shot by one of the Expedition 25 crew members aboard the International Space Station flying 220 miles above Earth on Oct. 28. The view "looks" northward over Sicily and the "boot" of Italy, with the Mediterranean Sea representing most of the visible water in the view and the Adriatic Sea to the right of center. Tunisia is partially visible at left. Part of a docked Russian spacecraft and other components of the ISS are in the foreground -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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NASA image taken July 11 2007 showing an astronaut's sleeping bag floating in the airlock of the International Space Station. Extra-vehicular Mobility Units (EMUs) Spacesuits can be seen either side of the sleeping bag and a novel is floating in the top right of the photo.

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 28 Jun 2009 -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20 flight engineer, exercises using the Interim Resistive Exercise Device (IRED) equipment in the Harmony node of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 04 Jul 2009 -- Zero gravity dining...Expedition 20 crew members share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured (from the left) are cosmonauts Roman Romanenko, flight engineer, and Gennady Padalka, commander; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, both flight engineers -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 01 Jul 2009 -- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 20 flight engineer, uses an onboard laptop-based simulator in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station to prepare for the relocation of the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft from Zvezda's aft port to the Pirs Docking Compartment on July 2, 2009. Cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, flight engineer, is visible in the background -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 02 Jul 2009 -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20 flight engineer, looks through a window on the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft during preparations for the relocation of the Soyuz from the Zvezda Service Module's aft port to the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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NASA image taken over Switzerland by the crew of the International Space Station as the shuttle Discovery approached on July 28 2005

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 02 Jul 2009 -- Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (partially visible in the reflection of a mirror), Expedition 20 commander, uses an onboard laptop-based simulator in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station to prepare for the relocation of the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft from Zvezda's aft port to the Pirs Docking Compartment on July 2, 2009 -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 17 Jul 2009 -- This view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour was one of a series provided by an Expedition 20 crewmember prior to and during a survey of the approaching vehicle before docking with the International Space Station. As part of the survey and part of every mission's activities, the STS-127 Endeavour crew performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM) -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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NASA image showing astronaut Lisa M Nowak asleep in her sleeping bag. The bag is attached to lockers on the mid-deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while the shuttle is docked with the International Space Station (to stop her floating around while she sleeps). The image was captured on July 8 2006 during the STS-121 mission.

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NASA image showing both the Earth and Moon taken from the aft window of Discovery as the shuttle flew over the Atlantic Ocean in 1998

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 02 Jul 2009 -- The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 20 crew member on the International Space Station during the relocation of the Soyuz from the Zvezda Service Module's aft port to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both flight engineers, undocked the Soyuz spacecraft at 4:26 p.m. (CDT) and docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 4:54 p.m. on July 2, 2009 -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 06 Jun 2009 -- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk - Expedition 20 flight engineer - performs an insertion of urine samples into the Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) as part of the Nutritional Status Assessment (NUTRITION) study in the Japanese Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 08 Jul 2009 -- Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 20 commander, reads a checklist while working in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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MARS Aureum Chaos -- The HRSC obtained this image of Aureum Chaos during orbit 456 with a resolution of approximately 25 metres per pixel. The scene shows an area located at about 3

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 28 Jun 2009 -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works at the Japanese Remote Manipulator System (JEM-RMS) work station in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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NASA image released in 2005 of the western hemisphere of Planet Earth as part of its "Blue Marble" series of pictures compiled from 12 months of satellite data

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MARS Medusa Fossae -- This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA?s Mars Express spacecraft, shows part of the Medusa Fossae formation and adjacent areas at the highland-lowland boundary on Mars. The HRSC obtained this image during orbit 917 with a resolution of approximately 13 metres per pixel. It shows an area located at about 5

