NASA has released 16 iconic photographs of planet Earth captured by astronauts in the year 2016. The fascinating pictures were released in the form of a video by International Space Station on Monday.
Check out some of the amazing pictures here:

Few other captivating images shared by NASA include image of the space station:
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…nope! It’s @Space_Station as it passed btwn the Earth & sun, seen here in 10 combined pics https://t.co/DCLxHTZ3zI pic.twitter.com/MpF7jm7y7S
— NASA (@NASA) December 20, 2016
It also tweeted a shot of intense radiation from central stars
Two festive-looking nebulae situated to appear as one. Intense radiation from central stars causes them to glow red: https://t.co/t7PNomyEa6 pic.twitter.com/s1kV67OX0N
— NASA (@NASA) December 20, 2016
A stunning image of Saturn’s moon Mimas
Saturn’s moon Mimas looks as if it’s crashing through the rings, but it’s actually 28,000 miles away: https://t.co/B2dxPWHbUL @CassiniSaturn pic.twitter.com/HXf7THIwdo
— NASA (@NASA) December 19, 2016