What the astronauts felt when they saw Earth from space changed them forever. Author and artist Benjamin Grant aims to provoke this same feeling of overwhelming scale and beauty in each of us through a series of stunning satellite images that show the effects human beings are having on the planet. “If we can adopt a more expansive perspective, embrace the truth of what is going on and contemplate the long-term health of our planet, we will create a better, safer and smarter future for our one and only home,” Grant says.
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What it feels like to see Earth from space | Benjamin Grant
December 20, 2017
More from this series:
- You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipse | David Baron
- What a planet needs to sustain life | Dave Brain
- How I found a mythical boiling river in the Amazon | Andrés Ruzo
- Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth | Zaria Forman
- The mysterious world of underwater caves | Jill Heinerth
- The secrets I find on the mysterious ocean floor | Laura Robinson
- What it feels like to see Earth from space | Benjamin Grant
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle
- What rivers can tell us about the earth’s history | Liz Hajek
- Tiny satellites that photograph the entire planet, every day | Will Marshall
- Stunning Photos of the Endangered Everglades | Mac Stone | TED Talks
- Dan Berkenstock: The world is one big dataset. Now, how to photograph it …