Earth: Blue Marble 2012, Western Hemisphere Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring See More A Young Girl Reading, by Jean Honoré Fragonard, circa 1776 Roses, by Sophie Gengembre Anderson Château de Versailles, France – L’Orangerie Wild: Magnificent Animal Photography by Wolf Ademeit By the Seashore, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883 Pink and Yellow Roses by Russell Tomlin Little Shamrock by Marine Szczepaniak An Apple Harvest by Claude Simpol, circa 1700 Still Life with Roses by Louise Dandelot, 1866 An East Indiaman in a Storm off Eddystone Lighthouse, by William John Huggins Earth: Blue Marble 2012, Eastern Hemisphere Water Texture by Andrew of Cuba Gallery Flowers in a Beaded Blue Vase by Odilon Redon, 1909 “En Garde!” by Dan Wang Ebbing Tide, by William Trost Richards, 1891 Oyster Mushroom Art by Martin Amm Portrait of a Boy, by Isidor Kaufmann Lasciate Ogni Speranza by Darren Wilkin These Three Things by Melanie Moraga New this Week from NASA: Hubble Views a Nitrogen-Rich Nebula in the Constellation of Scorpius Tranquility: Lovely Travel Photography by Stefano Pedroni of Italy The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy, by Canaletto, circa 1730 Beautiful Nature Photography by Joey Gannon On the Edge by Stuart Richards Power Lines by Walid Mahfoudh All Creatures Great & Small: Captivating Wildlife Photography by Simon Roy Little Julia: Photography by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1911 The Stair of Carlos V by Juan Lois Bal du Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876 High in the Alps with Katarina Stefanovic by Laura Posted on January 26, 2012 Posted in Big Picture, Photography | tagged astronomy, Blue Marble, Central America, clouds, Earth, Earth from Space, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, NASA, oceans, Pacific Ocean, seas, space, spheres, United States. The permalink.