The Earth From the Air

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Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (1993). "stratopause". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19 . Retrieved 2013-10-18. Yann Arthus-Bertrand knew how to reveal to us the beauty of our Earth in a way that had never before been seen while still respecting its naturalness and while often defining himself as a mere witness ; « Our Earth is art, the photographer is simply the witness ». The exosphere is the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere (though it is so tenuous that some scientists consider it to be part of interplanetary space rather than part of the atmosphere). It extends from the thermopause (also known as the "exobase") at the top of the thermosphere to a poorly defined boundary with the solar wind and interplanetary medium. The altitude of the exobase varies from about 500 kilometres (310mi; 1,600,000ft) to about 1,000 kilometres (620mi) in times of higher incoming solar radiation. [22] Yann Arthus-Bertrand was born in March 1946. At the age of 30 he moved to Kenya with his wife Anne to study lions in the Maasai Mara Reserve and began to photograph the beauty of the natural world, flying over the landscape in a balloon. is below 100km (62mi; 330,000ft), the Kármán line. By international convention, this marks the beginning of space where human travelers are considered astronauts.

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Came across it last night, my journey was suddenly curtailed, loved images and the facts which resonated in so may ways.Didn't do the work justice will take my sons there to see it again, loved the way it was so accessible and no grafitti.Thank you Birds Eye and Birmingham There is a big chance that your city can be viewed, just insert a name of a city or a place and try aerial view!About 3.4 billion years ago, nitrogen formed the major part of the then stable "second atmosphere". The influence of life has to be taken into account rather soon in the history of the atmosphere because hints of early life-forms appear as early as 3.5 billion years ago. [52] How Earth at that time maintained a climate warm enough for liquid water and life, if the early Sun put out 30% lower solar radiance than today, is a puzzle known as the " faint young Sun paradox". From the age of 17 he became involved in the movie industry. He gave up the movie industry in 1967 to run the Château de Saint Augustin wildlife park in Château sur Allier (centre of France). He then left the country with his wife Anne when he was 30 (1976) to live in Kenya in the Massai Mara national park. He lived amongst the Massai tribe for 3 years to study the behaviour of a lions’ family and took daily pictures of them during those years. He thus discovered a new passion for photography and the beauty of landscapes when observed from above in hot air balloons. He understood the power of a picture and how to communicate using this means. The relative concentration of gases remains constant until about 10,000m (33,000ft). [17] Stratification Earth's atmosphere. Lower four layers of the atmosphere in three dimensions as seen diagonally from above the exobase. Layers drawn to scale, objects within the layers are not to scale. Aurorae shown here at the bottom of the thermosphere can actually form at any altitude in this atmospheric layer. Earth from the Air is a spectacular presentation featuring over 100 large scale photographs of astonishing natural landscapes combined with thought-provoking statistics surrounding environmental issues.

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Main article: Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) Rough plot of Earth's atmospheric transmittance (or opacity) to various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, including visible light. IPCC (2021). "Summary for Policymakers" (PDF). IPCC AR6 WG1. pp.4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-11 . Retrieved 2021-11-20. As of 2023, by mole fraction (i.e., by number of molecules), dry air contains 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. [8] Air also contains a variable amount of water vapor, on average around 1% at sea level, and 0.4% over the entire atmosphere. Air composition, temperature, and atmospheric pressure vary with altitude. Within the atmosphere, air suitable for use in photosynthesis by terrestrial plants and breathing of terrestrial animals is found only in Earth's troposphere. [ citation needed] Incropera 1 Dewitt 2 Bergman 3 Lavigne 4, Frank P. 1 David P. 2 Theodore L. 3 Adrienne S. 4 (2007). Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer (6thed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. pp.941–950. ISBN 9780471457282. OCLC 62532755.Yann Arthus-Bertrand travelled to Kenya to study the Lions. It was then that he became interested in photography. The refractive index of air depends on temperature, [49] giving rise to refraction effects when the temperature gradient is large. An example of such effects is the mirage.