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EARTH Bahrain -- 04 Feb 2011 -- Astronaut photo from the International Space Station showing the southern end of Bahrain Island - a new complex of 14 artificial islands has risen out of the sea. Designed for residential living and tourism, and aimed at a cosmopolitan clientele, the Durrat Al Bahrain includes 21 square kilometers (8 square miles) of new surface area for more than 1,000 residences, luxury hotels, and shopping malls. The complex has been designed to include: The Islands (six atolls leading off five fish-shaped 'petals'), The Crescent, Hotel Island, and Durrat Marina in the north -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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MARS Crater Galle -- Perspective view of Crater Galle looking north. This image was obtained by the HRSC on ESA's Mars Express and has a ground resolution ranging from 10-20 metres per pixel -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / ESA

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MARS Crater Galle -- This perspective view of Crater Galle was obtained by the HRSC on ESA's Mars Express and has a ground resolution ranging from 10-20 metres per pixel. The image shows several parallel gullies, possible evidence for liquid water on the Martian surface, which originate at the inner crater walls of the southern rim -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / ESA

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MARS Crater Galle -- Close-up view of Crater Galle, lying to the east of the Argyre Planitia impact basin and south-west of the Wirtz and Helmholtz craters

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NASA image taken December 13 1972 of geologist and astronaut Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 Lunar Module pilot, standing next to the American Flag on the surface of the moon during the final lunar landing of the Apollo series. The highest part of the flag appears to point toward Planet Earth in the distant background.

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NASA image showing the view from space of Hurricane Rita on September 21 2005. Hurricane Rita was the fourth most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever seen in the Gulf of Mexico. It made landfall on September 23 between Sabine Pass in Texas and Johnsons Bayou in Louisiana and continued on through parts of south-east Texas. The hurricane caused an estimated $11.3 billion worth of damage on the US Gulf Coast, destroying some coastal communities, and was directly responsible for at least seven deaths. The open eye of the hurricane is clearly visible in the image and through it can be seen the deep blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico.The Gulf Coast of the US is seen to the north and the Yucatan Peninsula is visible to the south. The red dots on the image mark the position of a number of fires burning in the south-eastern US - they are thought to be agricultural fires. The image was produced by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite.

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EARTH Siberia -- 07 Aug 2006 -- The Yenisei River in Siberia is seen flowing from the lower right to the upper left in this Envisat image acquired by its Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / ESA

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MARS Juventae Chasma -- 26 Mar 2004 -- Perspective view of the mountain in Juventae Chasma, thought to be composed of sulphates, looking north-east. The HRSC obtained this image on 26 March 2004 during orbit 243 with a ground resolution of approximately 23.4 metres per pixel. The scene shows the region of Lunae Planum, at approximately 5

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EARTH Yellow Sea -- 13 Apr 2005 -- The Yellow Sea, bordered by China, North Korea and South Korea, is shown in this Envisat image. It has a width of 1774 kilometres -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / ESA

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION Onekotan Island -- 09 Jan 2011 -- Onekotan Island - which is part of the Russian Federation in the western Pacific Ocean, is featured in this image photographed from the International Space Station. Snow cover highlights calderas and volcanic cones that form the northern and southern ends of the island. Calderas are depressions formed when a volcano empties its magma chamber in an explosive eruption, followed by collapse of the overlaying material into the newly evacuated space. The northern end of the island is dominated by the Nemo Peak volcano that began forming within an older caldera approximately 9,500 years ago -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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Astronaut Bruce McCandless II hovering above the Earth's atmosphere after using a nitrogen jet propelled backpack to fly 320ft away from the Space Shuttle Challenger on February 11 1984 - the furthest an astronaut had ever ventured from the safety of a spacecraft.

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 06 Jul 2009 -- NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 20 flight engineer, uses a computer at the TORU tele-operated control system in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while conducting Soyuz descent training to maintain proficiency on systems used for entry and landing in the Soyuz vehicle -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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NASA image showing a close-up view of the eye of Hurricane Isabel on September 15 2003. The image was captured by Expedition 7 crew members on the International Space Station (ISS). Hurricane Isabel was the deadliest hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season and it made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on September 18. Thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed along the eastern coastline of the USA and millions of people were left without electricity. The total cost of the damage caused ran into billions of dollars and at least 16 deaths across seven states were directly linked to the hurricane.

