Earth: Blue Marble 2012, Western Hemisphere Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring See More Red Rose by Stuart Richards Picking Wildflowers, by Marie François Firmin-Girard Blue Flower on Black The Daughters of Catulle Mendès by Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1888 The Turquoise Vase by Odilon Redon The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur, 1853 – 55 Madonna of the Pomegranate by Sandro Botticelli, circa 1487 Fractal XIV-II by Didier Kobi Germany Inside Out: Stunning Photography by Stefan Klauke Purple Hydrangea by Russell Tomlin Gratitude The Concord Meadow, by Childe Hassam, circa 1891 Bright and Beautiful Garden Photography by Sarah-fiona Helme Water Lily Pond and Weeping Willow, by Claude Monet, circa 1916 Third Quarter and Twelve Hours by Jeff Barton A Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Flask on a Marble Ledge, Flanked by a Red Admiral Butterfly and a Lizard, by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, 1607 Looking Inside of Meteorites: Fascinating Photography by Jeff Barton Portrait of Two Little Girls, by Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1892 An Interlude, by William Sergeant Kendall, 1907 Small World: Amazing and Amusing Macro Photography by Shikhei Goh Rêver en Couleur: Brilliant Abstract Photography by Ursula Abresch Dans le Jardin de Fleurs: Charming Garden Photography by Louise Leclerc Into the Valley by Darren Wilkin Life Lines by Achim Mittler The Sea at Amsterdam, by Claude Monet, circa 1874 Breaking Surf, by Frederick Judd Waugh Two Wild Horses by Jens Klettenheimer White and Pink Roses on a Forest Floor, by Margaretha Roosenboom Landscape with Snow ( Paysage Enneigé ), by Vincent Van Gogh, 1888 Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange, 1936 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.