Our Living Planet From Space

Life. It's the one thing that, so far, makes Earth unique among the thousands of other planets we've discovered. Since the fall of 1997, NASA satellites have continuously and globally observed all plant life at the surface of the land and ocean.

Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/the-changing-colors-of-our-living-planet

Credits:
LK Ward (USRA): Lead Producer
Patrick Lynch (NASA/GSFC): Editor
Compton Tucker (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Ivona Cetinic (University of Maine, Walpole): Scientist
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support

Music: Out of Hours by Sound Pocket Music; Watching Ladybirds by Benjamin James Parsons; Marimba Rhythms by Hamilton Winch Complete transcript available.

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