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NASA image showing a close-up view of the eye of Hurricane Isabel in September 2003. The image was captured by Expedition 7 crew members on the International Space Station (ISS). Hurricane Isabel was the deadliest hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season and it made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on September 18. Thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed along the eastern coastline of the USA and millions of people were left without electricity. The total cost of the damage caused ran into billions of dollars and at least 16 deaths across seven states were directly linked to the hurricane.

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NASA image of Australia as seen from space. The 2002 image is part of the most detailed true-colour image of the entire Earth ever captured and was compiled using a series of satellite-based observations. Much of the information came from a single remote-sensing device - NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying over 700km above the surface of the Earth on the Terra satellite.

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MARS Cydonia -- A second perspective view showing the so-called 'Face on Mars' located in Cydonia region. The image shows a remnant massif thought to have formed via landslides and an early form of debris apron formation. The massif is characterized by a western wall that has moved downslope as a coherent mass. The massif became famous known as the 'Face on Mars' in a photo taken on 25 July 1976 by the American Viking 1 Orbiter. Image recorded during orbits 3253 and 1216 by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express. Image is based on data were gathered over the Cydonia region, with a ground resolution of approximately 13.7 metres per pixel. Cydonia lies at approximately 40.75

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The International Space Station orbiting above Earth in an image captured by the crew of the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis on June 19 2007.

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NASA true color mosaic of Jupiter constructed from images taken by the narrow angle camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft on December 29 2000 during its closest approach to the giant planet at a distance of approximately 10 million kilometers (6.2 million miles). The famous Great Red Spot is clearly visible.

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 02 Jul 2009 -- The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 20 crew member on the International Space Station during the relocation of the Soyuz from the Zvezda Service Module's aft port to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both flight engineers, undocked the Soyuz spacecraft at 4:26 p.m. (CDT) and docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 4:54 p.m. on July 2, 2009 -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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Dramatic view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and its surroundings obtained by NASA's Voyager 1 on February 25 1979 when the spacecraft was 5.7 million miles (9.2 million kilometres) from Jupiter. Cloud details as small as 100 miles (160 kilometres) across can be seen.

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NASA image released in January 1996 showing an exaggerated colour view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot using data from the Voyager 1 spacecraft. The colors do not represent the true hues seen in the Jovian atmosphere but have been produced by special computer processing to enhance subtle variations in both color and shading.

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EARTH Antarctica -- 12-13 Jan 2010 -- Within a 24-hour space, an area of sea ice larger than the state of Rhode Island broke away from the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf and shattered into many smaller pieces. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua and Terra satellites captured this event in this series of photo-like images from January 12 and January 13, 2010. The long, narrow tongue of ice is a bridge of sea ice linking the A-23A iceberg to the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf in West Antarctica. The ice bridge is fast ice, or sea ice that does not move because it is anchored to the shore. Compared to an ice shelf, the sea ice is a thin shell of ice over the ocean. The difference in thickness is visible in the images. The taller, thicker Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf casts a visible shadow on the ice bridge made of sea ice. This particular ice bridge breaks up and reforms regularly. Even though the images show a routine event, they provide a spectacular view of the sometimes dramatic arrival of summer in the Polar South -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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EARTH Antarctica -- 12-13 Jan 2010 -- Within a 24-hour space, an area of sea ice larger than the state of Rhode Island broke away from the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf and shattered into many smaller pieces. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua and Terra satellites captured this event in this series of photo-like images from January 12 and January 13, 2010. The long, narrow tongue of ice is a bridge of sea ice linking the A-23A iceberg to the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf in West Antarctica. The ice bridge is fast ice, or sea ice that does not move because it is anchored to the shore. Compared to an ice shelf, the sea ice is a thin shell of ice over the ocean. The difference in thickness is visible in the images. The taller, thicker Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf casts a visible shadow on the ice bridge made of sea ice. This particular ice bridge breaks up and reforms regularly. Even though the images show a routine event, they provide a spectacular view of the sometimes dramatic arrival of summer in the Polar South -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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EARTH Red Sea -- 16 Feb 2007 -- This ESA Envisat image shows the Red Sea and Egypt (left) and Saudi Arabia (right). The River Nile and it's irrigation can be seen as the green band on the left. Part of the Suez Canal is also visible in the upper left area of this image -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / ESA

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NASA image of Olympus Mons on Mars - a giant volcano that is taller than three Mount Everests and about as wide as the entire Hawaiian Island chain. The Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) obtained this spectacular wide-angle view of Olympus Mons on Mars Global Surveyor's 263rd orbit on April 25 1998.

