Earth as Art

bravehamster writes "There's a new exhibit at the Library of Congress displaying images taken of earth by the Landsat satellites. The exhibit displays satellite photos that have an intrinsic aesthetic quality, showing the beauty of Earth as seen from really far away. There's an article about it on MSNBC here, and don't forget to check out those fjords!"

Comments

It looks so peaceful,

[nich37ways]

And safe from those pictures. I guess that's why we're only "Mostly Harmless"
If only people would look at these images and realise why everyone should chill out and relax.

nich

-- I was going to be a tree huggin hippy but my laptop kept running out of power

The Sat Pics

[Tempelherr]

These pictures are stunningly beautiful, especially in the Scandinavian area. I noticed the news announcement on another site a few days ago and I fell in love with the picture of the Icelandic peninsulas. They're nice enough to provide rather detailed images, and I've been using that one as my wallpaper image ever since.

I do hope they expand their collection a bit in the future though, as though the ones they have are amazing, I would really like to see some more, especially in the area of Europe, which seems to be somewhat lacking.

Re:Mmm.. fjords..

[/Wegge]

Slartibartfast designed the Norwegian fjords, not the Icelandic.

Re:Look what you did.

[Anonymous Coward]

You just might be right...their ftp server is called tightrope :)

It's a shame . . .

[theghost]

It's a shame that you have to get so far away to appreciate the beauty, what with all the intolerance, hatred and war getting in the way up close.