Spheres of the Earth System


	Spheres of the Earth System
skwirlinator
12-3-2007 10:03 PM
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spheres of the earth system, spheres, earth, system, science, knowledge
skwirlinator says:
I am looking for a model that shows all spheres of our planet from inner core to the outer magnetosphere in one shot.
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12-4-2007 11:48 AM
SteveJohnSteele
I think you will have to photoshop several pictures together ...
http://space.rice.edu/IMAGE/livefrom/5_magnetosphere.jpg
http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators/gallery/spaceweather/solar_wind_comp_L.jpg
http://www.oma.be/BIRA-IASB/Scientific/Images/magnetosphere.gif
http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/assets/images/2003/May-09-2003/Earth_cutaway.jpg
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/compass-core.gif
http://geomag.usgs.gov/images/earth_section.gif
http://www.slimfilms.com/graphics/12earthcore.jpg
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://csc.gallaudet.edu/soarhigh/espheres.html"><SMALL>Spheres of the Earth System</SMALL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://csc.gallaudet.edu/soarhigh/espheres.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/csc.gallaudet.edu/img/75C93194-AFB6-4723-8B23-51100A9CCBA9" alt="Earth" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://csc.gallaudet.edu/soarhigh/espheres.html"><SMALL>The lithosphere</SMALL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://csc.gallaudet.edu/soarhigh/espheres.html"><SMALL>The anthrosphere</SMALL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://csc.gallaudet.edu/soarhigh/espheres.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/csc.gallaudet.edu/img/571E0C74-3EF8-4A44-90B0-327941440E9E" alt="Anthrosphere" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; 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      <IMG width="76" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="89" align="right" alt="Image of the Earth showing the Lithosphere." src="http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ESS/../images/ESS/litho.gif" />Lithosphere</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ESS/ESSspheres.html"><FONT color="#990000">
      <IMG width="90" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="90" align="right" alt="Image of the Earth showing the Hydrosphere." src="http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ESS/../images/ESS/hydro.gif" />Hydrosphere</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ESS/ESSspheres.html"><FONT color="#990000">
      <IMG width="90" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="90" align="right" alt="Image of the Earth showing the Biosphere." src="http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ESS/../images/ESS/bio.gif" />Biosphere</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ESS/ESSspheres.html"><FONT color="#990000">Atmosphere</FONT></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lithosphere&oldid=173316427" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lithosphere&oldid=173316427" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lithosphere&oldid=173316427"><SPAN>Lithosphere</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lithosphere&oldid=173316427"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/9C8CDAF6-6B30-4733-91EC-7E97A22AFC83" alt="The tectonic plates of the Lithosphere on Earth." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lithosphere&oldid=173316427"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/B22580B0-2FE2-4EE4-A2A0-907F98FFD504" alt="Earth cutaway from core to exosphere." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biosphere&oldid=175575853" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biosphere&oldid=175575853" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biosphere&oldid=175575853"><SPAN>Biosphere</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biosphere&oldid=175575853"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/953BB3D1-1251-4047-B775-6A72E0BAFADB" alt="A false-color composite of global oceanic and terrestrial photoautotroph abundance, from September 1997 to August 2000.  Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biosphere&oldid=175575853"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/BA179442-80E5-4D93-BC59-9C878C5F75F3" alt="A familiar scene on Earth which simultaneously shows the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrosphere&oldid=174701731" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrosphere&oldid=174701731" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrosphere&oldid=174701731"><SPAN>Hydrosphere</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydrosphere&oldid=174701731"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/468449F2-A91C-40DE-B470-5CF9BBF5757F" alt="The movement of water around, over, and through the Earth is called the water cycle, a key process of the hydrosphere." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cryosphere&oldid=175142388" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cryosphere&oldid=175142388" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cryosphere&oldid=175142388"><SPAN>Cryosphere</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cryosphere&oldid=175142388"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/B3633823-A182-46E3-B834-F1F321501D17" alt="Overview of the Cryosphere and its larger components, from the UN Environment Programme Global Outlook for Ice and Snow." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cryosphere&oldid=175142388"><TABLE summary="Contents" class="toc" id="toc"><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV id="toctitle">
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<LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Structure"><SPAN class="tocnumber">1</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Structure</SPAN></A>
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<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Snow"><SPAN class="tocnumber">1.1</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Snow</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Sea_ice"><SPAN class="tocnumber">1.2</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Sea ice</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Lake_ice_and_river_ice"><SPAN class="tocnumber">1.3</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Lake ice and river ice</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Frozen_ground_and_permafrost"><SPAN class="tocnumber">1.4</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Frozen ground and permafrost</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-2"><A href="#Glaciers_and_ice_sheets"><SPAN class="tocnumber">1.5</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Glaciers and ice sheets</SPAN></A></LI>
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<LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#External_links"><SPAN class="tocnumber">2</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">External links</SPAN></A></LI>
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<LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#On_the_Earth"><SPAN class="tocnumber">1</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">On the Earth</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#On_the_Moon"><SPAN class="tocnumber">2</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">On the Moon</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#Also_See"><SPAN class="tocnumber">3</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">Also See</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#On_asteroids"><SPAN class="tocnumber">4</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">On asteroids</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#External_links"><SPAN class="tocnumber">5</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">External links</SPAN></A></LI>
<LI class="toclevel-1"><A href="#References"><SPAN class="tocnumber">6</SPAN> <SPAN class="toctext">References</SPAN></A></LI>
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The solar wind flows from left to right." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ionosphere&oldid=173716248" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ionosphere&oldid=173716248" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ionosphere&oldid=173716248"><SPAN>Ionosphere</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ionosphere&oldid=173716248"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/46F35CA2-9ECD-4FD5-B04A-C6E27BA2817A" alt="Relationship of the atmosphere and ionosphere" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth%27s_atmosphere&oldid=175073170" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth%27s_atmosphere&oldid=175073170" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth%27s_atmosphere&oldid=175073170"><SPAN>Earth's atmosphere</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth%27s_atmosphere&oldid=175073170"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/F7FACBFE-B0E9-4790-B863-1406E9426FC2" alt="A color image of Earth as seen from Apollo 17" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth%27s_atmosphere&oldid=175073170"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/088F90BB-3F11-4E94-9C5C-543845A137AE" alt="Layers of the atmosphere (not to scale)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth%27s_atmosphere&oldid=175073170"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/846ECCA6-7529-4199-A0E5-E88A113D706F" alt="Composition of Earth's atmosphere as at 1987.Dec. The lower pie represents the least common gases that compose 0.038% of the atmosphere. Values normalized for illustration." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth%27s_atmosphere&oldid=175073170"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/E786DFA6-4CB8-4C66-915E-E055301FF812" alt="Mean atmospheric water vapor" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth%27s_atmosphere&oldid=175073170"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/837BEAB0-ED9C-4EF7-AFCA-0C8C166887DC" alt="Earth's atmosphere from space" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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