NASA Images: German Moselle river from space

Germany: The Moselle River Gorge, acquired February 17, 2008. The Moselle (Mosel in German) is the one of the best known of the 13 German wine-growing regions

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 ALI Image: Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg

South Africa: Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-colour image of the stadium, Soweto, and the surrounding gold mine slag heaps on May 14, 2009

Picture: NASA / REX FEATURES

NASA MODIS Image: Australia's Great Barrier Reef

Colonies of coral appear vibrant blue green in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral system on Earth

Picture: 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.