User Comments

Comments below represent a sampling of those received by email.

Saturday, April 03, 2004 7:01 PM
Richard Land

"What a marvelous experience - Finding Mt. Everest!!! As a taxpayer for more than 50 years, I'd say this experience is great payback. Just the one recent picture is superb (recent pix of day), but the tour is truly incredible. This from one who has heard my neighbor Brad Washburn extole various peaks. I will be reccommending this trip to many friends - for all sorts of reasons. As a pioneer of computer graphics, worked with Ivan Sutherland in 60's, I never imagined we would have the broadband facility and image technology this soon. I have visited both China and India, but never thought I would get such views of Everest. Again, thanks for the views. [Should add, I have sought the site for Sat. Fire views over past years, as a consultant on Fire Safety Physics, formerly associated with NIST fire program - helping start it.]"

Thursday, March 11, 2004 6:45 AM
Conrad Diozon, New Orleans, LA

"I can't go up there, at least I can't afford to. But I have always wondered how my residence would look for the sky above. Now, I have the answer. Thank you for providing this invaluable service."

Friday, February 27, 2004 6:54 PM
Michael Horan, Moffat, CO

"This is just to say how excited I was to find your JSC ISS astronaut photos website. I was searching for photos of "Gora Belukha", Altai mountains, Russia, which I am going into in July-August. Five minutes of work, bam, bam, bam, and I found two incredible images, 10,000X better than Landsat 7. And, your website is a snap to use. Find the coordinates on your map, click on where you want, and you've got it! I can hardly wait to see what the high resolution downloads of these images are like. Whoever designed your website to find astronaut photos did a superb job."

Monday, February 23, 2004 4:08 PM
Nektarios Kampanos

"I wish to thank you for your quick responce, and above all for the great image you send me. I am a Mechanical engineer and a great fan of this kind of photos, planet photos, aerial photos etc. Well it is a bit difficult for me to surf on the web (I dont have enouph free time) but I will find some time to get through all of this great stuff. To The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov, Best regards"

Thursday, December 4, 2003 9:04 AM
Helen Kastner

"Thank you so very much for working to keep this site up! I enjoy it and forward pictures to my friends, encouraging them to subscribe. Tomorrow, I realize one of my life-long dreams: going to Antarctica. The only other thing that I want to really, really do is to go into space! In the meantime, your photos are my most acceptable substitute."

Friday, December 5, 2003 11:31 AM
Christine Green

"Just wanted to thank you for the great pictures we viewed on your sight of the Nile river. My son had to write a report for school and it really added a great touch see how it looked from above earth. Thanks for all the work you do."

Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:41 AM
Raymond D. Tetz

"I just wanted to express appreciation for your site and your work. Thank you for consistently great stuff!

I'm not a real frequent user, but I have downloaded images from you, and really appreciate the variety and quality of what you offer.

Whenever we travel we visit your site to find pictures of our destinations. (Most recently we looked for images of Costa Rica and Central America.)

I am always surprized at the variety of pictures. My kids have downloaded images of things like the rainforests and the Amazon for school reports, and my wife (who is a children's writer) often asks me to find her images of the places and topics she is writing about.

I went looking for something about Afghanistan one evening and ended up viewing dozens of images from Middle East and Northern Africa.

I often share the information I find on your site with other people, so you are having an impact that goes well beyond the visitors to the website.

Your note about the new features prompted me to let you know that what you are doing is important and appreciated. I don't generally write fan letters, but I realized I really am a fan of your site and what you are doing.

Thanks again."

Thursday, May 22, 2003 10:14 PM
Joe Harmison

"Your invaluable contributions to mans understanding of this planet, planets and their satellites in our solar system, systems abroad, galaxies, and the universe puts into perspective how insignificant we actually are in the grand scheme of things. These pictures humble me every time I look at them and should make everyone realize that we are merely a speck in our galaxy, and that our galaxy is a speck in the universe, so what does that make us as individuals? Thank you and keep up the work I've been a fan of NASA since I was three years old and you all have not stopped amazing me, Thanks."

Saturday, May 17, 2003 12:49 AM
Roberto Romero G.

"I am a 28 years old Architecture and Urbanism student, and these photos are very important for a research that I´m doing to obtain my degree. Me and my classmates need these pictures to understand the development of urban growth in our cities."

Wednesday, May 14, 2003 12:56 PM
Mike Helfert
Program Manager, CRN
NOAA-NCDC

"You guys may be pleased to know that NOAA-NCDC now uses your photography to provide multi-season, multi-angle photography fit for science panel reviews of Climate Reference Network station site selections throughout the USA as well as for the Canadian Reference Climate System (the two together are known as the North American Climate Reference Network)."

Thursday, October 11, 2001 7:52 AM
Mrs. L. Gibbons

"Incredible site...beautiful,stunning images of our planet.Everybody should view this site to see what an amazing planet we live on and learn to appreciate it more."

Friday, September 07, 2001 7:04 AM
Chris Newcombe, N.U.K.

"We think all of the Nasa sites are a fantastic educational resource. Well done to NASA - we can see all of the work that has been done over the past 40 years or so."

Monday, January 08, 2001 9:35 PM
Barbara Soto, Tucson, Arizona

"I'd like my students to really see the big picture on deforestation and the consequent muddying up of rivers. I'd like them to really SEE the physical aspects of Israel and the Sinai; to really SEE the Aral Sea...how it was, how it is, and to understand what happened."

"Those images are a strategy THAT WORKS LIKE NO OTHER to help them gain understanding of Earth's environment. With those images our planet becomes three dimensional in a way maps cannot imitate."

Wednesday, March 22, 2000 7:40 AM
Lowell Waite
Senior Staff Geologist
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.

"I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate this web site (eol.jsc.nasa.gov) ! As a petroleum geologist I find the photos fasinating and very informative. Throughout my career I have spent a good deal of time looking at carbonate rocks, therefore high altitude/space photos of modern carbonate systems (Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Belize, etc) are particularly helpful for depositional analogs. The clickable map function is a great way to locate some spectacular shots that can be easily downloaded into Micosoft Powerpoint presentations (with acknowledgements to NASA)."

"I believe the site is an educational gold mine, I have told several colleagues about it and wish all science teachers knew about it! I hope NASA plans to keep the site going and will continue to add to the collection."

"Thanks again for a great site, your efforts are appreciated!"