Earthscape

A view of the Earth or a part thereof, emphasizing its geological history and the natural and man-made processes that created it.

Noun

  1. A view of the Earth or a part thereof, emphasizing its geological history and the natural and man-made processes that created it.
    • In an earthscape where man or evidence of man is prominent, we see him actively engaged in planting, reaping, and traveling[…] - 1983, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art:
    • This project focuses on documenting the distinctive, defining aspects of Edinboro's earthscape. These aspects include the Lake Erie shoreline (especially Presque Isle), lake-effect weather, French Creek watershed,...
    • Yet never do we pause to wonder why the monotonous greens and browns over the long expanse of time before flowers arrived on earth gave way so suddenly—abruptly enough on the evolutionary scale to cause Darwin great...
  2. A view of the earth rising above the lunar horizon as seen from the moon or from a spacecraft.

Origin

From Earth + -scape, modelled after landscape.

Forms

Earthscapes earthscape

Verb

  1. To take an Earthscape photograph.
  2. To landscape on a grand scale.
  3. To terraform.

Forms

Earthscapes Earthscaping Earthscaped earthscape