Sally Ride EarthKam - Andes Mountains

In January 2015, the Sally Ride EarthKam camera took this image over the Andes Mountains in Argentina.

Sally Ride EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students) is a NASA educational outreach program run by Sally Ride Science and founded by the late astronaut. It uses a digital camera mounted on a downward-facing window aboard the International Space Station.

During the latest EarthKAM mission in January, 910 schools participated. Since its inception, the EarthKAM camera has captured over 80,000 images of the Earth, which are used to support classes in Earth science, space science, geography, social studies, mathematics, art, and communications. This collection of images can be accessed through the program’s online image gallery.