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 Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Norse mythology, the Earth goddess Jord was the mother of Thor and the daughter of Annar.
From Earth the main apparent motion of celestial bodies in the sky (except meteors which are within the atmosphere and low-orbiting satellites) is the movement to the west at a rate of 15 °/h= 15'/min, i.e., a Sun or Moon diameter every two minutes.
The Chinese Earth goddess Hou-Tu is similar to Gaia, the deification of the Earth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earth   (3179 words)

  
 Earth
Earth is the only planet on which water can exist in liquid form on the surface (though there may be liquid ethane or methane on Titan's surface and liquid water beneath the surface of Europa).
In Roman Mythology, the goddess of the Earth was
The Earth is 4.5 to 4.6 billion years old, but the oldest known rocks are about 4 billion years old and rocks older than 3 billion years are rare.
www.nineplanets.org /earth.html   (1590 words)

  
 Earth Introduction
The Earth and Moon were imaged by Mariner 10 from 2.6 million kilometers while completing the first ever Earth-Moon encounter by a spacecraft capable of returning high resolution digital color image data.
Earth is the 3rd planet from the Sun at a distance of about 150 million kilometers (93.2 million miles).
Earth is the only planet in the solar system known to harbor life.
www.solarviews.com /eng/earth.htm   (1583 words)

  
 THE EARTH - ENCHANTED LEARNING SOFTWARE
The Earth's axis is tilted from perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic by 23.45°.
The Earth's atmosphere is a thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.
The Earth is closest to the Sun (this is called perihelion) around January 2 each year (91.4 million miles = 147.1 million km); it is farthest away from the Sun (this is called aphelion) around July 2 each year (94.8 million miles = 152.6 million km).
www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/astronomy/planets/earth   (929 words)

  
 EARTH
The simplest level of EARTH is the easily accessible Java browser module, a simplified browser-enabled version that shows the Earth from a high orbital view.
Networked EARTH represents all the online viewers by positioning satellites, and indicates a "best guess" as to where that viewer is in reality, located on the planet.
The overview of EARTH is projected on a translucent latex weather balloon, placing the three-dimensional EARTH rendering in the "real," three-dimensional world.
www.cityarts.com /earth   (646 words)

  
 How to destroy the Earth @ Things Of Interest
Earth's final resting place: While Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are gas giants composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, they are massive enough to actually hold on to their tenuous atmospheres.
Accelerating the Earth's rotation is a rather different matter from moving it.
Moving the Earth out to Jupiter is much the same as moving the Earth in towards the Sun, the most obvious difference being your choice of vectors.
qntm.org /destroy   (9096 words)

  
 Earth Day
When I first conceived of Earth Day, a global holiday to celebrate the wonder of life on our planet, I thought long and hard about the day on which it should fall.
Designating the First Day of Spring, March 21, 1970 to be Earth Day, this day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a Proclamation signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations where it is observed each year.
The first Proclamation of Earth Day was by San Francisco, the City of Saint Francis, patron saint of ecology.
www.earthsite.org /day.htm   (437 words)

  
 Earth
Earth is the only planet known to support life and to have liquid water at the surface.
Earth, our home planet, is a beautiful blue and white ball when seen from space.
The third planet from the Sun, it is the largest of the inner planets.
www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/earth/earth.html   (89 words)

  
 Earth and Moon Viewer
The Earth and Moon Viewer would have been enormously more difficult to implement without the help of the software and imagery mentioned in the credits.
Home Planet, Earth screen saver, Sky screen saver, Moontool, Craters screen saver, and an Excel catalogue of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.
In addition to the Earth, you can also view the Moon from the Earth, Sun, night side, above named formations on the lunar surface.
www.fourmilab.ch /earthview/vplanet.html   (335 words)

  
 International Earth Day- The Official Site (www.earthsite.org) Spring/Vernal Equinox - The Great Day of Earth
Earth Day, celebrated on the Spring or Vernal Equinox, is the most significant day of the year, because people from all nations, backgrounds, races, colors, religions, and all other human-made barriers celebrate their similarities: living on Earth.
EARTH DAY reminds the people of the world of the need for continuing care which is vital to Earth’s safety.
"EARTH DAY uses one of humanity’s great discoveries, the discovery of anniversaries by which, throughout time, human beings have kept their sorrows and their joys, their victories, their revelations and their obligations alive, for re-celebration and re-dedication another year, another decade, another century, another eon.
www.earthsite.org   (1132 words)

