EarthBall II - Satellite
Imagery Inflatable Globe
NASA Satellite imagery is utilized to present this "earth as seen
from space" inflatable globe that will fascinate and inspire all ages.
Nearly 40" in diameter! View the continents close-up; the grasslands
of Africa, the Himalayan Mountains; gain a new perspective on the
relationships between continents as you contemplate this world without
political boundaries. Made of heavy-weight, durable vinyl, suitable
for classroom use. Ideal for promoting "global awareness" or Earth
themes.
Diameter 39.3"
Weight 5 lbs.
Model #: EARTHBALL II
$125.00
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 Quotations from
Astronauts who have seen the Earth from Space
- Looking outward to the blackness of space,
sprinkled with the glory of a universe of lights, I saw majesty - but no
welcome. Below was a welcoming planet. There, contained in the thin,
moving, incredibly fragile shell of the biosphere is everything that is
dear to you, all the human drama and comedy. That's where life is; that's
were all the good stuff is.
- Loren Acton, USA
- My first view - a panorama of brilliant deep blue
ocean, shot with shades of green and gray and white - was of atolls and
clouds. Close to the window I could see that this Pacific scene in motion
was rimmed by the great curved limb of the Earth. It had a thin halo of
blue held close, and beyond, black space. I held my breath, but something
was missing - I felt strangely unfulfilled. Here was a tremendous visual
spectacle, but viewed in silence. There was no grand musical
accompaniment; no triumphant, inspired sonata or symphony. Each one of us
must write the music of this sphere for ourselves.
- Charles Walker, USA
- The Earth was small, light blue, and so
touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The
Earth was absolutely round. I believe I never knew what the word round
meant until I saw Earth from space.
- Aleksei Leonov, USSR
- For those who have seen the Earth from space, and
for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most
certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world
are far more valuable than those which divide us.
- Donald Williams, USA
- The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree
ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther
away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the
most beautiful marble you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object
looked so fragile, so delicate, that if you touched it with a finger it
would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this has to change a man, has to make
a man appreciate the creation of God and the love of God.
- James Irwin, USA
- Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in
long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling
blue and white jewel, a light, delicate sky-blue sphere laced with slowly
swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick
sea of black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is
Earth . . . home.
- Edgar Mitchell, USA
- A Chinese tale tells of some men sent to harm a
young girl who, upon seeing her beauty, become her protectors rather than
her violators. That's how I felt seeing the Earth for the first time. "I
could not help but love and cherish her.
- Taylor Wang, China/USA
- My view of our planet was a glimpse of divinity.
- Edgar Mitchell, USA
- For the first time in my life I saw the horizon
as a curved line. It was accentuated by a thin seam of dark blue light -
our atmosphere. Obviously this was not the ocean of air I had been told it
was so many times in my life. I was terrified by its fragile appearance.
- Ulf Merbold, Federal Republic of Germany
- The sun truly "comes up like thunder," and it
sets just as fast. Each sunrise and sunset lasts only a few seconds. But
in that time you see at least eight different bands of color come and go,
from a brilliant red to the brightest and deepest blue. And you see
sixteen sunrises and sixteen sunsets every day you're in space. No sunrise
or sunset is ever the same.
- Joseph Allen, USA
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