Orbit
NASA astronauts photograph the earth
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Author
Contributions
- Helfert, Michael R. - Contributor
- Wilkinson, Justin. - Contributor
- Ressmeyer, Roger, 1954- - Contributor
Publication
1996 - National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C, District of Columbia
Language
English
Word Count
55,750 words, Guess
Page Count
223 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveorbitnasaastrona00aptj
- ISBN-100792237145
- ISBN-100792237153
- ISBN-139780792237143
- ISBN-139780792237150
Classifications
- DDC910/.22/2
- LCCTR713 .A68 1996
- LCCTR713.A68 1996
and 2 more
- LCCTR713.O73 1996
- LCCTR713 .O73 1996
Description
"Orbit takes the reader into space for astronaut's views of home: Cape Cod arching into the Atlantic, Mount Everest casting its shadow over lesser peaks, the sands of the Sahara arrayed in endless patterns. Like any travelers, these voyagers in space have aimed their cameras at sights that startled their eyes. They have flown through the aurora and captured its rippling, mystic colors. They have looked down upon storms and volcanoes. And they have documented the human imprint upon the Earth: the scarred forests, the topsoil washing into the sea. As these matchless photos show, we now keep a vigil over our Earth, a vigil that will help us preserve this realm of fragile beauty."--BOOK JACKET.
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