Earth and Moon

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Earth and Moon: Best Internet Images

Earth, third planet from the Sun: Earth

Information at Solarviews.com

Images of Earth from Space:
A medium-sized, reduced K version (50 K) of a medium-big image (396 K) from NASA and a big image at Solarvies.com (258 K)
A medium-sized, reduced K version (46 K) of a big image (916 K) from NASA
A medium-big image (32 K) from Solarviews.com

For more Earth images, go to JPL's Planetary Photojournal on the Earth

The Moon: Moon

Information at Solarviews.com

Moon Images:
A big image (251 K) by Russell Croman
A smaller reduced K version (27 K) of a medium sized image (196 K) by William McLaughlin
A medium-sized, reduced K version (28 K) similar to a big image (4883 K) by Astronominsk
A big image (242 K) from NASA
A big image (234 K) from NASA
A big, reduced K version (340 K) of a huge image of the far side (1.5 MB) of the moon from NASA
A medium-sized, reduced K version (45 K) of a medium-big sized image of the far side (382 K) of the moon from NASA

Videos:
A medium-sized movie generated by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Moon Surface Images:
A medium-sized, reduced K version (71 K) of a big image (477 K) from NASA
A medium-sized, reduced K version (68 K) of a big image (816 K) from Astronominsk
A medium-sized, reduced K version (47 K) of a medium sized image (176 K) by Philip Perkins

For more Moon images, go to JPL's Planetary Photojournal on the Moon or the Astronominsk Moon page.

Aurorae, flickering atmospheric light created by particles streaming from the Sun: Aurorae

Aurorae Images:
A smaller reduced K version (80 K) of a huge image (611 K) by Stephane Vetter
A smaller reduced K version (90 K) of a huge image (712 K) by Kwon, O Chul
A smaller reduced K version (90 K) of a huge image (1.8 MB) by Daniel Lopez
A medium sized image (47 K) by Dennis Mammana
A medium-big sized image (59 K) by Phil Hoffman
A medium-big sized image (73 K) by Trygve Lindersen
A medium sized image (26 K) by Jimmy Westlake
A big image (143 K) by Harald Albrigtsen
A big image (217 K) by Ole Christian Salomonsen

There a many spectacular images of aurorae. See the aurora links.

Meteors, dust and rocks that burn up in Earth's atmosphere: meteor

The Bible According to Einstein on Meteors
Jupiter Scientific's Information about the Perseid Shower
Jupiter Scientific's Information about the Leonid Shower

Perseid Images:
A medium-sized, reduced K version (49 K) of a medium-big sized image (166 K) from NASA
A medium sized image (28 K) from NASA
A medium-sized, reduced K version (24 K) of a big image (190 K) from NASA

Leonid Images:
A medium-big sized image (89 K) from NASA
A medium-big sized image (50 K) from NASA
A medium sized image (42 K) from NASA

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