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The overview effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from outer space.

It is the experience of seeing firsthand the reality of the Earth in space, which is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, "hanging in the void", shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere.

From space, national boundaries vanish

And why, I don’t know. I don’t know to this day. I had a feeling [the Earth] it’s tiny, it’s shiny, it’s beautiful,

it’s home, and it’s fragile.

— Michael Collins, Apollo 11

THE WORLD FROM RIVERS

or RIVERS FORM WORLDS

THE WORLD FROM SEAPORTS

or SEAPORTS FORM WORLDS

THE WORLD FROM POPULATION

or POPULATION FORM WORLDS

THE WORLD FROM LAKES

or LAKES FORM WORLDS

THE WORLD FROM ROADS

or ROADS FORM WORLDS

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