Saturday, July 7, 2007

[177] Fuel Sources, Consumption, and Prices (cmyk+rgb)


(cmyk)
Segments originating at the South Pole (1971) represent changing proportions of fuel sources and usage up until 1996 (North Pole).

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

[173] Life Carbon Reserves



Sunday, July 1, 2007

[171] Infant Mortality



Infant mortality is a good indicator of a population's well-being. In areas shaded dark red, one out of five children does not live beyond the age of five. In white areas, the mortality is less than 2%.

[170] Solar System




This globe representing the size of the sun shows the respective size of the solar system's planets. Most planets in other solar systems have been just too small to be detected with current technology .
The planets discovered so far are huge: up to 11 times the size of Jupiter. Smaller ones, the size of earth, are not expected to be found in the near future, even though there are no doubts that they exist.