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Earth From Above comes to NYC
Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand will bring his work back to the United States - to New York City for the first time in 2009. Aiming to inspire people to think globally about sustainable living, Arthus-Bertrand has been photographing unique views of our planet, seen from the sky, since 1994 - and has produced an exhibit of over 150 4-ft. by 6-ft. prints which will be on display in New York City at the World Financial Center Plaza and along the Battery Park City Esplanade from May 1, 2009 to June 28, 2009. When completed in New York City, the Earth From Above exhibit will also move on to California in 2010. Photographs and captions all courtesy of Yann Arthus-Bertrand. [Update 10.08.2008: At the request of the coordinator of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's upcoming exhibit, the number of photographs displayed here has been reduced to ten - Alan Taylor.] (38 10 photos total)
Icebreaker Louis Saint Laurent in Resolute Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand)
Worker resting on bales of cotton, Thonakaha, Korhogo, Ivory Coast. Cotton crops occupy approximately 335,000 square klilometers worldwide, and use nearly one quarter of all pesticides sold. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand) #
Mountainous countryside near Maelifellssandur, Myrdalsjökull Region, Iceland. Once the young lava fields of Iceland cool down, life begins anew little by little. Ice, wind and water flatten and carve out shapes to begin with, then, during the summer, bacteria, lichen and fungi prepare the soil for plants, in particular mosses which adapt to an environment which remains difficult. These plants colonise the most favourable sites and terrain little by little, forming a new ecosystem. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand) #
"Tree of life", Tsavo national park, Kenya. This acacia is a symbol of life in the vast expanses of thorny savanna, where wild animals come to take advantage of its leaves or its shade. Tsavo National Park in southeastern Kenya, crossed by the Nairobi-Mombasa road and railway axis, is the country's largest protected area (8,200 square miles, or 21,000 square kilometers) and was declared a national park in 1948. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand) #
Iraqi tank graveyard in the desert near Al Jahrah, Kuwait. This graveyard of tanks will bear witness for many years to the damage that war causes both to the environment and to human health. In 1991, during the first Gulf War, a million depleted uranium shells were fired at Iraqi forces, spreading toxic, radioactive dust for miles around. Such dust is known to have lasting effects on the environment and to cause various forms of cancer and other serious illnesses among humans. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand) #
Village in the Rheris Valley, Er Rachidia region, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Fortified villages are frequently seen along the valley of the Rheris, as they are on most rivers of southern Morocco, inspired by the Berber architecture built to protect against invaders. Today, with the threat of raids now gone, the close clustering of dwellings, small windows, and roofs covering houses and narrow streets serve the purpose of protecting occupants from heat and dust. The flat, connecting roofs also provide a place for drying crops. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand) #
Road interrupted by a sand dune, Nile Valley, Egypt. Dunes cover nearly one-third of the Sahara, and the highest, in linear form, can attain a height of almost 1,000 feet (300 m). Barchans are mobile, crescent-shaped dunes that move in the direction of the prevailing wind at rates as high as 33 feet (10 m) per year, sometimes even covering infrastructures such as this road in the Nile Valley. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand) #
Town of Koh Pannyi, Phand Nga bay, Thailand. The south-western coast of Thailand offers a series of beautiful bays lined with many islands. Phang-nga Bay's special formations were created after the thawing of ice 15,000 years ago. Rising waters then submerged arid calcareous mountains, leaving only their peaks visible to the eye. The bay was turned into a marine park in 1981. One of its popular attractions is the village of Koh Panyi, which was built on piles two centuries ago by Muslim sailors coming from Malaysia. The inhabitants make a living via traditional fishing and tourism. Preserved by its configuration, the bay floor of Phang-nga Bay suffered much less from the tsunami of December 26, 2004 than nearby sites. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand) #
Icebergs and an Adelie penguin, Adelie Land, Antarctica. Antarctica, the sixth continent, is a unique observation point for atmospheric and climatic phenomena; its ancient ice, which trapped air when it was formed, contains evidence of the Earth's climate as it has changed and developed over the past millions of years. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand) #
A whale swims off the Valdes peninsula, Argentina. After summering in the Arctic, whales return to the southern seas each winter to reproduce. From July to November, whales mate and bear their young along the coasts of the Valdes Peninsula in Argentina. Until the 1950s, this migratory marine mammal was extensively hunted for its meat and the oil extracted from its fat, which brought it to the edge of extinction. Protective measures were adopted after international attention was focused on the problem in 1937. In 1982 a moratorium was declared on whale hunting for commercial purposes, and in 1994 the southern seas became a whale sanctuary. After decades of protection, 7 of the 13 whale species, of which only a few thousand remain (10 to 60 times fewer than in the early 20th century), are still endangered. [map] (© Yann Arthus-Bertrand) #
Update 10.08.2008: At the request of the coordinator of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's upcoming exhibit, the number of photographs displayed here has been reduced to ten. Please visit Yann Arthus-Bertrand's site for many more photos - Alan Taylor.
