Draws on satellite images from NASA to trace the natural history of the planet, describing the forces that have shaped Earth's geography and highlighting noteworthy features, including volcanoes, asteroid craters, river deltas, and glaciers.
A collection of 275 color satellite images of the Earth, organized around the four key themes of landforms, forces of nature, human impact, and major cities; with discussion of how the pictures were obtained and what they show.
Draws on satellite images from NASA to trace the natural history of the planet, describing the forces that have shaped Earth's geography and highlighting noteworthy features, including volcanoes, asteroid craters, river deltas, and glaciers.
Contains satellite images of twenty sites in the United States, each accompanied by text that describes the natural features in the picture, as well as a photograph taken of the same location at ground level.
