Between 2002 and 2003, astronaut Don Pettit developed a system for taking clear images of cities at night from about 400 kilometers above Earth's surface while aboard International Space Station ...

(If stargazing is more your speed, these designated dark sky resorts outside of city limits are great at turning down the lights so you can uninterrupted views of the night sky). With superlative ...

As each orbit is made the satellite can view a 1,600 mile (2,700 km ... see more than clouds and cloud systems. City lights, fires, effects of pollution, auroras, sand and dust storms, snow ...