AGI to Offer Earth from Space by Andrew K. Johnston

Alexandria, VA — The American Geological Institute (AGI) is pleased to offer as part of its catalog of geoscience resource and interest publications Earth from Space by Andrew K. Johnston, a geographer at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Center for Earth and Planetary Studies.

Earth from Space (ISBN: 1552978206) enables readers to see our planet from orbit. The book shows how satellite imaging — also called remote sensing — works and showcases some of the most extraordinary photographs ever published. This stunning hardcover book contains several hundred satellite images in both true and false color with subjects ranging from geology, human impact on Earth to hydrogeology and more.

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service has launched a new online and traveling exhibition based on the book Earth from Space. Exhibition visitors will experience 40 views of the planet divided into five sections. In addition, a digital video globe displays remote sensing data covering weather patterns and geologic events to give visitors a worldwide view of the types of events visible from space.

The exhibition “Earth from Space” opened to the public at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. in November of 2006 where it remained on display through January 7, 2007. It will tour the nation through 2009. AGI has been actively promoting the exhibition “Earth from Space” and related online educational resources as part of the Earth Science Week 2006 Toolkit.

To learn more about this exciting exhibition, find out when it’s coming to your area, or to download corresponding educational resources, go to http://www.earthfromspace.si.edu/.

For information on the publication Earth from Space, please visit http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/index.html.