Earth: Blue Marble 2012, Western Hemisphere Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring See More Maple Viewing at Takao, by Kano Hideyori, mid-16th century Spark of Life by Larri Cochran Snow Monkeys: Breathtaking Photography of the Famous Mountain Macaques in Yudanaka, Japan, by Regis Boileau Lace Agate by Didier Kobi Newly Discovered Giant Pink Planet, NASA, August 2013 Still Life with Roses, Tulips, and Imperial Fritillary, by Anton Weiss, 1840 The Many Folds of Her Coat by Regis Boileau The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, Detail, circa 1485 In Living Color by Art Goldenberg The Parting Cheer, by Henry Nelson O’Neil, 1861 His First Pair of Shoes, by Hannah Clarke Preston MacGoun, 1902 Fruits et Fleurs dans une Corbeille d’Osier, by Antoine Berjon, 1810 Leaf by Mark Johnson Sunflower by Evgeni Dinev Kittens, Orchids, and Other Splendid Photography by Olga Kolousova A Mother’s Love by Jacky Parker Roses, Tulips, Morning Glory, Delphinium and Primrose, by Charles Joseph Node, 1852 Seeds by Achim Mittler Fleurs dans une Coupe Bleue, by Odilon Redon, 1900 Lighthouse, by Daniel Hermann Anton Melbye, 1846 A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase, by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, 1609 Woman with a Parasol on the Beach, by Pauline Palmer, circa 1914 Tranquility: Lovely Travel Photography by Stefano Pedroni of Italy Road Closed: Lava Flow, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, by Jim Babson God Speed, by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1900 Mountains by Andrew of Cuba Gallery Young Mining Crew, Pennsylvania Coal Company, Photography by Lewis Wickes Hine, circa 1910 Flowers by Jan van Os Gordale Scar, by James Ward, circa 1812 The Cliffs at Étretat by Lilla Cabot Perry 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.