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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... Solar System ( 4,560 mya ) released and streamed freely in all directions . At this stage , the universe became transparent , as the earlier " fog " of particles and energy cleared . GALAXIES FORM Gravity now began to cause gas atoms to ...
... Solar System ( 4,560 mya ) released and streamed freely in all directions . At this stage , the universe became transparent , as the earlier " fog " of particles and energy cleared . GALAXIES FORM Gravity now began to cause gas atoms to ...
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... solar heating of the atmosphere , oceans , and land helps drive the whole global climatic system . Earth is also affected indirectly by storms , flares , and other intense activity on the solar surface , and the Sun plays a part in the ...
... solar heating of the atmosphere , oceans , and land helps drive the whole global climatic system . Earth is also affected indirectly by storms , flares , and other intense activity on the solar surface , and the Sun plays a part in the ...
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... SOLAR ECLIPSES An eclipse of the Sun occurs when the Moon partially or totally blocks sunlight from reaching part of the Earth . About 25-30 percent of eclipses are total , with the Moon completely obscuring the Sun for a few moments ...
... SOLAR ECLIPSES An eclipse of the Sun occurs when the Moon partially or totally blocks sunlight from reaching part of the Earth . About 25-30 percent of eclipses are total , with the Moon completely obscuring the Sun for a few moments ...
Contents
MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Lebentz | 6 |
THE EARTH IN SPACE | 43 |
THE ANATOMY OF THE EARTH | 53 |
Copyright | |
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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