Since launching into space in 1999, ASTER radiometer on Terra satellite of NASA's Aerospace Agency (NASA) captures 99% of the Earth's surface through 2.95 million images.
According to Business Insider, ASTER radiation meter named Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer has continuously photographed the Earth for 16 years. ASTER is a device manufactured by Japan. Most of its data and images are kept confidential. However, on April 1, NASA announced an account that allowed to download 2.95 million photos taken by ASTER for free for research and analysis.
Many ASTER photos look like pictures painted by young children, including photos of the Andes mountains.ASTER equipped with an infrared camera, can detect changes in surface temperature, material and height.
The photo of Manaus city, Brazil, is the most favorite figure in ASTER photos.
Volcanoes push the Galapagos Islands out of the Pacific Ocean.
The Oresund Bridge is 16 km long connecting Sweden and Denmark.Satellite images show the artificial island built by the two countries in the middle to serve the journey.
Korea experienced one of the worst droughts in 2015 (right).The vegetation (red) here decreased significantly compared to 2002 (left photo).
Great Blue Hole in Belize in a photo of ASTER.
Fan-shaped gravel, sand and salt in China have the name of an accretion fan.
Venice, the city with 400 bridges and 120 islands in Italy looks more perplexed when viewed from space.
The Ecuadorian swamp in 1991 (pictured above) turned into a shrimp farm in 2001 (below).
McMurdo Dry Valleys Valley in Antarctica is the place on Earth with the most Mars-like landscape.
