Saturday, August 10, 2013

Earth: Does it breathe?

Time-lapse photos from the International Space Station shows ice and snow, expanding and receding, with the seasons, a lot like the way lungs expand and contract when someone breathes.


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2 comments:

  1. LeDaro, the images are a striking metaphor for the fact that the earth and its ecosystems are alive and dynamic systems, as expressed in the Gaia Hypothesis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis

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  2. Lorne, that is indeed a very interesting hypothesis. Thanks for the link.

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