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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:
... m, spacecraft, space craft, space junk, the
Earth, University of Warwick ...
Destination Earth - V4
An asteroid approaches the Earth. Near-Earth
asteroids are a constant threat to our planet....
Keywords:
... NEA, near-Earth asteroid, planet Earth, the
Earth, threat ...
Earth Magnetic Field - V4
... e, varies by about 15 km. The field, which closely resembles that of a bar
magnet, is generated by the dynamo effect. Inside the
Earth's outer core, convective heating causes cells of ionised metal to rise
and fall in a circular motion. These act lik ...
Keywords:
... anet, 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:
... formations, sea, smoke, stromatolites, the
Earth, volcano, water ...
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:
... formations, sea, smoke, stromatolites, the
Earth, volcano, water ...
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:
... th, sky, Solar System, sunrise, sunset, the
Earth, the Sun ...
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:
3DS_Max, Adobe Photoshop, craters, gibbous phase, landscape, lunar, oceans, plan...
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:
... lava, 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:
... lava, 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:
3DS_Max, Adobe Photoshop, birth, collision, crescent phase, formation, impact, p...