Project
2 Sunshine
the world
Tim
Peake
is anaround
ESA/UK
astonaut
Annual hours of sunshine across the world
Wikipedia: public domain: souce: Landsberg, H. E. in Pinna, M.
L'atmosfera e il clima, Torino, UTET, 1978, p. 63
Umbrellas aren’t just for the rain, they can also protect you from the fierce Sun.
(lhs) in the UK; (rhs) in India. Photos: permission given
Average skin colour across the world (for indigenous people)
Source: G. Chaplin, Geographic Distribution of Environmental Factors influencing
Human Skin Colouration, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 125, 292, 2004,
Map updated 2007
Deaths from skin cancer per 100,000 population
(light yellow is less than 1, red is more than 8, blue is ‘no data’)
Data from Death and DALY estimates for 2004 by cause for WHO Member States
Wikimedia, creative commons, attribution-share; attribution:Lokal_Profil
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite senses
temperature using infrared wavelengths. This image shows the temperature of the Earth’s
surface or clouds covering it in April 2003. The scale ranges from -81 C in black/blue to 47 C in
red. Note : temperature in degrees C = Temperature in Kelvin – 273.
Credit: AIRS Science Team, NASA/JPL
Image of the largest Antarctic ozone hole ever recorded (blue colour)
(September 2006), over the Southern pole
credit: NASA
Rangoli pattern drawn with chalk on the ground for the Hindu Festival of Dwivali
Credit: Helen Mason
Template for a Rangoli pattern, used during the Hindu Festival of Dwivali
Credit: Helen Mason
Shadow puppet show in Rahjastan, India
Credit: Helen Mason
Icy mountains on Pluto as seen by the New Horizons probe
Credit: NASA
Photo credit: NASA/ESA