re geosphere image in article apr news nd edu rmalayte grumpy helios nd edu ryan malayter writes does anyone know if a digitized version of the geosphere image is available via ftp for those of you who don t know it is a composite photograph of the entire earth with cloudcover removed i just think it s really cool it was created with government funds and sattelites as a research project so i would assume it s in the public domain thanks for any info ryan i have a copy of the earth from space on my wall that i purchased from space shots inc la ca as printed on the poster the image was created by tom van sant and the geosphere project the image is copyrighted so i doubt that you ll find it legally in the public domain part of the proceeds from the sale of the image go to the geosphere project an environmental education thing and the cost is nominal so crack a and buy one also i don t think it s always safe to assume that just because the government funded a project any products will be provided for free many government agencies nasa noaa and some private groups national geographic provided assistance to the geosphere project this collaboration seems to be mostly oriented to educating the public rather than pure research dr thomas trusk dept of cellular biology anatomy email to ttrusk its mcw edu medical college of wisconsin milwaukee wi disclaimer i have no affiliation with any of the above mentioned groups this is just my opinion not a flame or advertisement where am i who turned off the lights what s that funny noise i feel strange aaauuugggghhhhh