  
 Earth's Interior
The earth cannot be a large permanent magnet, since magnetic minerals lose their magnetism when they are hotter than about 500 degrees C. Almost all of the earth is hotter, and the only other way to make a magnetic field is with a circulating electric current.
The Earth has to have a molten, fluid core to explain the lack of S waves in the shadow zone, and the bending of P waves to form their shadow zone.
Knowing that the Earth has a radius of about 6350 km, you have a right triangle where the cosine of half of 105 degrees equals the radius of the core divided by the radius of the earth.
www.seismo.unr.edu /ftp/pub/louie/class/100/interior.html   (1483 words)

  
 Welcome to the Earth Policy Institute, dedicated to building an environmentally sustainable economy: an "eco-economy."
The Earth Policy Institute is a Partner in the Green Power Partnership, an EPA voluntary program working to reduce the emissions associated with conventional electricity generation by encouraging organizations to switch a specific percentage of their electricity to green power.
EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE™ is a registered mark of Earth Policy Institute.
Welcome to Earth Policy Institute, dedicated to providing a vision of an environmentally sustainable economy—an eco-economy—as well as a roadmap of how to get from here to there.
www.earth-policy.org   (1109 words)

  
 Earth Share Online
Earth Share is dedicated to supporting the vital state, national and international organizations working to protect the environment and our well-being every day.
Earth Share partners with employees and employers across the country to support hundreds of environmental groups through efficient and effective payroll contribution giving.
Earth Share, a nationwide network of the most respected environmental and conservation organizations, offers a simple way to care for our health, water, air, land and wildlife.
www.earthshare.org   (199 words)

  
 The Earth Charter Initiative
After the first meeting of the new Earth Charter International Council, hosted by the University for Peace, Earth Charter and UPEACE delegates met with Nobel Peace Prize winner and Costa Rica's President Elect, Oscar Arias.
The Earth Charter Initiative is in a transition to a new phase, and this complete report of the Earth Charter+5 meeting in Amsterdam, Nov. 2005, also serves as a summary guide to the exciting changes that are under way.
The Earth Charter is in use all over the world as a foundation document for decision making and governance, as an educational tool, and as a practical guide to action.
www.earthcharter.org   (429 words)

  
 NASA Earth Observatory
Earth from Space: Iceberg Knocks the Block Off Drygalski Ice Tongue (April 7) An enormous iceberg recently rammed into the well-known Drygalski Ice Tongue, a large sheet of glacial ice and snow in the Central Ross Sea in Antarctica, breaking off the tongue's easternmost tip.
To fully utilize all of the functionality of the Earth Observatory, it is recommended that you use at least a version 4.0 compatible browser.
We're a part of NASA's Earth Sciences Division
earthobservatory.nasa.gov   (119 words)

  
 The Earth Network for Sustainable Development
The Earth Council Institute, a non-governmental organization that derives its legal status from the Earth Council Foundation in Canada, has temporarily suspended its operations in Costa Rica and is now actively functioning from Ontario, Canada.
While the Earth Council used to serve as the umbrella of the Earth Charter Secretariat, over the course of the last few years, the International Secretariat for the Earth Charter Initiative has been functioning independently with its own governing board.
Because of increasing pressures on the Earth's life support systems, there is an urgent need to resolve major conflicts of interests regarding the use, care and sharing of resources.
www.ecouncil.ac.cr   (441 words)

  
 Earth Force
Earth Force field offices run programs in communities across the country.
Staples Foundation for Learning announced a $150,000 grant to Earth Force, Inc., a nationally recognized leader in environmental education based in Alexandria, Virginia.
This marks the third year that Staples Foundation for Learning and Earth Force have worked together to provide educators and students with opportunities to learn about community environmental issues.
www.earthforce.org   (199 words)

  
 SAVAGE EARTH Online
Presented on PBS by Thirteen/WNET in New York, SAVAGE EARTH is co-produced by Thirteen/WNET and Granada Television.
SAVAGE EARTH is made possible by PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
SAVAGE EARTH is closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
www.pbs.org /wnet/savageearth   (284 words)

  
 Earth Observatory Newsroom: Blue Marble Next Generation
In celebration of the deployment of its Earth Observing System, NASA is pleased to share the newest in its series of stunning Earth images, affectionately named the “Blue Marble.&; This new Earth imagery enhances the Blue Marble legacy by providing a detailed look at an entire year in the life of our planet.
The Blue Marble: Next Generation is a series of images that show the color of the Earth’s surface for each month of 2004 at very high resolution (500 meters/pixel) at a global scale.
Full-resolution, subsetted, and reduced-resolution files are available on the Blue Marble Next Generation collection on NASA’s Visible Earth.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/BlueMarble   (1012 words)

