US & Canada
In pictures: Nasa releases pictures of Earth's beauty
- 22 April 2015
- US & Canada
Nasa is marking Earth Day by releasing some of its best images of our planettaken from space - by its satellites, its research aircraft and astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) - in the past year. Here is a selection of them:
![Flying over the Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/82488000/jpg/_82488744_82483643.jpg)
![Yellowstone national park](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/82488000/jpg/_82488745_e8877ac0-885b-4227-bbe8-ac3b9b2c6b56.jpg)
![Solar Eclipse shadows over clouds in the Arctic Ocean](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/82488000/jpg/_82488746_82485849.jpg)
![View from ISS of Great Lakes and Central US](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/82488000/jpg/_82488747_82483645.jpg)
![Aurora](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/82488000/jpg/_82488748_82485297.jpg)
![Windswept valleys in Northern Africa](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/82488000/jpg/_82488749_82485303.jpg)
![Melt Ponds in Greenland](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/82488000/jpg/_82488750_82485847.jpg)
![Great Sandy Desert, Australia](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/82488000/jpg/_82488751_82485305.jpg)
![Iberian Peninsula](http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/media/images/82488000/jpg/_82488752_82485299.jpg)
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