Return To Earth (Pro ›)
: Jim Harrison’s novel Returning to Earth uses the phrase as a metaphor for facing mortality and family history within a Native American cultural context.
For real-world explorers, returning to Earth is a grueling physical and sensory experience. Return to Earth
: Programs like community composting are described as a natural return to the earth , cycling nutrients back into the soil. : Jim Harrison’s novel Returning to Earth uses
: Some develop a "long stare," finding it difficult to relate to earthly life after witnessing the planet's fragile beauty from above. 3. Literary and Figurative Returns : Some develop a "long stare," finding it
: Astronauts return to a post-catastrophic Earth (e.g., after 300 years of extreme tsunamis) to see if it can support human life again .
: Alien or human voyagers return after 500,000 years to find that Earth’s "primitive" inhabitants have advanced beyond expectations .