In his lengthy foreword, astronaut Piers Sellers sets the tone for this beautiful book: “…there are dozens of beautiful coffee table books out there full of Earth images. I should know; I have a stack of them at home… But this book is more than just a succession of attractive images; it penetrates deeply into the science of what is being observed; not just the what, but also the how, the why, the where and when.” Exactly! Here is a superb summary of the present state of Earth systems science by some of the planet’s most effective practitioners of remote sensing and analysis.

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