Earth

Earth Facts and Pictures


 * Human Population of the Earth is 7 billion as of November 2011
 * The earth is 4.5 to 4.6 billion years old
 * The earth is the 3rd planet from the sun
 * The longest river in Earth is The Nile River which is located in Africa. The Nile River is 6,695 kilometers long.
 * Earth has only one NATURAL satellite; the moon
 * Antarctica is the coldest recorded place on earth
 * There are 10 million species of life on earth
 * There are more than 6,800 different languages on earth
 * Mount Everest is the highest point on the surface
 * Earth releases 1 million earthquakes a year; most are never noticed or recorded
 * The Earth is not actually round, its slightly flat on the top and the bottom poles [[image:411tospacetravel/Screen_shot_2012-05-27_at_7.54.57_AM.png width="146" height="170" align="left"]][[image:Screen_shot_2012-05-27_at_7.54.49_AM.png width="107" height="150" align="right"]]