Earth from Space: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

by Andrew K. Johnston

Book Overview

Three hundred spectacular views of Earth taken by the latest generation of satellites. For orbiting satellites, no place on Earth is isolated. The Himalayas are as easy to photograph as Manhattan.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552978206
• ISBN13: 9781552978207
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

This book could be useful as well as being "an eye catcher"

This should be a delight to look at as well as useful for all age groups as well as useful to geologists like myself and of course geographers.

Earth From Space: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

The condition of the book is good. It took about 10 days to delivery the book from US to Hong Kong. The delivery is quick.

The view from above

This collection of color satellite images is fascinating and awe inspiring. Dramatic images show weather phenomena like active hurricanes, forest fires and tornado paths. Rivers, oceans, lakes and deserts illustrate the varieties of our planet and other images show how man-made constructions have altered the earth. Especially distressing are images that show the effects of deforestation and oil spills. Cities like Paris and New York are featured as well as famous structures like the pyramids, Statue of Liberty, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in New Orleans and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. City views alone would make a fascinating book - this volume shows aerial views of Paris, New York, Venice, San Francisco, San Diego, Pittsburg, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. One of the most memorable images is a photo of Earth taken at night showing city lights.

really nice visuals

Lots of computer graphic enhanced pics, Not alot of text, But it does have lots of pics of the natural world and human impact. A must for a geography lovers library.