Laminated poster has white unprinted edges and a red printed border enclosing a map of the world shaded in green, blue, yellow, red and black, set on a black background. Below the image is "Earth: the living planet" followed by two columns of text, all in white. At the bottom left and right are color photos with white captions beneath. At the left is a rain forest and grazing cows and at the right is a red desert and white, snow-covered mountains. Centered on the bottom is a color index for the map, identifying land/vegetation and ocean colors. At the top left is a "Geographic Smart" logo in white and at the top right si the Weekly Reader logo in white and "map-a-month" in red.