Earth: Blue Marble 2012, Western Hemisphere Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring See More Garden at Sainte-Adresse, by Claude Monet, 1867 Classical Guitar by Mark Neal Bluebells & Light by Gary McParland Wise by Tambako the Jaguar All Hands to the Pumps, by Henry Scott Tuke, c. 1888 The Hope Diamond: The Largest Blue Diamond in the World NASA Discovers New Blue Planet, 2013 Focused by Farrukh Younus Walking Among Wild Flowers: Incredible Photography by Ichiro Kishimi, Part 1 A Mother’s Love by Jacky Parker Young Lady in a Boat, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, 1870 Seascapes & Mountains: Beautiful Photography by Patrick Smith Manhattan Bridge, Under Construction: Historical Photograph by Eugene de Salignac, 1909 Peeling Potatoes, by Charles Sprague Pearce, circa 1885 A Trompe L’Oeil with Magnifying Glass, Butterflies, Cartographic Instruments, a Map, and Prints Violet-Green, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1926 Black Hole Outburst in Spiral Galaxy M83, NASA, April 2012 Wild: Magnificent Animal Photography by Wolf Ademeit Water on Blue Petals Painted Pebbles and other Exquisite Artwork by Maria Mercedes Trujillo A. Roses in a Glass, by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1877 Growing Up: Gorgeous Garden and Nature Photography by Wim Bolsens Fruit Piece by Jan van Huysum, 1722 God Speed, by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1900 Dans le Jardin de Fleurs: Charming Garden Photography by Louise Leclerc Delphic Sibyl, a Detail from the 1509 Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican, Rome, Italy, by Michelangelo Buonarroti View of the Kremlin by Johanne Gottlieb Lohrer, 1813 Church in Cassone, Landscape with Cypresses, by Gustav Klimt, 1913 Montmartre, Paris, by Didier Kobi That Way, by Andrew of Cuba Gallery 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.