EarthJames F. Luhr In the best-selling tradition of Smithsonian Animal, this extraordinary survey of our planet provides unrivaled insight into the forces and processes that formed our environment and which continue to influence its evolution. With thousands of breathtaking photographs and unique visual catalogues of the features and phenomena that take place on Earth--such as rocks, minerals, and mountains to tropical rainforests and the different types of clouds--Earth contains the most up-to-date ideas on how our world works, a compelling review on the health of the planet, and unbelievable images of the world's most stunning features. |
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... Clouds form when moist air cools to its dew - point temperature . Air becomes cooler if it is forced to rise , and so cloud often forms in rising air . The height at which water vapor condenses in rising air marks the cloud base . Air ...
... Clouds form when moist air cools to its dew - point temperature . Air becomes cooler if it is forced to rise , and so cloud often forms in rising air . The height at which water vapor condenses in rising air marks the cloud base . Air ...
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... cloud that forms a featureless , gray layer covering most or all of the sky is called stratus . It consists entirely ... CLOUDS PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDS LOW LEVEL Cumulonimbus DISTRIBUTION Worldwide except Antarctica. WEATHER.
... cloud that forms a featureless , gray layer covering most or all of the sky is called stratus . It consists entirely ... CLOUDS PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDS LOW LEVEL Cumulonimbus DISTRIBUTION Worldwide except Antarctica. WEATHER.
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... cloud that consists entirely of ice crystals is called cirrus . It is thin and wispy , and has a fibrous appearance . Once it starts forming , its ice crystals grow until they reach a maximum size of about 1/500 in ( 0.05 mm ) across ...
... cloud that consists entirely of ice crystals is called cirrus . It is thin and wispy , and has a fibrous appearance . Once it starts forming , its ice crystals grow until they reach a maximum size of about 1/500 in ( 0.05 mm ) across ...
Contents
MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Lebentz | 6 |
THE EARTH IN SPACE | 43 |
THE ANATOMY OF THE EARTH | 53 |
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Africa Antarctica Arctic Asia ATLANTIC OCEAN atmosphere Australia basaltic Basin boundary calcite carbon cave China climate cloud coast COLOR COMPOSITION contain continental cool coral Corbis crater crust CRYSTAL SYSTEM deep deposits desert Earth Earth's surface earthquake east erosion eruptions Europe evaporation fault flows forest fossil glacier glacier TERMINUS grains grasslands Gulf heat ice sheet igneous rocks impact intrusions island Lake land landscape largest lava layers limestone LOCATION magma mantle MAXIMUM DEPTH metamorphic meteorite million square km million years ago minerals mountains North America northern northwest occurs oceanic crust PACIFIC OCEAN Pacific Plate percent plants Plateau produce pyroclastic flows rain rainfall rainforest range reefs region ridges Rift rise river sand sea level sediment sedimentary rocks soil solar South southeast southern species square miles Stratovolcano streams subduction tectonic plates temperature trees tropical TYPE valley volcanic warm weathering wetlands wind world's zone