THE GOOD EARTH
If you've forgotten just how wondrously strange and beautiful our planet is, then 'The Good Earth' will restore the memory. There's images from a range of satellites, the space shuttle, and the International
Space Station. The views are sometimes beautiful - such as clouds streaming
past South Georgia Island - and sometimes bizarre, such as the alien landscape
of Lake Disappointment, or the inland Mali delta.
We have lots of favorite pictures. In fact since the pictures in this show were chosen from more than 1000 images, perhaps all qualify as favorites ! But we especially liked the phytoplankton blooms off Norway (seen in the image to the left on this page) and the giant sand dunes of Namibia.
Teamed with the images is a moving piece of choral music. It features the voices of the Apollo 8 crew from their broadcast of 1968. They were the first humans to see the far side of the Moon, and on Christmas Eve, while still in space, they gave a reading from Genesis. It began: "For all the people back on Earth the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you. 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep'." The crew was Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James A Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William A Anders. They end with the beautiful sentiment: "God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth."
We hope you enjoy the show. And don't forget the 12-minute download version !
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THE MUSIC
The music in this presentation is from Richard deHove's album "Worlds Beyond Number". You can listen to tracks from the album and order it online by clicking here. It is also available on iTunes here .
