Earth: Blue Marble 2012, Western Hemisphere Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring See More From Nature in the Garden, by Rubens Peale, 1856 Wildflowers at Wisley, by Jacky Parker Music Lesson by Lord Frederic Leighton, circa 1877 Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, by Paul Cézanne, circa 1890 On the Loxahatchee by Joey J. Schwartz Winter – Fifth Avenue, by Alfred Stieglitz, 1892 Fabula: A Beautiful Collection of Photography by Alina Shevelina A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase, by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, 1609 The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy, by Canaletto, circa 1730 Tristran and Isolde, by John William Waterhouse, 1916 These Three Things by Melanie Moraga The Kiss by Gustav Klimt An Interlude, by William Sergeant Kendall, 1907 Brighton Pier by Andrea Pucci The Rose by David Herreman A Glorious Frontier: Spectacular Images from the Hubble Space Telescope An East Indiaman in a Storm off Eddystone Lighthouse, by William John Huggins Eye of the Dragon: Beautiful Details from China by Christopher Harry The Morning Meal, by Émile Munier I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, by Charles Demuth, 1928 White Kingdom by Katarina Stefanovic Wise by Tambako the Jaguar Hubble Helps Find Smallest Known Galaxy Containing a Supermassive Black Hole Autumn Leaves Fall by David Henderson “Pretty Please” by Marac Kolodzinski Earth from Space: Beautiful Venice, Italy, by NASA Braggart by Wolf Ademeit Snow in New York City: Stunning Photography by Vivienne Gucwa The Many Folds of Her Coat by Regis Boileau Mercury: Beautiful Images from the MESSENGER Spacecraft, NASA 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.