  
 Planet Earth Texture Maps
The Earth is a complex planet to render.
This map is a synthesis between my original earth map, gradient mapping of the USGS DEM information, hand painting, DEM modulation of detail, bathyspheric depth information, and the USGS Ocean clip.
Use this as a bump map to give the appearance of the Earth's rugged surface features.
planetpixelemporium.com /earth.html   (731 words)

  
 The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
Beginning with the Mercury missions in the early 1960s, astronauts have taken photographs of the Earth.
British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle stated, "Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available - once the sheer isolation of the Earth becomes known - a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose."
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth.
earth.jsc.nasa.gov   (251 words)

  
 earth shoes based on the comfortable earthshoes of the 70s. Designed earthfootwear negative heel technology by Anne Kalso. Casuals sandals boots for the I-Generation : independent forward thinkers.
earth shoes based on the comfortable earthshoes of the 70s.
Earth®, Earth Vegan™, ANNE KALSO®, Negative Heel® Technology, Gelron2000®, Different.
Designed earthfootwear negative heel technology by Anne Kalso.
www.earth.us   (49 words)

  
 The Earth Simulator Center
Tetsuya Sato, the Director-General of the Earth Simulator Center, has received the second John Dawson Prize at ICNSPandAPPTC joint international conference, which was held on July 12-15, 2005, at the Nara-Ken New Public Hall in Nara, Japan.
Annual Meeting for the Earth Simulator Research Projects in FY2005 will be held as follows.
"Journal of the Earth Simulator " page is updated
www.es.jamstec.go.jp /esc/eng   (87 words)

  
 Earth Science Picture of the Day
Earth Science Picture of the Day for April 17, 2006
accompanying caption, that deals with various topics in Earth Science.
Flip over a rock or log in many locations around the world and you will no doubt see a few grey sow bugs, pill bugs, or “rolly-pollys” scurrying to safety.
epod.usra.edu   (188 words)

  
 Burnt Earth Ceramic Musical Instruments - Home
Check out the first Burnt Earth video: Udu: Clay Pot Drums and How to Play Them
The Burnt Earth Ensemble and special guests performed a series of concerts in the Baltimore area March 18-20, 2005.
The new Burnt Earth Ensemble CD "Terra Cotta" is now available.
www.ninestones.com /burntearth.shtml   (235 words)

  
 Earthday Network Homepage
Earth Day 2006 will launch a sustained, three-year campaign to educate consumers, corporations and governments worldwide on the urgent need to take concrete steps on climate change now – before it’s too late.
Online quiz to measure your impact on the Earth's resources.
Our Goal For Earth Day ’06 – 10,000 Climate Change Events Worldwide.
www.earthday.org   (108 words)

  
 This Dynamic Earth--Contents [USGS]
See also This Dynamic Planet, the map showing the Earth's physiographic features, current plate movements, and locations of volcanoes, earthquakes, and impact craters.
View of the planet Earth from the Apollo spacecraft.
You can download a Portable Document Format version of This Dynamic Earth [3.73 MB].
pubs.usgs.gov /publications/text/dynamic.html#anchor10790904   (164 words)

  
 Earth Day Flag
The Earth Flag was designed in 1970 by Earth Day founder and pioneer John McConnell, an early leader in the international peace movement.
A portion of the sales price of every Flag sold is donated to the Earth Day Foundation headed by John McConnell, the founder of Earth Day.
The Earth Flag has been presented to U.S. Presidents, to foreign dignitaries, to leaders of the Russian and Chinese governments when early western hemisphere delegations visited these countries in the 1970's and 1980's, and is proudly waved at Earth Day celebrations throughout the world.
www.earthsite.org /flag.htm   (164 words)

  
 Earth
Not only are we reissuing Earths 3rd album on CD, we re issuing all 4 of their catalogue pieces on vinyl.
With "Hex", EARTH has created a intensely powerful album that defies the normal restrictions of a particular genre.
With each album released EARTH progresses and diversifies their sound, pushing all boundaries of preconception.
www.thronesanddominions.com   (536 words)

  
 Welcome to Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth is the U.S. voice of Friends of the Earth International, an influential, international network of grassroots groups in more
The Great Warming - a new film, sponsored by Friends of the Earth and a number of other groups, examines the impacts of global warming.
Sign up for Friends of the Earth eNews
www.foe.org   (260 words)

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