Hey space cadets, here’s an interesting photography database of images taken by astronauts from outer-space.

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 International Space Station on a daily basis and add them to the 762,654 views of the Earth already made accessible on our website. These images include 318,556 from the International Space Station.

You won’t see any aliens but you’ll see shots like these.

There are thousands more of these photos at The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Head on over and explore the world.

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