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	Lake Teletskoye, Russia Date Posted: October 10, 2004 Photo ID: ISS008-E-7600	View the archived article >>   Earth Observatory archive >>

The 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. Our database tracks the locations, supporting data, and digital images for these photographs. We process images coming down from the Space Shuttle and International Space Station on a daily basis and add them to the more than 584,975 views of the Earth already made accessible on our website. These images include 141,493 from the International Space Station (updated 10/1/2004; see database content summary).

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."

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