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Dangers of Low-Earth Orbit
Artwork showing two of the potential dangers of low-Earth orbit. Since the late 1950s, the amount of junk in orbit around the Earth has escalated dramatically. The debris includes pieces of old spacecraft and objects accidentally dropped by astronaut...
Keywords: ... te, CME, coronal mass ejection, danger, Earth orbit, LEO, limb, low-Earth orbit, ...

Destination Earth - V4
An asteroid approaches the Earth. Near-Earth asteroids are a constant threat to our planet....
Keywords: ... anger, gibbous phase, impact, NEA, near-Earth asteroid, planet Earth, the Earth, ...

Earth Magnetic Field - V4
Conceptual image showing the magnetic field that surrounds and penetrates the planet Earth. Magnetic field lines emerge from the south magnetic pole, bend overhead and converge at the north magnetic pole, which is offset from the geographic north pol...
Keywords: ... lines, magnet, magnetic, planet, planet Earth, poles, terrestrial, the Earth ...

Stromatolites on Archaean Earth - V1
Archaean Earth. Illustration of the Earth as it may have been in the Archaean Eon (3.8 to 2.5 billion years ago) in its early history. At this time there was considerably more volcanic activity on Earth, its crust was beginning to cool and its heat f...
Keywords: Adobe Photoshop, Archaean, Blender 3D, cyanobacteria, early Earth, early life, e...

Stromatolites on Archaean Earth - V2
Archaean Earth. Illustration of the Earth as it may have been in the Archaean Eon (3.8 to 2.5 billion years ago) in its early history. At this time there was considerably more volcanic activity on Earth, its crust was beginning to cool and its heat f...
Keywords: Adobe Photoshop, Archaean, Blender 3D, cyanobacteria, early Earth, early life, e...

Sunrise Over Earth - V3
An impression of the Sun rising over the Earth, as seen from space. On the dark side of the Earth, cities can be seen illuminating the night....
Keywords: ... masses, lens flare, limb, orbit, planet Earth, sky, Solar System, sunrise, sunse ...

Earth from the Moon - V2
Illustration of an exaggerated Earth seen from the surface of the Moon. The Sun is behind us and below the horizon, so the Earth is seen in gibbous phase, its blue light providing the illumination for the scene. No stars are seen here - they are wash...
Keywords: ... phase, landscape, lunar, oceans, planet Earth, Solar System, surface, the Moon ...

Early Earth - V5
Animation of erupting volcanoes, lava flows and storms on the primordial Earth. The Moon is seen in the sky. At this early stage, the Moon was far closer to Earth than it is now. During the Archaean epoch of the Earth's past, between 2.5-4 billion ye...
Keywords: ... a, primeval, primitive, primordial, the Earth, the Moon, volcanic, volcanism ...

Primitive Earth - V3
Animation of erupting volcanoes, lava flows and storms on the primordial Earth. The Moon is seen in the sky through the clouds. At this early stage, the Moon was far closer to Earth than it is now. During the Archaean Eon of the Earth's past, between...
Keywords: ... a, primeval, primitive, primordial, the Earth, the Moon, volcanic, volcanism ...

Earth Then and Now
Illustration conceptualizing the formation of the Moon. The left side shows a collision between the early Earth and a smaller rocky protoplanet about the size of modern-day Mars. The right shows the Earth and Moon today....
Keywords: ... escent phase, formation, impact, planet Earth, Theia, the Moon ...

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