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Space & Earth Now windows

5 independently described space & earth now sources.

Earth's blue curve photographed from the International Space Station.

Low Earth orbit · Live external ISS video

Earth from the ISS

NASA’s current external-station video can show Earth passing beneath the ISS; darkness or a black screen may simply mean orbital night or a connection interruption.

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NOAA geocolor satellite image showing Earth and its cloud systems.

Global · Current satellite imagery

Earth in Real Time

An interactive NOAA view of the latest operational satellite imagery for clouds, storms and weather systems around the planet.

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A NOAA GOES weather satellite in orbit above Earth.

Americas and surrounding oceans · Current satellite images and animations

GOES Image Viewer

NOAA’s operational GOES viewer offers current regional imagery and loops rather than one conventional camera feed.

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A current ultraviolet image of the Sun from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Geosynchronous orbit · Near-real-time scientific imagery

The Sun Right Now

SDO images the Sun in multiple wavelengths, revealing sunspots, plasma and active regions with data products updated throughout the day.

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NASA's Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars in an artist visualization.

Jezero Crater, Mars · Latest rover image archive

Mars: Latest Perseverance Images

The newest raw images returned by Perseverance provide an authentic, frequently growing visual record from the surface of Mars—not a live stream.

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