The Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument has been collecting global Earth data from NASA’s Terra satellite for more than a decade. With nine separate cameras, four visible/near-infrared spectral bands, and moderately high spatial resolution, MISR has demonstrated how multiangle intensity imaging offers unique tools for remote sensing of aerosol, cloud and surface properties. MISR observations of scattered light as a function of view angle and wavelength are used to retrieve aerosol amounts over the globe, including areas where separation of surface and aerosol signals is challenging (e.g., bright deserts). Partitioning into different aerosol types helps determine the concentration of fine airborne particulate matter, a regulated pollutant. MISR data show that bidirectional reflectances are sensitive to surface roughness over ice sheets and to the 3-D structure of vegetation canopies. Global stereoscopic imaging and automated pattern matching algorithms provide maps of cloud-top heights and wind vectors, and are being used to determine the heights of smoke plumes, volcanic plumes and dust clouds in many areas of the world.