Free PDF book includes amazing satellite shots of protected places

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The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies has released a free PDF anthology of images of earth's protected wonders, like development right up to the edge of New Zealand's Mount Egmont National Park.

Titled Sanctuary, it's definitely worth downloading and browsing.

The bright green areas below show the demarcation for protected stands of Sundarbans mangroves along the Bay of Bengal.

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Image Credit: NASA/USGS/JPL

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies