Of all organisations on this lovely
blue planet of ours, the United Nations and any of it's sub-organisations should be above reproach and opprobrium.
Not exact matches
For instance, companies participating in
Blue Startups, an incubator from Honolulu - based
Blue Planet Software, receive $ 20,000 in cash and a variety
of professional services valued at more than $ 500,000.
One touted benefit: seeing the electric
blue glow
of our thin, fragile atmosphere will instil an unquenchable desire to protect the
planet.
Finally: You're experiencing a cold snowy scene in Greenland beneath a piercing
blue sky, gazing up warily as huge chunks
of glacier plunge down, right in front
of you, into a raging river
of ice floes which could have sunk another Titantic, but now, in the modern day, are emblematic
of what is sinking
Planet Earth.
Others bring the
blue marble
of our home
planet into view.
There they will be weightless and look out on «the vastness
of space and life - changing views
of our
blue planet,» according to the company.
For more information and to view photo / video highlights
of past Expeditions, please visit: http://spaceangels.com/expedition Companies and organizations who've participated in previous Expeditions include: SpaceX,
Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic,
Planet [Labs], Facebook, Made in Space, Terra Bella, Planetary Resources, Spaceflight Industries, BlackSky Global, Ventions, Spire, Kymeta, Tethers Unlimited, Oculus, XCOR, Masten, Final Frontier Design, B612 Foundation, SETI Institute, Museum
of Flight, Mojave Air & Spaceport, Boeing, NASA Ames, and more.
2009 — Maude Barlow, a widely celebrated activist and author
of 16 books who co-founded the
Blue Planet Project, an organization that champions the human right to water.
It is a form
of meditation to help us think differently about the world, to enable us to work together with God to save our beleaguered
planet, our beautiful, vulnerable earth, our
blue and green marble in a universe
of silent rock and fire.
This huge,
blue planet is in existance just so we can be born, live, make a living, have a baby, then die... no connection, no spirit, no soul, no more appreciating the beauty around us, no more being astounded at the improbabilities, no more being amazed at the wonders
of life... because none
of that has any meaning any more, it's just a bunch
of junk that happened accidently... who cares, we're just all going to fade away into nothingness... become one with the dirt, because we are actually no better than the dirt... I don't know about you, but I'm depressed now... but then that's what's great about our country, you can choose to believe or... not... in this... country... that has... no particular meaning... in the grand scheme
of thngs... oh, yeah, that's right there is no «grand scheme
of things»... so never mind.
The person who did think
of the Earth Flag, a simple image
of our
planet on a
blue background, was John McConnell, a charismatic peace activist who frequented the halls
of the United Nations from the 1950s through the 1990s.
4s) then photons erupted from this energy cloud (detectable today as the microwave background radiation) 5s) photons and other particles form the bodies
of the early universe (atoms, molecules, stars,
planets, galaxies) 6s) it rained on the early earth until it was cool enough for oceans to form 7s) the first life form was
blue green bacteria.
Our precious little
planet, the
blue - green cradle
of life with its rosy mantle, is in one
of the most critical stages, perhaps the most critical stage
of its whole existence.
Based on what we do know this little
blue planet was befitted by extreme precision; helping the argument
of an intelligent designer.
@Chance, «Based on what we do know this little
blue planet was befitted by extreme precision; helping the argument
of an intelligent designer.»
4) then photons erupted from this energy 4) let there be LIGHT (1 - 4 all the first day) cloud (detectable today as the microwave background radiation) 5) photons and other particles form the 5) God next creates the heavens (what we call the sky) above bodies
of the early universe (atoms, (2nd day) molecules, stars,
planets, galaxies) 6) it rained on the early earth until it was 6) dry land appears as the oceans form (3rd day) cool enough for oceans to form 7) the first life form was
blue green bacteria.
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On the scale
of «
Blue Planet II», but with more legs, welcome, to «Walking with Athletes».
TUESDAY DECEMBER 5, 2017 Lonely
Planet Magazine — India — Fabiola Monteiro wrote a feature on Ontario, included stops in Toronto, Niagara,
Blue Mountains and Tobermory on pages 34 - 35
of the December 2017 issue.
A more complex puzzle that would be a fun challenge for all is the Janod Toys Round Observation Puzzle or the Our
Blue Planet Puzzle which is covered in amazing illustrations
of the continents and what people who live on those continents do, the animals that live with them and what clothing they wear.
For those involved in may be tremendous fun while it lasts, but as viewers
of Blue Planet have seen it only takes one bit
of the sea to get out
of kilter for the whole eco-system to be endangered.
This picture is a closeup
of a part
of the material in the hole, and it may very well be that the
blue spot is a
planet, and the red swirl is material falling onto the
planet - in other words, the
planet is still forming from junk orbiting the star!
These canals left the edge
of the
blue - green «continents» at the very points where the canals
of the light regions entered them, which continuation is highly significant, since it links the two together into a single system, compassing the whole surface
of the
planet.
