Satellites in space took some awesome photos of Winter Storm Jonas

IF YOU think regular photos from space are cool, just wait until you see these epic pictures satellites took of the huge US snowstorm.

SEEING photos of Earth taken from space is nothing new.

It’s cool, but let’s be honest, we’ve seen it before.

NASA has previously released high resolution images showing our planet in all its colourful glory — think the deep blue ocean, wispy white clouds and the green and brown of all the continents.

Now, the space agency has shown us something completely different. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) teamed up to gather night-time images of Winter Storm Jonas — the massive snowstorm that swept across the US east coast on the weekend.

The results were spectacular.

This is what North America usually looks like.

And this is what it looked like during the storm.

The Silver Surfer should live here.

That’s not a view you see everyday.

Is that Antarctica or America?

Winter Storm Jonas saw New York receive its second-highest level of snowfall since records began in 1869, while five states encountered 90cm or more of snowfall.

The ferocious blizzard resulted in travel bans as 11 states declared a state of emergency, while there are reports of the storm claiming between 19 and 21 lives.

Four hundred car crashes were reported in New York alone, more than 2000 flights in and out of airports were cancelled and there were allegedly several thousand metro area power outages.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has been on board the International Space Station since March last year, and is set to become the first American to spend an entire year in space in one voyage.

He tweeted some more incredible pictures from his unique vantage point.

As #blizzard2016 passes over #Chicago, the #EastCoast seen in distance clearly has a long way to go. #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/qMrkTXo9ie

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January 23, 2016

Rare #thundersnow visible from @Space_Station in #blizzard2016! #Snowzilla #snowmaggedon2016 #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/l3p6hjnJOq

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January 23, 2016

Day 302. #Blizzard2016 gave us an impressive view below. Stay warm! #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/ioNOqdYDCP

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) January 24, 2016

The travel ban has since been lifted and the clean-up across the east coast has begun.