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MARS Cydonia -- A colour perspective view showing a naturally 'skull-shaped' formation located in Cydonia region. The image shows a remnant massif shaped - at least somewhat - like a skull. Image recorded during orbits 3253 and 1216 by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express. Image is based on data were gathered over the Cydonia region, with a ground resolution of approximately 13.7 metres per pixel

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EARTH Somalia -- 23 Feb 2007 -- The coast of Somalia from space

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EARTH The Moon -- 1969 -- Astronaut Edwin E Aldrin, Lunar Module LM pilot, carries the Passive Seismic Experiments Package PSEP left and the Laser Ranging Retroreflector LRRR right, to the deployment area. These two experiments make up the Early Apollo Scientific Experiment Package EASEP. Image taken at Tranquility Base during the Apollo 11 Mission -- Picture by Neil Armstrong/Lightroom Photos/NASA

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MARS -- 26 Oct 2009 -- This high-resolution picture from the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows twisting dark trails criss-crossing light-colored terrain on the Martian surface. Newly formed trails like these had presented researchers with a tantalizing mystery but are now known to be the work of miniature wind vortices known to occur on the red planet, in other words Martian dust devils -- Pcture by Lightroom Photos/NASA

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NASA image taken by the crew of the International Space Station as the shuttle Discovery, with cargo bay doors open, flew above the Earth on July 28 2005.

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NASA image taken over Switzerland by the crew of the International Space Station as the shuttle Discovery approached on July 28 2005 - the shuttle flipped over on to its back for checks to be made that its heat shield had not been damaged during launch

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NASA image taken by the crew of the International Space Station as the shuttle Atlantis undocked on June 19 2007. The docked Soyuz spacecraft is visible on the left.

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MARS Aeolis Mensae -- Mar 2007 -- Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) has provided snapshots of the Aeolis Mensae region on the Red Planet. This area, well-known for its features that reflect the result of the activity of wind on the arid planet, lies on a tectonic transition zone, characterised by incised valleys and unexplained linear features. Illuminated by the Sun from the west (right hand side in the image), the pictures are of a ground resolution of approximately 13 meters per pixel -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | ESA

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USA Gulf Islands National Seashore -- 26 Jun 2010 -- As of June 27, 2010, the entire gulf-facing beachfront of several barrier islands in eastern Mississippi (offshore of Pascagoula) had received a designation of at least ?lightly oiled? by the interagency Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team that is responding to the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. A few small stretches of Petit Bois Island had been labeled "heavily" or "moderately oiled". This high-resolution image shows Petit Bois Island (top right) and the eastern end of Horn Island (top left) on June 26. In general, oil-covered waters are silvery and cleaner waters are blue-gray. This pattern is especially consistent farther from the islands. The intensely bright patches of water directly offshore of the barrier islands, however, may be from a combination of factors, including sediment and organic material, coastal currents and surf, and oil. Pollution along the US Gulf Coast varies as oil continues to leak - at the rate of almost one tanker disaster per week - out the Deepwater Horizon rig which exploded in April 2010. While engineers from BP and Haliburton made some efforts to contain the oil, which is still leaking, it is an ecological disaster for the waters in the Gulf of Mexico and is likely to cause widespread contamination of fisheries. At the moment - 15 July 2010 - engineers are attempting to replace a cap on the well, though oil officials also said that the oil will not stop leaking until at least August 2010, further contam

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EARTH Aboard the International Space Station -- 20 Jul 2009 -- The top exterior of Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew cabin, along with the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory and Harmony node are visible in this image -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA