Earth from Space

“Earth from Space” opens at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center in Stamford, Conn., June 12, 2010 and will remain on view through August 8, 2010. The exhibition will then continue its national tour through 2010.

Featuring 40 beautifully detailed satellite images of the planet – from the swirling arms of a massive hurricane and grid-like pattern of Kansas farmland to the triangular shadows cast by the Great Pyramids and the sinuous channels entering the Arctic Ocean – “Earth from Space” illustrates how satellite imagery is gathered and used to expand mankind’s understanding of life on Earth. It also explores the remote sensing technology used to gather the images and discusses the individual satellites whose images are on display.