In honor of Earth Day, the U.S. Geological Survey recently released its fourth installment of its Earth As Art exhibit, which compiles stunning satellite images that showcase the earth as a masterpiece.

“Landsat satellites see the Earth as no human can,” the USGS writes on its website. “Not only do they acquire images from the vantage point of space, but their sensors record infrared as well as visible wavelengths of light. The resulting images often reveal ‘hidden’ details of the Earth’s land surface.”

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Each photo in the exhibit was selected based on its aesthetic, often featuring bright colors that illustrate the planet’s continents, islands and coastlines.

NASA and USGS released the first “Earth As Art” e-book in 2012,a collection of artistic images of the Earth collected since the launch of the first environmental satellite in 1960.

Check out photos from this year's exhibit and others in the slideshow above.

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