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SJS/GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: The evolution of Above can be seen as an 'Overview', the beginnings of a new vision and perspective of life on Earth. Humans first ascended into the heavens and envisioned Earth from Above with NASA Apollo missions. In December 1968 the Apollo 8 astronauts looked out their spaceship window as they were orbiting around the Moon and they were surprised...

Earth was coming into view, rising in the distance...

The three astronauts scrambled for a camera and, fortuitously, 'Earthrise' images were captured and from space soon delivered home.

In January 1969 a full-color majestic picture of our home planet was on the cover of Life Magazine. Our rising home planet surprising and overwhelming us all. Humanities vie of our world began to change...

Later astronaut pictures, Apollo 17 images looking back at our blue planet, would be called 'Blue Marble' Earth. We shimmered in space, full of potential...

Yet internationally our world was riven with war and conflict. It was a Nuclear era and Nuclear weapons bristled as two nations threatened catastrophe. The Atomic Age with its life ending Atomic Bomb hovered above us all.

The times called for peace, environmental protection, anti-nuke action -- and so we began...

Earth in human hands...

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

-- T. S. Eliot

From our new vantage point, looking back from Earth's moon, humanity's understanding of ourselves and our place as stewards of life on Earth sprung forth. Overnight it seemed many realized we needed to go beyond the peace movement. Soon we began talking and planning for the first Earth Day. The modern environmental movement had work to do and we set ourselves to the task at hand.

New ways of seeing national security began with 'we're all planet citizens'. Above, looking back home, our Blue Planet calls to us to protect and secure life on Earth.

New Definitions of National & Global Security

• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Definitions_of_National_Security

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:New_Definitions_of_National_Security

• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security

• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security,_National_Security

Visit GreenPolicy360's Associate -- Strategic Demands

• http://strategicdemands.com/
• http://strategicdemands.com/about/
• http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/
• http://strategicdemands.com/new-definitions-of-security/

Planet Citizens

Look at how thin our atmosphere is

Earth Science Research from Space

• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations

• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Pale_blue_dot

• http://www.earthpov.com

• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/HelloEarth

• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/@Earth360

• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Blue_Marble_photo_-_Apollo_17.jpg

• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Apollo.jpg

• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Whole_Earth

• #PlanetCitizens #StrategicDemands #ThinBlueLayer

• #Earth360 #EnvironmentalSecurity #GreenPolicy360;

Envisioning the Big Picture and Acting to Make a Difference

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Labs_Doves_Fly

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_is

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API

Blue Marble, Pale Blue Dot

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