Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth.

Beginning with the Mercury missions in the early 1960s, astronauts have taken photographs of the Earth. Their database tracks the locations, supporting data, and digital images for these photographs. They process images coming down from the International Space Station on a daily basis and add them to the 809,621 views of the Earth already made accessible on their website.

British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle stated, "Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available - once the sheer isolation of the Earth becomes known - a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose."

On the right is a LIVE view of the earth from a height of 44 kms.