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ESA Top Multimedia
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May 8th, 2026 05:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Greenland's changing ice
Part of the rugged and deeply indented coast of northeastern Greenland is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.
May 7th, 2026 03:43:00 EDT -0400 Sensitive and sturdy
Sensitive and sturdy
May 6th, 2026 06:00:00 EDT -0400 Location of star-forming region in M51
Location of star-forming region in M51
May 4th, 2026 11:14:00 EDT -0400 New dawn, new possibilities... 16 times a day!

This picture was published on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot with the following caption:

Day 080, orbit 1241 — New dawn, new possibilities… 16 times a day! From orbit, just like on Earth, each sunrise and sunset is a quiet reminder of how dynamic and beautiful our planet is. At sunrise, the deep black of night gives way to fiery reds, warm oranges and the thin blue line of our atmosphere. 

No two sunrises are ever the same, depending on the clouds, their shapes, and whether we’re flying over ocean or land… I can’t help but think of the way Monet or Van Gogh studied light… how much they would have loved this view!

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Jour 080, orbite 1241 — Nouvelle aube, nouvelles perspectives… 16 fois par jour ! Depuis l’orbite, comme c’est aussi le cas sur Terre, chaque lever et coucher de Soleil rappelle combien notre planète est belle et dynamique. À l’aube, le noir profond de la nuit laisse place à des rouges flamboyants, des oranges chaleureux, et à la fine ligne bleue de notre atmosphère.

Aucun lever de Soleil ne se ressemble vraiment : tout dépend de la couverture nuageuse, de la forme des nuages, et du fait que l’on survole les océans ou les continents… Impossible de ne pas penser à la manière dont Monet ou Van Gogh ont étudié la lumière… qu’ils auraient adoré cette vue !

April 30th, 2026 07:30:00 EDT -0400 The great parachute bake-out
The great parachute bake-out
April 28th, 2026 08:54:00 EDT -0400 Ariane 6 lifts off for flight VA268
Ariane 6 lifts off for flight VA268
April 30th, 2026 04:00:00 EDT -0400 Starry spiral in a familiar neighbourhood
Starry spiral in a familiar neighbourhood
April 29th, 2026 08:07:00 EDT -0400 Mekong River, Cambodia
Mekong River, Cambodia
April 29th, 2026 09:40:00 EDT -0400 Team preparing the plasma wind tunnel
Team preparing the plasma wind tunnel
April 27th, 2026 12:05:00 EDT -0400 Lanzarote, Spain
Lanzarote during mission εpsilon
April 24th, 2026 04:58:00 EDT -0400 Radar view of Arctic sea ice captured by Sentinel-1
Radar view of Arctic sea ice captured by Sentinel-1
April 24th, 2026 04:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Cloud patterns over the Canary Islands
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights a distinctive cloud formation north of the Canary Islands of Tenerife and La Gomera.
April 23rd, 2026 09:00:00 EDT -0400 Antarctica environmental change reflects ice loss in Greenland
Recent changes observed in Antarctica show some characteristics in common with changes to the Greenland Ice Sheet.
April 23rd, 2026 08:50:00 EDT -0400 A new grip on space: electrostatic capture technology
A new grip on space: electrostatic capture technology
April 23rd, 2026 04:58:00 EDT -0400 Earth’s most remote laboratory
Medical doctor Sarah Gaier in the ESA lab at Concordia station in Antarctia.