More links and information
Earth From Above USA - Directory for upcoming USA exhibition tour
Earth From Above NYC - Outdoor Exhibition from May 1 - June 28, 2009
Yann Arthus-Bertrand - photographer's site
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ABSOLUTLY BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING AND BREATH TAKING
Did you know?.............. That scienctists developed and propagated a bacteria that would kill another bacteria whitch was a threat to cotton crops, not realizing or not caring that said bacteria was a threat to us humans...........
Beauty, like truth and goodness, is both personal and moral. The universe can only be beautiful (and good) if it was created by one who is both. If the universe is simply the product of random chance and our existence is accidental, then we must stop complaining about its abuse and destruction—we have no moral obligation to protect something with no intrinsic and eternal value. I am not an arguing for or against Theism, just asking for consistency. Those of you who believe the universe is created by an all-powerful person have a moral obligation to preserve and protect it. Those of you who believe the universe is the product of chance have no moral obligation to preserve and protect anything, let alone demand that others follow such inconsistent behavior.
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the best. nothing else to say.
wow
heyeee dammm good. cheers.....!
There is no god.
The beauty of these pictures are mostly the ones of nature, untainted by man.
The one I found repulsive of course was the tanks. These pictures do speak volumes of the beauty of nature. Now if you can imagine it, way back when, before the industrial revolution, you get a sense of it, undefiled and in its purest form.
What we see of the beauty in nature today is so far from what it used to be I'm sure. Even in this little glimps we see today is fascinating.
Think about it, it is amazing how perfectly ordered the Universe is and that it doesn't fall out of place or break the order. It is the most precise mechanism that one can fathom and can never be repeated by any stretch of the imagination (Hadron Collider). Some of the most brilliant minds in the world cannot duplicate this, though they can try. What boggles the mind is that some believe that this is all random chance and that life came forth from nothingness. Even the Hadron Collider took much skill and development, it to has a creator. Can you imagine an explosion and wow we have a collider, think it through.
We have been given a gift not only of life, but also the beauty of the vast expanse of the Uni(one)Verse(Voice). We find the beauty of nature and how it gives such pleasure to our senses. It was made for us, to sustain us perfectly. When we treat our earth as a gift from God, treat our very life as a gift from God, we should become thankful and appreciate what we have and not abuse it. But we should not worship the earth (Gaia) either.
Gaia |ˈgīə|
1 (also Gaea, Ge) Greek Mythology the Earth personified as a goddess, daughter of Chaos. She was the mother and wife of Uranus (Heaven); their offspring included the Titans and the Cyclopes. [ORIGIN: Greek, ‘Earth.’ ]
1 Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
2 While I live I will praise the LORD;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day his plans perish.
5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6 Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
7 Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.
The LORD gives freedom to the prisoners.
8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind;
The LORD raises those who are bowed down;
The LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
10 The LORD shall reign forever—
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the LORD!
The beauty of these pictures are mostly the ones of nature, untainted by man.
The one I found repulsive of course was the tanks. These pictures do speak volumes of the beauty of nature. Now if you can imagine it, way back when, before the industrial revolution, you get a sense of it, undefiled and in its purest form.
What we see of the beauty in nature today is so far from what it used to be I'm sure. Even in this little glimps we see today is fascinating.
Think about it, it is amazing how perfectly ordered the Universe is and that it doesn't fall out of place or break the order. It is the most precise mechanism that one can fathom and can never be repeated by any stretch of the imagination (Hadron Collider). Some of the most brilliant minds in the world cannot duplicate this, though they can try.
We have been given a gift not only of life, but also the beauty of the vast expanse of the Uni(one)Verse(Voice). We find the beauty of nature and how it gives such pleasure to our senses. It was made for us, to sustain us perfectly. When we treat our earth as a gift from God, treat our very life as a gift from God, we should become thankful and appreciate what we have and not abuse it. But we should not worship the earth (Gaia) either.
