5/28/09

"Our Earth as Art," Images from Space, USGS and NASA

The Yukon Delta, Images (and Text) courtesy of USGS National Center for EROS and NASA Landsat Project Science Office

"Welcome to the Earth as Art Gallery! Here you can view our planet through the beautiful images taken by the Landsat-7 satellite - and most recently, the Terra Satellite's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). This gallery of images uses the visceral avenue of art to convey the thrilling perspective of the Earth that satellites provide to the viewer...

...The Earth as Art on-line gallery premiered in July 2002 and has been hugely popular. We are so glad that the beautiful satellite imagery of our planet has made such a huge impact..." - Maggie Masetti , GSFC Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics

Link Our Earth as Art, USGS/NASA Web Site

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