Show off your love for our
blue home
planet (a mote
of dust suspended in a sunbeam)!
Whether she's designing submersibles, swimming with the whales, or taking deep - water walks, Sylvia has dedicated her life to learning more about what she calls «the
blue heart
of the
planet.»
Tiny pockets
of sulfur and iron (yellow) inside a diamond (
blue) inside a meteorite suggest the meteorite was once part
of a long - lost
planet in the early solar system.
The data gathered by Bell and his team allowed them to determine whether the
planet reflects more light towards the
blue or the red end
of the spectrum.
Although
blue is the color most often associated with the world's oceans, black is a far more apt descriptor for nearly 90 percent
of our
planet's waters.
For the Web team
of myself (the producer), four researchers, a technical manager, and six designers, the task in creating «
Blue Planet Challenge» online was to connect a keen but casual audience with an attractive learning experience that could take them as far as they wanted to go, right through to enrolling on a marine biology course — a «learning journey».
The
Blue Brain Project Scientists rely on computer models to understand the toughest concepts in science: the origin
of the universe, the behavior
of atoms, and the future climate
of the
planet.
On Earth, green is a symbol
of life and growth, but a recent study found that photosynthesizing organisms on other
planets could have color signatures like red, orange, yellow, or black — but probably not
blue.
When your mates are talking about «
Blue Planet» in the pub, we want to put you in the position to casually mention your interest in firefly squid bioluminescence or the navigational skills
of Ridley turtles.
A gap exists between the sizes
of small, rocky
planets (red) and slightly larger, gaseous
planets (
blue).
Co-orbital bodies that orbit the Sun in the same direction as a
planet can follow trajectories (
blue curves with arrows) that, from the perspective
of the
planet, look like tadpoles, horseshoes or «quasi-satellites.»
Taking the matter
of oceans first, models
of super-Earth geology in a study co-authored by Sasselov earlier this year found that, yes, super-Earths could be hulking
Blue Planets.
In this special episode: The Other
Blue Planet, Neptune's New Moon, Sizing Up Neutron Stars, Meteorite Reveals History
of Mars» Crust and Black Hole Devours Cosmic Cloud
«We can't see individual continents or people in this portrait
of Earth, but this pale
blue dot is a succinct summary
of who we were on July 19,» said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. «Cassini's picture reminds us how tiny our home
planet is in the vastness
of space, and also testifies to the ingenuity
of the citizens
of this tiny
planet to send a robotic spacecraft so far away from home to study Saturn and take a look - back photo
of Earth.»
«It's
bluer in color up there than other parts
of the
planet, and there are a lot
of storms.
With Neptune receding, Stone helped guide Voyager 1 to take a look back, creating a panoramic shot
of most
of the
planets lined up around the sun, including the Pale
Blue Dot photo
of a lonely Earth.
Such instruments don't actually watch stars jiggle in the sky; instead they precisely measure the color
of the star's light, which becomes
bluer or redder as a
planet tugs its star closer to or farther from Earth, similar to the Doppler shift that changes the pitch
of an ambulance's siren as it approaches and speeds past.
As suggested by its name, Project
Blue plans to optimize its telescope to study planets in blue light — a color that can readily communicate the presence or absence of oceans or clo
Blue plans to optimize its telescope to study
planets in
blue light — a color that can readily communicate the presence or absence of oceans or clo
blue light — a color that can readily communicate the presence or absence
of oceans or clouds.
«Looking around the very nearest Sun - like stars is the next logical step in the search for another Earth,» says Supriya Chakrabarti, an astronomer at the University
of Massachusetts, Lowell, who is developing
planet - imaging technologies for Project
Blue.
There is,
of course, no guarantee that Project
Blue will reach orbit, operate as planned or find any
planets.
Although 75 percent
of the
planet is an ocean
of blue, the remaining 25 percent
of Earth's surface is a dynamic green.
This iconic photograph shows the mission specialist against a backdrop
of vast black space and a distant
blue planet.
Big trees and
blue whales are easily spotted when searching for the Earth's biggest living things — but not all
of our
planet's giants are so obvious.
But even folks who can't tell a picture - postcard
blue sky from its milky, geoengineered cousin might be able to detect other side effects
of using sulfate to cool the
planet.
It is home to grey - headed albatrosses, northern giant petrels, white chinned petrels, Antarctic prions, half
of the entire population
of macaroni penguins and most
of the
planet's population
of the South Georgia
blue - eyed shag.
Editor's Note: Expedition
Blue Planet, led by Jacques Cousteau's granddaughter Alexandra Cousteau, is traveling 14,500 miles
of road over 138 days to investigate and film some
of North America's most pressing water - use and management stories.
Even though the people
of Earth were wishing us the best, hanging on our every correspondence, the
planet itself was just a speck
of blue in the sky, more than 30 million miles away.