Earth: Blue Marble 2012, Western Hemisphere Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring See More Grand Swirls in NGC 1566: Amazing New Image by NASA Sound of the Rain by Paolo Màrgari Water Texture by Andrew of Cuba Gallery By the Sea by Claude Monet, 1864 Branch of Purple Lilacs, by Maria Geertruyd Snabilie Montmartre, Paris, by Didier Kobi Summer Evening on Skagen’s Southern Beach, by Peder Severin Krøyer, 1893 A Panoramic Landscape by Philips Koninck, 1665 Little Monkey by Wim Bolsens A Mother’s Love by Jacky Parker Irises along the River, by Fidelia Bridges, circa 1908 A British Privateer Off the Cape of Good Hope, by Thomas Buttersworth The Boats, Regatta at Argenteuil, by Claude Monet, circa 1874 Small World: Amazing and Amusing Macro Photography by Shikhei Goh Reapers, Noonday Rest, by John Linnell, 1865 Lycinna by John William Godward, 1918 Gizmo by Dragan Todorovic Water Lily Pond and Weeping Willow, by Claude Monet, circa 1916 View of the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, by Canaletto, circa 1735 – 1739 Color Collection: Blue is Bleu In Living Color by Art Goldenberg Rocky Surf off Rhode Island, by William Trost Richards, 1899 Along the Line, by Dragan of DB Photography Still Life with Roses, Tulips, and Imperial Fritillary, by Anton Weiss, 1840 Frozen: Breathtaking Black & White Photography by Maria Strömvik, Part 1 Gratitude Ships at Night, Constantinople, by Emile Valentin, 1877 Interesting Story, by Laura Muntz Lyall, 1898 Apollo 17 Splashdown, December 19, 1972 Still Life of Roses, Tulips, Carnations, and other Flowers, in an Urn on a Stone Ledge, with Peaches and Grapes, by Pieter Faes 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.