Wonder of Science

Solar system objects to scale.

Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue

This is what an erupting volcano looks like from space.

Credit: NASA Johnson
More details: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/38985/sarychev-peak-eruption-kuril-islands

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Stars, thunderstorms, city lights, aurora, and sunrise, captured in a single time-lapse sequence from the International Space Station (view fullscreen).

Credit: NASA Johnson
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Mount Fuji seen from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

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Jupiter's moon Io as seen by the Galileo spacecraft. Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System, with hundreds of volcanoes.

Credit: NASA​/​JPL​/​UoA

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This is what a rocket launch looks like from space.

Time-lapse of the Sun circling the horizon at the South Pole during early March.

Video credit: Robert Schwarz
Source: https://vimeo.com/208466944

Stunning images of Jupiter captured by the Juno spacecraft during a close flyby in October 2018.

Video credit: NASA/​JPL-Caltech/​SwRI/​MSSS/​Gerald Eichstädt
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Time-lapse of the night sky in Antarctica.

Video credit: Kenrick Turner / CC BY 3.0

The long shadows of sunrise seen from space.