Our Beautiful Earth

I am always amazed when I see photos of the earth taken from space. If you can, and are interested, check this photo out on the actual website, Earth Observatory. Download the full size and then click on it to see it 'up close.' Before the 'space age' man never saw the earth quite like this. We are so blessed to be able to do so.Our Creater is such a wonderful artist. I don't tend to think of God as being 'artistic', probably because I've never heard Him refered to in that way. But every time I see something like this, I wonder at it. Man is artistic, but man is just a pale comparrison to his Creator! The textures and colors, the patterns here and there in the photo - absolutely beautiful. A study in whites.I want to raise my hands and shout out loud - Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

On February 24, 2009, cold northerly winds (perhaps katabatic winds from Greenland) encountered moist air over the Greenland Sea, and their meeting generated dozens of parallel rows of clouds, commonly called “cloud streets,” in the skies around the island of Jan Mayen.
The island added its own influence to the weather, creating an obstacle to the prevailing winds. Like water in a stream as it flows around a boulder, the wind diverged on the north side of the island and converged on the south side. Downwind of Jan Mayen, the air swirled into a string of spiraling eddies, known as von Karman vortices.
At upper left, a small piece of the snow-covered coastline of Greenland is visible, and a mosaic of sea ice hugs the shore. Close to the shoreline, the floes of ice are large, and their shapes are irregular. Farther from the coast, however (top center), the pieces of ice are so small they look like foam.
This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite at 12:40 UTC (1:40 p.m. local time in Jan Mayen).
NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.