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Icebreaker Louis Saint Laurent in Resolute Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada.
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a famous photographer author of those beautiful pictures of the earth seen from above. If you haven't seen his pictures you really should do it as soon as possible. Your chance could be next year in New York when Yann Arthus-Bertrand will bring his work back to the United States for the first time in 2009. The exhibition of his amazing aerial shots aimed to inspire people to think globally about sustainable living, will be on display in New York City at the World Financial Center Plaza and along the Battery Park City Esplanade from May 1, 2009 to June 28, 2009 in over 150 4-ft. by 6-ft. prints. When completed in New York City, the Earth From Above exhibit will also move on to California in 2010.

Photographs and captions all courtesy of Yann Arthus-Bertrand


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Lake Nakuru has a surface area of 24 square miles (62 km2). which takes up one-third of the national park of the same name that was created in 1968.
It shelters nearly 370 bird species, includingthe lesser flamingo (Phoeniconalas minor) and the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), of which 1,4 million have been counted on the site. Like the other alkaline lakes scattered along the Rift Valley, its location on a rocky volcanic substrate, weal flow, intense evaporation, and average depth of 40 inches (1 m) give it a high soda content. These briny waters are favorable to the formations of blue-green algae, microorganisms, and small crustaceans, which providedthe basic diet of the flamingos. However, chemical products used in river farming and the water runoff from the nearby city of Nakuru have gradually polluted the lake waters. Since 1990 Lake Nakuru has been considered a wetland of international importance
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Town of Koh Pannyi, Phand Nga bay, Thailand. The south-western coast of Thailand offers a series of beautiful bays lined with many islands. Phang-nga Bay's special formations were created after the thawing of ice 15,000 years ago. Rising waters then submerged arid calcareous mountains, leaving only their peaks visible to the eye. The bay was turned into a marine park in 1981. One of its popular attractions is the village of Koh Panyi, which was built on piles two centuries ago by Muslim sailors coming from Malaysia. The inhabitants make a living via traditional fishing and tourism. Preserved by its configuration, the bay floor of Phang-nga Bay suffered much less from the tsunami of December 26, 2004 than nearby sites.
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Icebergs and an Adelie penguin, Adelie Land, Antarctica. Antarctica, the sixth continent, is a unique observation point for atmospheric and climatic phenomena; its ancient ice, which trapped air when it was formed, contains evidence of the Earth's climate as it has changed and developed over the past millions of years.
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A whale swims off the Valdes peninsula, Argentina. After summering in the Arctic, whales return to the southern seas each winter to reproduce. From July to November, whales mate and bear their young along the coasts of the Valdes Peninsula in Argentina. Until the 1950s, this migratory marine mammal was extensively hunted for its meat and the oil extracted from its fat, which brought it to the edge of extinction. Protective measures were adopted after international attention was focused on the problem in 1937. In 1982 a moratorium was declared on whale hunting for commercial purposes, and in 1994 the southern seas became a whale sanctuary. After decades of protection, 7 of the 13 whale species, of which only a few thousand remain (10 to 60 times fewer than in the early 20th century), are still endangered.
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