PIX4673846: Hurricane Florence 11/1994 - Hurricane Florence as seen from the space shuttle 11/1994 - Hurricane Florence above the Atlantic Ocean seen by the shuttle Atlantis on 14/11/1994. Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic Ocean photographed by the STS - 66 astronauts during their 11 - day stay in space aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Nov 14 199 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4674330: Hurricane Ophelia - 10/2017 - Hurricane Ophelia 10/2017 - Hurricane Ophelia seen on October 11, 2017 by Sentinel-3A satellite, about 1300 km from Acores. The Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite captured this image on 11 October 2017, when Hurricane Ophelia was about 1300 km southwest of the Azores islands and some 2000 km off the African coast. Originally classified as a tropical storm, it has been upgraded to a hurricane. The storm is moving northeasterly, threatening to hit the northwestern tip of Spain before moving towards Ireland / Bridgeman Images
PIX4674017: Tropical Tempete Cosme seen from space 07/2007 - Tropical storm Cosme seen from space. 07/2007 - Tropical storm Cosme seen from space over the Pacific Ocean from the International Space Station on 17 July 2007. Tropical storm Cosme seen from the international space station above Pacific ocean, on July 17, 2007 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4673232: Earth from space: Baja California, Mexico - Baja California seen from space - Cloudy front on the Pacific Ocean and Baja California. Image obtained from shuttle Atlantis in May 2009. Clouds above Pacific ocean and Baja California seen from the space shuttle Atlantis in May 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4673273: Earth seen from space: California and Mexico - Dust storm in Baja California seen from space - Dust Tempete on Baja California. Image obtained by Aqua satellite on 27 November 2011. Dust clouds blowing out of Mexico across an otherwise cloud - free view of Baja California. Late November 2011 offered mostly cloud - free skies and a compelling view of the entire length of Baja California and the Pacific coast of Mexico. In the midst of the clarity, strong northeasterly winds stirred up dust storms on the mainland and the peninsula. The natural - color images required to make this oblique view were acquired on November 27, 2011, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite / Bridgeman Images
PIX4673330: Las Vegas night view - 11/2010 - Las Vegas, Nevada Metropolitan Area at Night - 11/2010 - Las Vegas metropolis night view from the International Space Station (ISS) on November 30, 2010. This image features the Las Vegas, Nevada metropolitan area, located near the southern tip of the state within the Mohave Desert of the southwestern USA. While the city of Las Vegas proper is famous for its casinos and resort hotels, the metropolitan area includes several other incorporated cities and unincorporated (not part of a state - recognized municipality) areas. Astronauts on board the International Space Station observe and photograph numerous metropolitan areas when they are illuminated by sunlight, but the extent and pattern of these areas is perhaps best revealed by the city lights at night. The surrounding dark desert presents a stark contrast to the brightly lit, regular street grid of the developed metropolitan area. The Vegas Strip (image center) is reputed to be the brightest spot on Earth due to the concentration of lights associated with its hotels and casinos. The tarmac of McCarran International Airport to the south is a dark feature by comparison. The airstrips of Nellis Air Force Base on the northeastern fringe of the metropolitan area are likewise dark compared to the well - lit adjacent streets and neighborhoods. The dark mass of Frenchman Mountain borders the metropolitan area to the east. Acquisition of focused night time images such as this one require astronauts to track the target with the handheld camera while the ISS is moving at a speed of more than 7 kilometers per second (15,659 miles per hour) relative to the Earth's surface. This was achieved during ISS Expedition 6 using a homemade tracking device, but subsequent crews have needed to develop manual tracking skills. These skills, together with advances in digital camera technology, have enabled recent ISS crews to acquire striking night time images of the Earth / Bridgeman Images
PIX4674091: Cyclones on the South Atlantic - Cyclonic clouds - Two mutually feeding cyclones seen over the cold waters of the South Atlantic Ocean by the Terra satellite on 29 April 2009. North is left. It took the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Nasa's Terra satellite a full five minutes to fly over this expansive cloud pattern on April 29, 2009. The sprawling S”” - shaped swirl is actually two cyclones that seem to be feeding on each other. Polar cyclones often form as a result of low - pressure systems over the ocean, and usually bring winds and heavy snow. MODIS acquired this photo - like image over the cold waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, where winter is approaching. The image has been rotated, so that north is toward the left. The spot of green in the upper left corner of the image is coastal water off the southern tip of Africa. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4674140: Hurricane Ike seen from space - Hurricane Ike seen from space - Hurricane Ike seen over Cuba on 9 September 2008 from the International Space Station (ISS). 9 Sep. 2008 - Hurricane Ike covers more than half of Cuba in this image, photographed by the crew of ISS - 17 aboard the International Space Station from a vantage point of 220 statute miles above Earth. The center of Ike was near 22.4 degrees north latitude and 82.4 degrees west longitude and moving 290 degrees at 11.7 miles per hour. Sustained winds were at 80.6 miles per hour, with gusts to 97.9 miles per hour and were forced to strengthen as the eye moved back over the warm water in the gulf of Mexico City / Bridgeman Images
PIX4674167: Hurricane Ike seen from space - Hurricane Ike seen from space - Hurricane Ike seen over Cuba on 10 September 2008 from the International Space Station (ISS) 10 Sep. 2008 - This picture of Hurricane Ike from earlier today was downlinked by the crew of the International Space Station, flying 220 statute miles above Earth. The center of the hurricane was near 23.8 degrees north latitude and 85.3 degrees west longitude, moving 300 degrees at 7 nautical miles per hour. The sustained winds were 80 nautical miles per hour with gusts to 100 nautical miles per hour and forecast to intensify / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645650: Satellite Kepler - Kepler spacecraft - Kepler satellite in clean room. Kepler is a satellite launched in March 2009, designed to discover inhabitable exoplanets in our galaxy. Nasa's Kepler spacecraft in a clean room at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado. Kepler is a spaceborne telescope launched in march 2009 and designed to search the nearby region of our galaxy for Earth - size planets orbiting in the habitable zone of stars like our sun / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645744: James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors (JWST) - Testing of the JWST's mirrors - Six of the 18 JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) mirrors seen at Nasa's Marshall Space Center. These mirrors will be tested there to ensure they will withstand the extreme temperatures of space vacuum. The JWST will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared. Six of the 18 James Webb Space Telescope mirror segments are being moved into the X - ray and Cryogenic Facility, or XRCF, at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to eventually experience temperatures dipping to a chilling - 414 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure they can withstand the extreme space environments. The test chamber takes approximately five days to cool a mirror segment to cryogenic temperatures. Marshall's X - ray & Cryogenic Facility is the world's largest X - ray telescope test facility and a unique, cryogenic, clean room optical test location. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared - optimized space telescope scheduled for launch in 2014. Equipped with a large mirror 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter, it will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy and will reside in an orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth / Bridgeman Images