In common usage, an image (from Latin imago) or picture is an artifact that reproduces the likeness of some subject—usually a physical object or a person.
Images may be two dimensional, such as a photograph, or three dimensional such as in a statue. They are typically produced by optical devices—such as a cameras, mirrors, lenses, telescopes, microscopes, etc. and natural objects and phenomena, such as the human eye or water surfaces.
The word image is also used in the broader sense of any two-dimensional figure or illustration, such as a map, a graph, a pie chart, or an abstract painting. In this wider sense, images can also be produced manually, such as by drawing, painting, carving, by computer graphics technology, or a combination of the two, especially in a pseudo-photograph.
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Images from Space :: Astronomy and Space
Images :: Astronomy

Aaron's Space Images - Offers a varying collection of space images to use as desktop wallpaper or backgrounds.
Meta Description: [ The space gallery ]
Abama Space Prints - Posters and prints of earth, hurricanes, space shuttle flights, deep space and our solar system.
Meta Description: [ Posters and prints of earth, hurricanes, space flights, deep space and our solar system from Abama Inc. ]
California Satellite Photos - Provides a personal collection of satellite images of the California area, USA.
Meta Description: [ Satellite photos of California, a collection of satellite photos of the Golden State ]
Deep Cold - Features images and animations of Soviet and American military spacecraft that were designed, but never flew, such as the Dyna-Soar, Spiral, and Zvezda.
Meta Description: [ Coldwar era American and Soviet spacecraft that never flew. Photorealistic 3d computer models rendered in high resolution. Quicktime movies of the spaceraft in action. ]
Earth Seen from a Spacecraft - Features a simulated display of what Earth currently would look like seen from a spacecraft. Includes selection from an extensive list of spacecraft in orbit.
Meta Description: [ Earth and Moon Viewer: View from Satellite ]
ESA Television - Features television frequencies, schedule of the European Space Agency's television broadcasts. Includes on-line video archive and tape ordering service.
J-Track - Java based realtime Earth orbiting satellite viewer by NASA. Near Earth Orbit and geosynchronous satellites are distinguishable.
Mars Rover Anaglyphs - A collection of 3D images from the Mars Exploration Rover missions depicting Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum.
Meta Description: [ 3D Mars Rover imagery in anaglyph form ]
Moonpans.co.uk - A collection of hi-res assembled panoramic photos from Apollo 11-17. Includes option to buy prints.
Meta Description: [ NASA photos and Autographs from the Apollo missions to the moon when Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first landed at tranquility base, luna foto ]
NASA Image of the Day Gallery -
NASA Multimedia - Access to NASA photos, videos, and interactive features.
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Planetary Images - Contains rarely seen and specially processed planetary images, mostly from U.S. and Soviet missions.
Sky Diary Launch Gallery - Features a journalist's personal photo gallery of launches from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Meta Description: [ This rocket and space shuttle launch photo gallery is part of the Sky Diary site, devoted to storm chasing, chasers and sky and weather photography. ]
Space Exploration - Features an uncommented image gallery of asteroids, comets and spacecraft.
Space Image Libraries - Space-related image directory by Oklahoma State University, USA.
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Space Images Archive - Features a collection of space flight and astronomy related images provided by a student association.
Space Kids - Space pictures: Apollo, shuttle, rockets, space stations, planets.
Meta Description: [ Space Kids picture site with tons of pictures from space and beyond. ]
SpacePhotographs.com - Online ordering of photographic prints of NASA images from missions ranging from Apollo to the Shuttle. Including Hubble and Earth views.
Meta Description: [ High-quality photographic prints from NASA archives. ]
SpaceWander - Offers multimedia tour of the Universe, using real space images accompanied by popularizing science explanations.
Meta Description: [ Fly to Mars and Jupiter! Travel through deep space! SpaceWander's award-winning multimedia space trip features real NASA images! Check out our space store for space book, space videos, telescopes, and NASA hats. You can even buy a REAL SPACE TRAVEL! SpaceWander's trip through the Universe fea... ]
Spitzer Space Telescope Images - Images from Spitzer,the final element in NASA's Great Observatories Program, and an important scientific and technical cornerstone of the Astronomical Search for Origins Program.
STS 101 - Launch Photos - Features a personal collection of photos of the lunch in 1999.
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth - This site provides the most complete access to all astronaut photographs of Earth taken from 1961 to the present. Over 420,000 records give the locations and background data on each image with digital browse images when available. This is the site that NASA uses for its own search needs and is maintained at NASA Johnson Space Center.
Meta Description: [ The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth. ]
Virtual Solar System - Fly-by 3D tour or 2D tour of the sun and each planet in its orbit, with close-up views of the planets and weather patterns. Requires a Viscape SVR browser plug-in for the 3D tour.
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Welcome to the Cosmic Images Page. - This site contains Solar System Planetary and Astronomy image files from the personal collection of John Koulouris,(Esq.)
Meta Description: [ Here you will find images of the Solar System's Planets and Satellites, Galaxies and other stellar objects, including orbiting satellite images of Earth. ** Site created by: John Koulouris,(Esq.), Astereion- Orion Project. ]
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