„In the middle of the 20th century, we saw our planet from space for the first time. Historians may eventually find that this Vision had a greater impact on thought
than did the Copernican Revolution of the 16th century, which upset the human
self-image by revealing that the Earth is not the centre of the universerse.
From space, we see a small and fragile ball dominated not by human activity
and edifice but by a pattern of clouds, oceans, greenery, and soils.
Humanity’s inability to fit ist activities into that pattern is changing planetary systems, fundamentally. Many such changes are accompanied by life-threatening hazards.
This new reality, from which there is no escape, must be recognized – and managed.“
Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future, From One Earth to One World, presented to the UN General Assembly, 1987,
www.un-documents.net/our-common-future.pdf (viewed 14th August 2014)
ISS HD Earth Viewing Experiment
Enjoy a breath taking view on Planet Earth live from the ISS by doing a ‚click‘ on the picture (you should try it at different Points of time, if you do not see a Picture immediately):
Find a lot of fotos and videos from space at http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/! What is this little planet – this livable and marvellous place to be – worth to be done to save it?
Additionally the following video is worth to view:
Nice pictures of our planet earth are not only made from space:
We have now 27362 free images of the beauty of the Earth. Share yours: http://t.co/Lih6amnwHt
— Wiki Loves Earth (@WikiLovesEarth) May 21, 2014
National Geographic Videos
National Geographic Videos: The Power of Photography, http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ng-live/balog-prove-lecture-nglive