Time Magazine has launched in partnership with Google a Timelapse site to show the impact, in as clear terms as possible, we have had on our planet.
As part of the project there is this gorgeous collection of vibrant landscapes caught from space.
Guinea Bissau
Yukon Delta
Mayn River (Russia)
Kansas
Syrian Desert
Lena Delta (Russia)
Malaspina Glacier (Alaska)
Florida Everglades
Niger River
Dhofar (Oman)
Baltic Sea