• EARTH Blue Edition - The story
• Making of EARTH Blue Edition
• Inside EARTH Blue Edition
• EARTH Blue Edition around the World

EARTH Blue Edition and the Planet Earth

EARTH Blue Edition contains a wealth of information about our amazing planet. The detailed maps, fascinating text, and breathtaking images bring to life the story of our planet and its place in the universe.

Planet EARTH Facts	vs	EARTH Blue Edition facts
Mass of Earth: 5.972 x 1024kg		Weight: 20kg Weight of presentation case: 15kg
Diameter at equator: 12,756.3km		Dimensions: 610 x 469mm
Diameter between poles: 12,713.6km		Gatefold width: 1.8m
Highest recorded temperature: Al’Aziziyah, Libya, 57.7°C (September 13, 1922)		Number of gatefolds: 4
		Pages: 580 Number of words: over 265,000
Lowest recorded temperature: Vostock II Antarctica -89.2°C (July 21, 1983)		Pages of maps: 170 Number of maps: 355
Smallest Country: Vatican City at 0.45km2 population 824		Chief Consultant: Professor Charles F. Gritzner
		Number of Contributors: 100+
Largest freshwater lake: Lake Superior at 82,413.5km2		Number of Editors: 50+
Largest salt water reservoir: Pacific Ocean at 155,557,000km2		Total copies printed: 3000 Number of copies, Royal Blue: 2000 Number of copies, Imperial Gold: 1000
Lowest country in the world: Tuvalu		Number of geographer’s computers crashed: 35
Lowest dry-land point on Earth: The shore of the Dead Sea, on the Israel-Jordan border (394 m below sea level)		Number of years planning: 20 Number of years in production: 2 Number of countries: 194
Largest animal: The blue whale - so large in fact, if it were a land-based animal, it would be crushed by its own weight.		Number of Moscows recorded: 6 (3 in the USA, 2 in Russia and 1 in Antarctica)
Largest tree: A species of palm tree from the Chuniophoeniceae tribe is so large it is visible from satellite images. It grows to more than 18 m and its leaves are up to 5 m in diameter. The location of the palm is kept secret, but is located somewhere in a remote region of northwestern Madagascar.		Smallest recorded inhabited island: Bishop Rock, UK (it has a lighthouse on it and nothing else)
		Longest place name: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo- tamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a mountain in New Zealand
		Quirky place names: St-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! Quebec, Canada Truth or Consequence, New Mexico, USA Earth, Texas, USA Seventeen Seventy, Queensland, Australia

 

EARTH Blue Edition testimonials

"The Earth Atlas is displayed on the main floor of the Learning Commons of the Margaret and Herman Brown Library. Dr. Lee found the atlas impressive and astounding.  The Abilene Christian University students and staff love to look at it and the foreign students enjoy looking up the information on their country."

 

"‘EARTH’ will one day be looked upon and judged by future generations. What we have gotten correct, what we did not, how things have changed. To have such a volume in the State Library of South Australia is an expectation, a non-negotiable. Premium volumes of quality information require premium venues for their care and use."

 

"I have already purchased four pairs of cotton gloves for people to wear when viewing EARTH.  Really, I am not that crazy, however, I do want my copy of EARTH to fascinate and teach people long after my time has passed. What Millennium House has accomplished with the publication of EARTH is astounding and I am honored to own one volume.  I am also honored to own a total of 5 titles from Millennium House.  I look forward to adding to my collection."

 

"My wife and I bought the ‘Imperial Gold’ Earth book to commemorate our wedding. In addition, we saw it as a unique historical account of our time on Earth and something that could hopefully be passed on through the generations of our family in future."