Our Living Planet From Space

Life. It’s the one thing that, so far, makes Earth unique among the thousands of other planets we’ve discovered. Since the fall of 1997, NASA satellites have continuously and globally observed all plant life at the surface of the land and ocean. Read more: Credits: LK Ward (USRA): Lead Producer Patrick Lynch (NASA/GSFC): Editor Compton Tucker (NASA/GSFC): Scientist Ivona Cetinic (NASA/USRA): Scientist Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support Music: Out of Hours by Sound Pocket Music; Watching Ladybirds by Benjamin James Parsons; Marimba Rhythms by Hamilton Winch Complete transcript available. This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: Or subscribe to NASA’s Goddard Shorts