The somewhat heart-shaped Lake Tana, Horn of Africa.
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This coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun, was recorded by ESA satellite SOHO on 26 January 2012. This was during a sun storm that resulted in an impressive light show in the high atmosphere of Earth on 27 January 2012.
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A heart-shape on Grand Canyon
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The Grand Canyon viewed from an orbital perspective. Under some lighting conditions the Grand Canyon does not look like a canyon at all. Instead, all you see are the arteries on a giant heart, as if someone were performing open heart surgery on Mother Earth.
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Heart-shaped Tupai Island, French Polinesia.
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The Nile taken by Andre Kuipers during his long duration mission to the ISS
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The Sebkha Te-n-Dghamcha depression in Mauritania, north of the capital city Nouakchott.
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A heart in the South Aral Sea. This Landsat image features the heart-shaped northern tip of the western half of the Large Aral Sea (or South Aral Sea) in Central Asia.
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The small heart-shaped island of Galesnjak, Croatia.
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With Mother's Day nearly upon us, we've collected images that show some love for the biggest maternal provider of them all: planet earth.
In these pictures natural heart-shapes can be seen around the world. From the arterial shapes of the Grand Canyon to the depths of Lake Tana in the Horn of Africa, the heart symbols are unmistakable. There is even an image of a recent Sun storm which projected of a near-perfect berry red heart-shape.
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