How do you think seeing Earth from space would influence your perspective? How might it affect your resolutions for 2025? What are you grateful for from 2024.
Happy New Year🖖
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At GalacticESG, EO data helps us see Earth's complex systems. Seeing how the Gulf Stream influences Europe's climate, Saharan dust fertilises Amazon Rainforest, & how hillside trees defend cities from flooding, you begin to grasp Earth's interconnections and delicate balance.

You don't need a space tourist budget to glimpse that view. A lot of Earth observation satellite data is free from space agencies. Optical, infrared, & radar sensors, can show atmospheric carbon concentrations, soil moisture levels, and more with remarkable precision.

Edgar Mitchell's experience on Apollo 14, triggered a profound neurological response. His EEG readings showed increased coherence between his brain hemispheres, corresponding to experiences of unity and interconnectedness. That’s something we all need more of in 2025.

No borders are visible, just interconnected weather systems, ocean currents, and the flow of life across continents. This effect is often mentioned as a benefit in commercial space tourism circles. But its value is richer than you may realise.

The Overview Effect was first described by space philosopher Frank White in 1987. Can you picture yourself looking through a window 400km up. The atmosphere, which seems vast from Earth, appears as a thin, fragile blue line layer protecting all life from the harshness of space.

Of course any landmark old or new interacts with the sun in some way, here’s my photo of a local modern favourite, the Humber Bridge. Not designed to mark the sun’s moves at all, but they do look great together.
Happy Solstice!
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Is there a structure that marks the sun’s movement where you are and was it designed with the solstice in mind?