Observing Project
Use Starry Night™ to view Earth from space. Select Favourites > Explorations > Earth from the menu to place yourself about 12,238 km above Earth’s surface. Use the location scroller to rotate Earth beneath you, allowing you to view different parts of its surface. Is there any evidence for the presence of an atmosphere on Earth? Explain.
Use Starry Night™ to view Earth from space. Open the view named Favourites > Explorations > Earth’s Surface. The view shows the rotating Earth from a point in space about 12,000 km above the surface. The clouds and atmosphere have been removed from the image and the side of Earth facing away from the Sun is artificially brightened so that you may use the location scroller and Zoom controls to inspect the entire surface of our home planet. (a) Can you see any evidence of plate tectonics on Earth? (b) Can you see any evidence of life or of man-made structures or objects?
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