earth (planet)

Thirty-five full-color paintings show the changing face of the earth from the first cataclysmic upheavals through the various ages to the time of man.

Discusses the Earth and its natural features, climate, and products.

Presents illustrated profiles of each planet in the solar system as well as the sun, the moon, the asteroid belt, comets, and telescopes.

Information about the ways nature and humans are making changes to the landscape around the world, sometimes quickly -- earthquakes or quarrying, sometimes more slowly -- cave formation and erosion or desert reclamation.

Enumerates some of the features of the planet Earth, including its climate zones, oceans, and deserts, going from one up to ten and then back down to one again.

Introduces the idea of cycles in nature, and discusses the continuing rotation of day and night, explaining the importance of each to people, plants, and animals.

Explains Earth, its atmosphere, its layers, and how it was formed.

Photographs and text describe the unique characteristics of animals, large or small and from various habitats, to illustrate their importance to the world's ecology.

Examines such physical features, movements, and phenomena of the earth as rocks, minerals, volcanoes, earthquakes, landscape changes, the seasons, gravity, and the atmosphere.

Collection of photographs taken by NASA astronauts from space of features they found to be interesting or special, including selections from missions ranging from the 1960s through the 1990s.