Images courtesy of NASA

“Neil Armstrong was a hero not just of his time, but of all time. Thank you, Neil, for showing us the power of one small step.” - Barack Obama

Over the past two months NASA has been releasing a number of wonderful long exposure photographs taken by astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station. While there are many photos like these taken from the perspective of the Earth’s surface, Pettit’s images are unique in that they incorporate the passing blur of entire illuminated cities, aurora, and the sporadic flashes of lightening from thunderstorms. Check out many more photos from the series here. Via Colossal.

Image via Soichi Noguchi and NASA, from Twitter

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi Tweets Amazing Photographs From Space

I stumbled across this awesome post on the Chase Jarvis blog. Check out the rest of the photos here.

House made of 6 shipping containers & insulated with NASA ceramic infused paint. Pure genius (Taken with instagram)

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS 

Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by Ron Garan, Satoshi Furukawa and the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude
of around 350 km. All credit goes to them.