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Alexander Gerst on the #ISS Astro Gerst blog

"Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is between humankind and deadly space." [1]

June 17 - Alexander Gerst on the #ISS [2]

A thin atmospheric layer enabling life as we know it... [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

We are just beginning to geo-monitor our thin atmosphere, earth and biosphere from space... [12] [13]

Beginning with first-ever images of our home planet, Earth, taken from the Apollo era... [14] [15]

We are now flying eyes-in-the-sky, earth-monitoring producing first-generation data and #sustainability realizations.

An #EarthPOV, a visual Overview that, over time, will educate and inform us...

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A "paper thin" layer absorbing the sum of human-produced hydrocarbon & emission "externalities"

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Tag: #EarthPOV; #Overview; #Troposphere; #ThinLayer

Permalink: http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_is

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-We are just beginning to geo-monitor our '''thin atmosphere,''' earth and biosphere from space... [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites]
+We are just beginning to geo-monitor our '''thin atmosphere,''' earth and biosphere from space... [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites] [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/]
-[http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/]
 Beginning with first-ever images of our home planet, Earth, taken from the Apollo era... [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/From_Apollo_4.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Whole_Earth_1972_Apollo_17.jpg]
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 We are now flying eyes-in-the-sky, earth-monitoring producing first-generation data and #sustainability realizations.
-An #EarthPOV, [https://vimeo.com/55073825 '''a visual Overview'''] that, over time, will educate and inform us...
+An [http://www.earthpov.com #EarthPOV], [https://vimeo.com/55073825 '''a visual Overview'''] that, over time, will educate and inform us...
-[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_is '''Seeing how thin our atmosphere is''']
-NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2): A game changer? http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105 [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog]
-'''Seeing climate change from space:''' NASA creates image-based iPad app [http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/18/climate-change-nasa-app/]
-Soon, each of us will be able to connect to and share earth-data as students of earth-space science and new digital networks.
-With open data, links and digital apps, schools and future generations will learn new ways of seeing as citizens of the planet.
-[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/3D_Overview.jpg '''Isn't it about time we look carefully?''']
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-'''Micro-satellites - #earthdata from space''' #atmosphere and #earthresources[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites]
 [[File:ISS Atmosphere .jpg]]
-"Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is between humankind and deadly space"
-- Astronaut Alexander Gerst, June 2014 / http://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst
 A "paper thin" layer absorbing the sum of human-produced hydrocarbon & emission [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Isn%27t_it_time.jpg "externalities"]

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