As the folks at MinuteEarth point out, the Earth formed as a rock. It is actually classified as a “rocky planet” and is unlikely to have had any water at all in the beginning. Now 70% of the “big blue marble” is covered in water. So where did it come from? Well, just as we are (literally)…
Stunning Video of Earth at Night from NASA
NASA pieced together two months of footage from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite to piece together this amazing animation of a (cloudless) Earth at night:
Stunning Video of Earth at Night from NASA
NASA pieced together two months of footage from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite to piece together this amazing animation of a (cloudless) Earth at night:
See and Hear the Earth in Brand New Ways
There is little doubt that the Earth is the most interesting thing within, at least, 5 light years of your present location. It has the greatest diversity of ecosystems and life (as we know it). It is mostly harmless and whether or not it has intelligent life is debatable. Nonetheless, it remains the only thing…
See and Hear the Earth in Brand New Ways
There is little doubt that the Earth is the most interesting thing within, at least, 5 light years of your present location. It has the greatest diversity of ecosystems and life (as we know it). It is mostly harmless and whether or not it has intelligent life is debatable. Nonetheless, it remains the only thing…