You want proof? I got your proof right here!

For those who refuse to believe in global warming or the general destruction humans are having on the environment (ahem, I am refer to you Libertarians and other Laissez-faire Capitalists), here is some visual and first hand evidence.

Commander Eileen Collins said the astronauts on shuttle Discovery can seen widespread environmental destruction on Earth and warned on Thursday that greater care was needed to protect natural resources.

"Sometimes you can see how there is erosion, and you can see how there is deforestation. It's very widespread in some parts of the world," Collins said in a conversation from space with Japanese officials in Tokyo, including Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

"We see storms, we see droughts we've seen hurricanes and of course in the view at night you see cities lit up in populated parts of the world," Commander Culbertson said. "There is smoke and dust in wider spread areas than we have seen before, particularly as areas like Africa dry up in certain regions."

"The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so very thin," she said. "We know that we don't have much air, we need to protect what we have."

And here were are, sitting around debating about gays getting married and why Brad left Jennifer when our eggshell is ready to POP hurling us into space!

Lo and behold, the world IS round!