6 breathtaking images of Earth captured by NASA

Separate images of the Earth and Moon were combined to generate this view.

Eight days after its final encounter with the Earth, the Galileo spacecraft looked back and captured this remarkable view of the Earth and Moon.

An Apollo 10 photograph of Earth taken from 100,000 miles away.

NOAA’s GOES-East satellite captured this stunning view of the Americas on Earth Day, April 22, 2014.

This highly oblique image shot over northwestern part of the African continent captures the curvature of the Earth and shows its atmosphere.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft's vantage point in orbit around the moon.

Image source: NASA