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[http://www.mefeedia.com/news/24366708 Mannahatta Project]. Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City. | [http://www.mefeedia.com/news/24366708 Mannahatta Project]. Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City. | ||
400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery. TEDtalk video. [http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/10/01/slideshow_071001_maps Slideshow] and [http://themannahattaproject.org/the site] | 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery. TEDtalk video. [http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/10/01/slideshow_071001_maps Slideshow] and [http://themannahattaproject.org/the site] | ||
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| + | In this image-filled talk, [http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/v2/yab_us.htm Yann Arthus-Bertrand] displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "The Earth From Above," [http://www.ted.com/talks/yann_arthus_bertrand_captures_fragile_earth_in_wide_angle.html TEDtalk] video. Download his amazing new movie [http://www.home-2009.com/us/index.html Home]. | ||
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Mannahatta Project. Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City. 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery. TEDtalk video. Slideshow and site
In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his series "The Earth From Above," TEDtalk video. Download his amazing new movie Home.