Was fantast!! Wish I could have seen them in person.
Amazing!!!!.............from the ultimate view point
#786 needs a life!!...Just can't you accept it for what all the photos represent?
BEAUTIFUL!!! all of it!!! It makes you think of how we are "just dust in the wind"..
in short,we are ALL ONLY HERE FOR A BRIEF TIME AND ENJOY YOUR TIME AND TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE ALL HAVE IN LIFE!!!!and treat others as you would treat yourself!!!!..IF YOU DON'T think that another "Being" did all of this world then you need to reevaluate yourself!!!..YES,YES YES,There is a GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The pictures are truly beautiful, & amazing and there really aren't enough words to praise the photographer. However I found the comments very enjoyable as well, especially the ones that give credit to our God.
posted by Jan G. Big Bear City
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The earth is very beautiful, but with a creative photographer we can see some of the beauties much better.
Interesting that the poster of these pictures noted on the Itaqi tank graveyard did not mention the horrible fascist regime who killed many and tortured more and then set the oil fields afire, but OF COURSE, as usual,blames it on the United States, who continues to be the most giving and benevolent country in the history of mankind, AND then ignores the fact that the water-borne village in Thailand that is pictured dumps all its sewage and waste into the bay ,,,, every day!
nice pics
ïðåâåä, ïåíäîñû.âàñõèùàèòèñü, áëÿ.ñêîðà äëÿ âàñ çèìà éàäåðíàÿ íàñòóïèò - òà èùùî êðàñîòà!
Absolutely Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING
thank you for your zealous, ignorant, and brainwashed comment 'A Soldier'. Keep on killin'.
those pictures are AMAZING!!!!!!!
Outstanding!!!
OMG, Amazing pictures, I am so impressed. Earth is so so so beautiful, it's so sad that we people are nearly to kill our planet. Sorry for my bad english hope you guys understand.
it was fantastic
awesome!!! reminds me of planet earth, the dvd.
The pic of all the people living on that little island, state's the ice melted 15000 years ago. I wounder how come it melted, man and his Co's were not around to cause it!!!!
'free thinker' you can thank the 'soldier' that you're not typing your comments in german. great pictures!
I am thoroughly impressed in the capture of Nature in all the forms represented.
What a magnificent glimpse at our environment!
What a magnificent point of view !!!!! Love it!
Love the pic of the Mountainous countryside near Maelifellssandur, Myrdalsjökull Region, Iceland and the one with the Tree of Life!
These are very good pictures. Very inspiring and makes you more aware of the beauty around us. Which, when your sat in an office 24/7, is easy to forget== Gareth Bradman
Can you find beauty inside of yourself that reflects these photos? Do you believe YOU are this beautiful as well? It is there inside of your actions everyday. Act on love and kindness today, not fear that keeps us in bondage. Keeps us forever wanting and blaming...... Imagine waking up each day to peace inside. You would glow and others would see and You would be sharing. Now that is WOW
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS AMAZING!!! GOD IS GREAT!
Wonderfullllllllllll......................
Absolutely amazing and his photos never cease to amaze. Yann sees beauty where others do not .
GREAT WORK.... WORDS CANT EXPLAIN THE FEEL...KEEP THE GOOD WORK GOING...
Good this is beautiful.
Thanks
You made my day
Deanne Voizard
It's impressive photo and mother nature! Would like more photo other country of world.
La planète EST. Point. Le bleu, le vert, le jaune sont dans nos yeux. La beauté dans notre cerveau. On ne peut pas détruire la planète, on peut juste la changer.
Elle SERA toujours. Avec ou sans nous. This is the question!
So many people has been killed i the name of God. I don´t understand how anyone can allow a belief, or a person, or an organisation to take up so much space and time of a persons life that you miss out of all other wonderful things around you. There are so many people who spend their life claiming things in the name of their God that they forget the beautiful world around them (as shown on theese pictures). I accept every man to be whoever he wants to be. I accept that everyone are allowed to belive whatever they want. The problem is that there are so many people who doesnt accept theese things. It´s their way or the highway.
Take care everyone and a lots of cred for the wonderful pictures.
(if i have misspelled, it´s because i´m swedish ;) haha)
I wish I get a chance to visit some of these gorgeous places if not all ..... in my life time.
Many thanks for the great pictures!
