Views of Earth From Space on Earth Day 2014

By Nancy Atkinson - April 22, 2014 at 12:21 PM UTC | Missions

It's been said that one of the reasons Earth Day was started back in 1970 was because of the images of Earth from space taken during the Apollo missions to the Moon. So, what better way to celebrate than to see how Earth looks today from space?

NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured this stunning view of the Americas on Earth Day, April 22, 2014 at 11:45 UTC/7:45 a.m. EDT.

Find out more about this image and what all is visible

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More satellite images will likely be taken today, and we'll add them as they become available.