1of13The Northern Lights shine brightly over the Northeast and Canada. New York City and Long Island are glow in the dark sky. The bright lights of Stamford, Norwalk and Bridgeport can be seen on the Connecticut shoreline. The I-91 corridor can also be seen in central Connecticut.NASAShow MoreShow Less2of13Nearly a week after Hurricane Irene drenched New England with rainfall in late August 2011, the Connecticut River was spewing muddy sediment into Long Island Sound and wrecking the region's farmland just before harvest. The Thematic Mapper on the Landsat 5 satellite acquired this true-color satellite image on September 2, 2011.
With its headwaters near the Canadian border, the Connecticut River drains nearly 11,000 square miles (28,500 square kilometers) and receives water from at least 33 tributaries in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. The 410-mile river—New England's longest—enters Long Island Sound near Old Lyme, Connecticut, and is estimated to provide 70 percent of the fresh water entering the Sound.NASAShow MoreShow Less3of13This photo clearly shows Long Island, Long Island Sound, Cape Cod and Maine.NASAShow MoreShow Less4of13A classic Nor’easter plowed up the East Coast of the United States on January 12, 2011, dumping heavy snow on New England states for the third time in three weeks. The storm began developing late on January 11, as a snow-making system that had hit the southern U.S. rode up the Atlantic seaboard and merged with another system crossing from the Midwest.NASAShow MoreShow Less
5of136of13Connecticut, Long Island and Long Island Sound can be seen in the upper right. Chesapeake Bay and the Delmarva pennisula is also seen.NASAShow MoreShow Less7of13Long Island Sound is bounded by Long Island to the south, the coastline of Connecticut to the north, and the southeasternmost coastline of New York to the west. The Sound is well outlined by city and roadway lights in this nighttime photograph taken from the International Space Station. The cities of Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport and New Haven are seen along the coast. Father inland Danbury, Waterbury and Hartford stand out.NASAShow MoreShow Less8of13Long Island Sound can be seen in the center of this image. Narragansett Bay, Cape Cod, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont can be seen. The cities of Providence, Rhode Island, Boston and Worcester, Mass. are also visible.NASAShow MoreShow Less9of13Cape Cod, long a favorite of Connecticut vacationeers, stands out in this striking photo. Note the white sandy beaches, the many lakes and ponds, even the sand dunes at the tip of the Cape.NASAShow MoreShow Less
10of1311of13New York City, its harbor, the lower bay and the New Jersey are seen in this image. You can also see Central Park in the upper right.NASAShow MoreShow Less12of13An early-season snow storm gave several states in the Northeast United States a white blanket in mid-November. On Nov. 14, 2004, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured the remains of the storm spread mostly in a horizontal band across (west to northeast) north-central Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. From Massachusetts, the snow cover creeps into the southernmost corners of Vermont and New Hampshire.NASAShow MoreShow Less
Through the nearly 60-years of space exploration, millions of photographs have been taken of our planet.
At night, the bright lights of the Eastern Seaboard show major population centers along cities and interstate highway.
During the day, New England is easy to find thanks to unmistakable hook of Cape Cod.
Long Island and the Sound also help the space traveler find Connecticut with the naked eye.
Some of the photos were taken this year by astronauts aboard the space station. One of the most dramatic shows the Northern Lights shining over the Northeast.