VERY GOOD
THIS IS THE HEIGHTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND A SMALL DESICRIPTION OF THE HEIGHTS OF MORTHER NATURE ..! GREAT JOB ..KEPT IT COMING
AWESOME PICTURES!! REALLY WONDERFUL!!
I feel privileged to have the opportunity to admire these amazing pictures of how beautiful our earth is, and how inter related we all are, thru these outstanding photographs. Seeing the earth thru your eyes. Truly outstanding.
The photos are amazing but are also a reminder of what we are doing to our beautiful planet. This photographer is sending us that message.
WHAT AMAZING AND STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY WHAT A WORLD WE LIVE IN WE SHOULD ALL STOP AND STARE EVEN ONCE IN A WHILE
Absolutely gorgeous photos! Shows what amazing talent this photographer has!
These pictures are breath taking
great stuff
All people talked about this AMAZING PHOTO while many peoples killing. This is real oportunity of the admire oh is true God! Fantastic for view. Is the contrast enter the badly and the well(good).
Wonderfulllllllllll.
Awesome photos. Unfortunately in the US we have a class of citizens who go into "outrage" mode at the slightest provocation. I did not interpret the tank graveyard photo as criticism of the US, it is just a neutral comment. There was no mention of oil fields on fire because the fires are out and there are no pictures on display here. Maybe "A soldier" can re caption all the photos to glorify the Bush Doctrine and send them to all his friends! And "Jim" do you think "A soldier" is a WWII vet?
Re: depleted uranium: DU has little radioactivity but uranium is a very toxic substance due to its chemical properties.
thanks for sharing this amazing photos(killing, unbeliveable,amazing, breath taking.)and am still short of words we lived in an amazing planet to see this photos is live again.
I love the picture
omg these r rly kwl pics......
Amazing. Thank you for sharing your talent and beauty with us.
"An eye opener"..... one of the best approach towards Peace Education or say Education for Peace.... allowing individuals themselves to take charge of their own destinies (at-least in a conceptual sense).
Hi words for the photographer ... and thanks (elaine) for sharing such an exprerssive idea.
In Peace,
Every painting has an artist.
Every book has it's author.
Great photos from a dedicated Photographer!!!
Anyone that thinks such a magnificent world came into being without a Creator, without an Intelligent Being, and by some kind of chance happening, should wake up to reality!!!
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Beautifull, I didn't know such beauty exists in the world....
Stunning, the world is such a wonderful place and the photography is world class..
Thanks
It is possible,-the human beig will destroy this miracle? STOP the greedy people polute the beuty and life on the earth!
poetry without words. truly amazing how images can impact ones mood. thank you for such a beautiful presentation of such great variety.
I just can not imagine that these things could exist on the planate Earth ! God has created amazing things and majority of them are still mistry to be solved ! Although we claim that we have advanced a lot in scinence and technology but still we are just a drop comparing the oscen of crations of God Almighty.
I am so happ to learn so many interesting things through this mail and look forward for similar research and innovative things.
By sharing these information you have proved to be an instrument of source of information to millions of people.
Sheer MATCHLESS
AMAZING
TERRIFIC
SUPERB
MINDBLOWING
SPLENDID....
Dipesh Sheth from Ahmedabad-INDIA
Not only are the picture great but the comments are what really blow me away. I love to see such caring and love from all above. This is what is so great. Thanks
Thanks to my friend that sent me link of these astonishing pictures. Giving to our friends this link is one of best present we could image.
Dear Sir,/Madam,
Appreciating to submit more and more pictures regarding as noted natural of the
earth and aerospace.
Thanks,
how nice ur pic it same that ive ben there when i watch those lovely picture of nature.........
DEAR SIE
DEAR SIR:
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES!
BARBARA CROWDER
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Why is anyone making negative comments about the pictures and each other's viewpoint. just enjoy them!!! Human beings always have to fight about something. And for those that don't believe in God and his wonderful creative touch, oh well your loss.
pictures are so good and it is so beautiful and the pictures are so colorful I think this my niciest pic
I have seen all the photos in exhibition in Perth, Australia at the moment. They are so beautiful and amazing. I can say genius photographer took all those photos
Awesome PICs .......
more, more more
TRULY AWSOME!!!!! THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL FANTABULOUS .THANKS FOR SHARING THESE PICTURES WITH THOSE OF US WHO DO NOT HAVE THE
CHANCE TO SEE THIS IN PERSON.
great pictures! :)
Excellent breath-taking pictures of mother nature.
