Well, I know I am behind on these entries and I am sorry... We got busy, I got distracted, I had writer's block--all of the above are in part the reason why. But after thinking about it I decided to return to the subject of our planet mainly because I am spending a lot of time taking photos of it (and I have never been that much interested in photography!).

(Sandra took the desert photo below from the International Space Station. More photos and Sandra's NASA journal post can be found here.)