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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... meteorite is the size of a house , or even larger . the force of the impact blasts out a crater . NAMIBIAN METEORITE This 60 - ton rock discovered at Hoba West , Namibia , is the largest meteorite to have been found on Earth . WOLFE ...
... meteorite is the size of a house , or even larger . the force of the impact blasts out a crater . NAMIBIAN METEORITE This 60 - ton rock discovered at Hoba West , Namibia , is the largest meteorite to have been found on Earth . WOLFE ...
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... meteorite that have not vaporized . The result is a bowl - shaped crater that is much larger than the meteorite . Rock fragments called ejecta are blasted far beyond the crater . Other fragments fall back into the hollow to form rocks ...
... meteorite that have not vaporized . The result is a bowl - shaped crater that is much larger than the meteorite . Rock fragments called ejecta are blasted far beyond the crater . Other fragments fall back into the hollow to form rocks ...
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... meteorite that impacted are scattered all around the crater , as are tiny metallic balls , which were created as the meteorite vaporized on impact . It was the presence of nickel - iron that CRATER AND CANYON The Colorado Plateau is ...
... meteorite that impacted are scattered all around the crater , as are tiny metallic balls , which were created as the meteorite vaporized on impact . It was the presence of nickel - iron that CRATER AND CANYON The Colorado Plateau is ...
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