Wonderful pictures!! Truely amazing!!!
Beautiful photos. Thanks for that. Thanks too, to the majority of intelligent folks in our wonderful country who had the great and good sense to vote for a beautiful and decent human being, our new president :Barack Obama. Bless him and his family and send him all of your good wishes and hopes for his term of office and for our country.
I don't know if there is a G-d or not. Nor do I care. I wish for peace, tolerance and a return to the America I remember. No more haters, pride for everyone and a sense of "Yes Indeed We Can and Will!"
I only hope Miss Barbara is right
Doctor John
Why do you people turn nice photos into political or religious statements? I do not understand. Just enjoy the damn photos.
Allah be praised.
NOW I KNOW THERE'S A GOD!!!!!!
Amazing, i don't have words to telll
Yes, it is very beautiful. As thousands of thousands other things on the planet. Yet it is sad, that all of it could be destroyed and probably will be destroyed by human's ignorance. :-(
We choose to live like pigs, forget what and who The Man and his dignity really is, and then comfort ourselves with such silly sad products like these pictures... Praising nature, the subject which we in real life either abandoned or actively destroy, all for the sake of our love for city life; praising the author for it. But what does he really do? Mr Arthus-Bertrand sells his hobby îð job as "art", making unabashed political comments, selling his ignorance wrapped in a politically correct cliché, and forcing us to believe in his environmental concern. This all while he has been consuming thousands and thousands and thousands of gallons of fuel to fulfil his sad, void hobby. This is actually a form of a tourism which pays this smart tourist back in two ways: selling his so-called "art" to fly even more again-and-again around the globe, polluting the air more than 99% of people who watch these photos or never take photos, and, secondly, by pumping up his ego through a lie that he has been, oh gosh, an artist and environmental activist in one! A cheap trick, but very costly for the nature. Or for the “GoodPlanet”, whatever globalist clan may stand behind it. Even if he is only a professional aerial photographer, he is pretending to be much more than that.
This "art" does strike our love for the Creator and his Creation, but how? Merely exploiting the qualities which already abundantly exist outside these shots. Capitalizing on the grand subjects which are infinitely more stunning and beautiful than the photos of Mr Arthus-Bertrand. But doing so, reducing the reality, Mr Arthus-Bertrand remarkably shows off his very soul: the pictures are void of the man, or his man, much like his nature, has been reduced to a mere ornament.
Shortly: this modern-time-bluff shows on a deeper level our human fall, the mutual alienation but our estrangement from the nature too. If the looking at these photos was our daily dose of nature, we should do something about it in the first place. Then, don't buy the bogus artist-activist stature of Mr Arthus-Bertrand; think about the real stage behind these shots. Let us all kneel and beg the author: please Yann do stop doing what you have been doing! Try to meet and learn the beauty of the Man! But don’t let him too remain separated from you by a plane’s window or a zoom lens. Make it real, Yann! There are plenty of persons around you, stay with them, stick to them (you may even take your camera with you, but will really do much better to forget it at home). Contact people. Make friends. Help real persons. You won’t have to waste so much fuel, and you will finally fulfil your own faded crave for love. Which all those lonely flights and cold photographs can never satiate…
Has anyone read Genesis 1:1? In the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth.
Amazing the disrespect people give to god these days.
FANTASTIC!
The world is a wonderful place filled with glory and grace. Not all of it is man made; yet it has all of the elements of intelligent design, continuity, function and comprehendability. What is even more amazing is that it was here before we were here. It will also be here long after we are gone despite our destructive nature.
super collection picture
866 needs to chill out
simply SUPERB....
Amazing work, well done. Congrats.
My goodness I never saw photos like this before, very inspiring shots!
I have travelled to various countries and seen beautiful and unique places. But I have always come to the same conclusion " There is no place like home"! Yes this is a big and vast world that can have in some regions harsh conditions that would make it very difficult to live but as the pictures display no man is an island and we need one another dispite our differences. After viewing the pictures I feel very blessed to live where I do; with good friends and family. Thank you for the viewing which makes me appreciate where I live even more with clean food, good medical facilities and other human support to enjoy this beautiful life in the world we live. Always take the time to Enjoy; as I have with these pictures and the comments that made me laugh even despite the differences as you have shown through your pictures how different and unique the world really is.
Beautiful I enjjoyed it !
nice pics
WoW