Earth

Thanks to country music, poorly written sit coms, and fourth grade science, we know that the earth is the third planet from the sun. Scientists tell us that the earth is over four and a half billion years old. The earth, however, means more to us than the random facts and proportions we can find in a textbook. It is our home, the source of life, from its muck mankind emerged, and into its dark recesses mankind will return. For over four thousand years, mankind has pondered earth and its place among the distant stars. In the 1960s the first few explorers, through clever artifice, defied the unyielding clutches of gravity and saw the earth for what it is, a small chunk of improbability floating in an endless space. Every astronaut who has seen earth from space claims to have been changed in some way. Luckily the space program has produced a number of pictures of earth from space and we can see what they saw. Read More...

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	Hubble Telescope Hubble [More Info]	To adjust print size, add frames, mats and see prices...
	Moon over Earth Earth and Moon [More Info]	To adjust print size, add frames, mats and see prices...
	Moon with Earth Moon with Earth [More Info]	To adjust print size, add frames, mats and see prices...
	Schmitt with Flag Above Earth Flag and Earth [More Info]	To adjust print size, add frames, mats and see prices...
	Snow laden Winter scene of snow laden tree in the high country of eastern Washington. [More Info]	To adjust print size, add frames, mats and see prices...
	Space Station Space Station [More Info]	To adjust print size, add frames, mats and see prices...
	Space Walk Space Walk [More Info]	To adjust print size, add frames, mats and see prices...
	Suntree Personally, I think sunflowers are over-rated ;-) This photograph was taken at the foothills of m... [More Info]	To adjust print size, add frames, mats and see prices...
	The Maelstrom Inspired by the warrior- spirit of hurricane Katrina survivors, The Maelstrom is a strong piece of artwork. Joan used the hands of actual survivors to model for this piece. View the warriors in the central portion; you will eventually identify a wizard, pirate, African king, Spanish Conquistidor, spear- hurling Arab, an Israeli woman,and East Indian [More Info]	To adjust print size, add frames, mats and see prices...
	Windmill Windmill in snow covered wheatfield in Rearden Washington [More Info]	To adjust print size, add frames, mats and see prices...

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