NASA SeaWiFS Image: Honduras from Space

Honduras: This SeaWiFS image of Central America shows what looks like smoke coming from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras.

The smoke can be seen drifting over the Campeche Bank and over Belize's barrier reef

Picture: NASA / REX FEATURES

NASA Image: Slovakia from Space

Slovakia: Snow covers much of northern central Europe on December 9th, 2002.

The snow stretches, from top to bottom, through Latvia (top right), Lithuania, a small piece of the Russian Federation (between Poland and Lithuania), western Belarus, eastern Poland, and down into the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine and Romania.

A thinner line of snow and clouds also runs along the Poland and Czech Republic/Slovakia border.

In this false-colour image the bright turquoise and black colours correspond to ice- and snow-free land and water (respectively), while white corresponds to cloud cover, and red corresponds to snow

Picture: NASA / REX FEATURES

NASA Aqua Images: Greece from space

Greece: This picture taken by Nasa-Satellite 'Aqua' shows the devastating forest fires on the Peloponnese peninsula, on 26 August 2007

Picture: EPA / NASA

NASA ASTER Image: Argentine's Patagonia from space: NASA satellite pictures of the participating nations

Argentina: This image of a Patagonian glacier was aqcuired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on May 2, 2000.

Patagonia is a mountainous region spanning the border between Chile and Argentina near the southern tip of South America.

Vegetation appears red in the image, which is a false-colour composite of near-infrared, red, and green light displayed as red, green, and blue, respectively

Picture: NASA / REX FEATURES

NASA MODIS Image: Chaiten Volcano, Chile from space

Chile: An image taken on May 5 2008 by the NASA MODIS programme shows a cloud-like plume of ash and steam rising from the Chaiten volcano in Chile, drifting across Argentina and over the Atlantic Ocean

Picture: AFP/NASA

Southern Netherlands: Zeeland from space

The Netherlands: Along the southern coast of the Netherlands, sediment-laden rivers have created a massive delta of islands and waterways in the gaps between the coastal dunes.

In this false-colour composite, acquired on May 24, 2002, the darker the red shown, the more densely vegetated the terrain.

The light blue-green areas show bare land surface.

If you look closely you will see the series of dams and barriers erected to prevent catastrophic flooding in Zeeland.

This was started after 1953 when several thousand people were drowned when the sea surged to higher than normal levels. Because most of Netherlands lies 5 metres under sea level, a breach in the sea walls can have a devastating effect.