The title of the series may bring to mind a science-fiction film, but it naturally refers to the planet Earth, our home and the only known planet with liquid water. In this series, Rosenquist explores the Earth from new perspectives, as seen from outer space. He imagines how the world might appear through the eyes of visiting aliens. The result is a balance between the planet’s natural beauty and the threats posed by human consumption, pollution and ecological destruction.

Even in Rosenquist’s early works, which depicted the remnants of an expanding consumer culture, he explored his thoughts on the future fate of both humanity and the natural world. The imagery presents a lush, exotic landscape that is simultaneously threatened by scientific progress. Detailed depictions of beautiful exotic flowers are often juxtaposed with the visual language of advertising and objectified bodies. Surreal plants are combined with dark starry skies and nebulae. Beautiful female faces emerge through what appear to be cut-out holes or tears in the canvas. Through his distinctive artistic language, Rosenquist succeeds in bringing together the beauty of the human form and that of flowers without the result feeling clichéd.