Aurora
Tuning into the cosmos…
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Tuning into the cosmos…
LoadingTerrestrial planet
The only known world with life, Earth sits in the Sun's habitable zone with liquid-water oceans, a protective magnetic field and a breathable atmosphere. From orbit, astronauts photograph it constantly — many of those images carry full camera EXIF.
At a glance
Why it's fascinating
DSCOVR's EPIC camera images the sunlit face of Earth daily from the L1 Lagrange point.
Earth occasionally captures small asteroids into temporary orbits — brief, natural mini-moons.
ISS crews shoot Earth with DSLR cameras — the Photos section surfaces their make, model and lens.
Moons
Earth has one moon — the Moon — large enough to stabilise our axial tilt and seasons.
All named moons · 1 listed
Photos
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