Earth from Above is a United Nations-supported ecological project conceived and led by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The project includes a photo essay-style collection...

of humans on the planet. He is especially well known for his book Earth from Above (1999) and his films Home (2009) and Human (2015). It is because of...

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one...

miles) above mean sea level (AMSL). "First Photo From Space". October 24, 2006. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. "The First Image of Earth Taken...

A medium Earth orbit (MEO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an altitude above a low Earth orbit (LEO) and below a high Earth orbit (HEO) – between 2,000...

direction as viewed from above the Northern Hemisphere. One complete orbit takes 365.256 days (1 sidereal year), during which time Earth has traveled 940 million km...

"Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" ("From Heaven Above to Earth I Come") is a hymn text relating to the Nativity of Jesus, written by Martin Luther in...

Elliott from Earth is a British animated television series created by Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves and Tony Hull for Cartoon Network, and produced by...

There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of 7,200 m (23,600 ft; 4.5 mi) or greater above sea level. Of these, 14 are more than 8,000 m...

Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018. the low-Earth orbit (LEO) environment, defined as 200–1,000 km above Earth's surface...

2% that of the Earth, and its diameter is 3,474 km (2,159 mi), roughly one-quarter of Earth's (about as wide as the United States from coast to coast)...

point with the highest elevation above sea level on the Earth, it is not the summit that is farthest from the Earth's center. Because of the equatorial...

cults. Olympic gods are understood to reference that which exists above the earth, particularly in the sky. Gods that are related to agriculture are...

retained by Earth's gravity. The atmosphere serves as a protective buffer between the Earth's surface and outer space, shields the surface from most meteoroids...

Space: Above and Beyond is an American science fiction television series that aired on Fox, created and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Planned...

converted into earth. Separate thou the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross sweetly with great industry. It ascends from the earth to the heaven...

Above the Earth, Below the Sky is the first full-length studio album by American post-rock band If These Trees Could Talk. It was independently released...

236 mi) in altitude above Earth's equator, 42,164 km (26,199 mi) in radius from Earth's center, and following the direction of Earth's rotation. An object...

the rotation axis in space. Earth rotates eastward, in prograde motion. As viewed from the northern polar star Polaris, Earth turns counterclockwise. The...

Israelites also imagined the Earth to be a disc floating on water with an arched firmament above it that separated the Earth from the heavens. The sky was...

effect is a cognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. Researchers have characterized the effect as "a state of awe with...

such as The Trail, Days of Glory, Live and Become, The First Cry, Earth from Above, Bab'Aziz and Home. Since Amen., he has also collaborated with Costa-Gavras...

Earth radius (denoted as R🜨 or RE) is the distance from the center of Earth to a point on or near its surface. Approximating the figure of Earth by an...

just above the horizon, most distinct when the sky is clear. Since the angular sizes of the Sun and the Moon, visible from the surface of the Earth, are...

of the 'heart' as the dust jacket art to his books The Earth from the Air and Earth from Above. Voh is also the closest large settlement to the enormous...

astronauts are returning to Earth when their vessel is forced off course during re-entry. They struggle to survive after being cut off from contact as their capsule...

location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential...

Heavens-Above is a non-profit website developed and maintained by Chris Peat as Heavens-Above GmbH. The web site is dedicated to helping people observe...

The concept of the documentary was inspired by the director's book Earth from Above. The film had its world festival premiere at the Dawn Breakers International...

Earth's magnetic field, also known as the geomagnetic field, is the magnetic field that extends from Earth's interior out into space, where it interacts...