Environmental scientists were to have a new set of eyes starting this week, thanks to a brand new satellite intended to help make sense of carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere.
Currently being passed around the blogosphere are a set of images that offer a refreshing change of pace for those who think of the Earth’s makeup as dully competing swaths of green, brown and blue. These photos, which offer startling contrasts and modernist geometries, don’t look quite real, and in a way [...]