Spring is here… well, at least calendar-wise. Currently, it’s a cool, damp 42 degrees here in Jersey. But let’s bask in the beauty of our planet as a whole, far above the gray, brooding overcast clouds. From The Atlantic:

Hawaii’s Big Island, seen from orbit, on March 6, 2023  (NASA)
An image of the branching channels and valleys of Lake Nasser, a huge reservoir in southern Egypt, photographed on June 7, 2022 (NASA)
An oblique view of the Nepalese Himalayas, seen from orbit, on February 10, 2023  (NASA)
A top-down view of California’s Mount Shasta, seen from orbit on February 12, 2023  (NASA)

A view of the crescent moon above clouds and ocean near Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, on July 4, 2022 (NASA)

Clouds catch sunlight above the southern Indian Ocean on April 19, 2022. (NASA)

See them all here.