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    Overview, Young Explorer's Edition: A New Way of Seeing Earth
    Overview, Young Explorer's Edition: A New Way of Seeing Earth
    Overview, Young Explorer's Edition: A New Way of Seeing Earth
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    Overview, Young Explorer's Edition: A New Way of Seeing Earth

    By Benjamin Grant and Sandra Markle

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    Discover Earth as you've never seen it before, in this stunning and unique collection of satellite images that offer an unexpected look at our planet. A perfect gift for young National Geographic fans and atlas enthusiasts!

    When astronauts look down at our planet and see its vibrant surface shining against the blackness of space, they experience the Overview Effect--a sense of awe, an awareness that everything is interconnected, and an overwhelming desire to take care of our one and only home.

    Overview: Young Explorer's Edition, newly adapted for young readers from the adult book Overview, captures this sense of wonder and shares it with readers without having to leave the ground. Extraordinary aerial photographs reveal Earth's natural beauty and show the surprising, fascinating, and destructive ways humans have impacted our environment. This eye-opening visual journey will forever change the way we see our home planet.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Children's Books
    Release dateOct 29, 2019
    ISBN9781984832047
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      Overview, Young Explorer's Edition - Benjamin Grant

      Cover for Overview, Young Explorer’s EditionBook title, Overview, Young Explorer’s Edition, Subtitle, A New Way of Seeing Earth, author, Benjamin Grant with Sandra Markle, imprint, Crown Books for Young Readers

      Text copyright © 2019 by Benjamin Grant

      Cover photograph copyright © 2011 by Maxar Technologies

      All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

      This work is based on Overview copyright © 2016 by Benjamin Grant. Published by Amphoto Books, an imprint of Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2016.

      Crown and the colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

      Hardcover ISBN 9781984832023

      Ebook ISBN 9781984832047

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      To Oma and Opa,

      For showing me there is endless wonder to be found on our planet. And for always encouraging me to go explore it.

      —B.G.

      For my grandchildren,

      because the future belongs to them

      —S.M.

      CONTENTS

      Cover

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Dedication

      Foreword: The Overview Effect by Scott Kelly

      Introduction: Always Be Exploring

      Part 1: An Amazing Earth

      Chapter 1: A Planet of Wonders

      Chapter 2: A Planet That Is Alive

      Chapter 3: A Planet of Peril

      Part 2: An Amazing Earth and Us

      Chapter 4: A Planet That Feeds Us

      Chapter 5: A Planet We Call Home

      Chapter 6: A Planet We Travel

      Chapter 7: A Planet That Provides for Us

      Chapter 8: A Planet We Change

      Chapter 9: A Planet of Marvels

      The Technology That Makes Overview Possible

      Explore More

      How You Can Help

      Index

      Acknowledgments

      Photo Credits

      About the Authors

      EARTHRISE

      The astronauts of Apollo 8 (1968) were the first humans to leave Earth’s orbit. They circled the moon to scout out places where future missions could land. On Christmas Eve, as the spacecraft flew around the dark side of the moon, astronaut Bill Anders took one of the most important photographs of all time—earthrise. No human, either in space or on Earth, had ever seen the whole planet like this before, floating like a ball in space—and it changed our view of the planet forever. It’s ironic, Anders remarked later. We came to discover the moon and we actually discovered Earth.

      FOREWORD

      THE OVERVIEW EFFECT

      by Scott Kelly, Retired NASA Astronaut

      The first time I saw Earth from space, I knew I would never see anything as beautiful. That was in 1999, on my first spaceflight to the Hubble Space Telescope. Since then, I’ve had the privilege to fly in space three more times. On my most recent mission, I spent an entire year in the International Space Station!

      From space, Earth looks like a peaceful place, without political borders. From orbit, astronauts get the sense that this is how Earth was meant to be viewed. This vantage point gives you a sense of oneness, an awareness that we are all part of the same humanity. Many people call this the Overview Effect, which is where this book gets its name. When astronauts experience the Overview Effect, we feel a greater connection to Earth, its people, and the environment that changes us forever.

      Exploring the satellite photos in Overview allows you to experience some of the beauty and the surprises our planet reveals from above. I hope these spectacular views give you the same sense of connection to Earth that I felt when I was in space.

      Earth, TX

      INTRODUCTION

      ALWAYS BE EXPLORING

      When I was ten years old, my favorite thing to study in school was maps. I am so thankful for my teachers and my parents, who encouraged me to study geography—and all kinds of other topics that fascinated me—with so much passion and joy. Thankfully my parents have never stopped doing this. They helped me understand how important it is to always be exploring.

      So it probably won’t surprise you that I started a space club at my first office job—where people would come together to discuss the importance of outer space. The idea that sparked Daily Overview, its Instagram page, and this book

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