NEW iPHONE APPLICATION “BEAUTIFUL PLANET” LETS USERS TRAVEL THE WORLD WHILE STANDING STILL - - A Top Ten Travel App and Apple Staff Favorite for Three Weeks Running! - - February 19, 2010 (NEW YORK) – Want to embark on a global adventure through steamy gorilla hideaways, nomadic desert dwellings and frozen icefields dotted with penguins all at your finger's touch? There’s an App for that. “Beautiful Planet,” the latest in iPhone travel applications, has launched, giving users 30 years of travel images – across seven continents and 160 countries – a savvy and evocative encyclopedia of the world, allowing for a multicultural view that’s beautiful, educational and inspiring all at once. Developed by renowned traveler Peter Guttman, this groundbreaking application can help jetsetters and homebodies alike capture the thrill of adventure that travel brings, inspiring users to explore unusual places and discover exotic cultures. Capturing scenes of exquisite landscapes and seldom seen religious ceremonies, Beautiful Planet touches all corners of the globe and yields a joyous portrait of the world we live in. Peter Guttman's work has received distinguished recognition and accolades, featured in solo photographic exhibitions at Sotheby’s and the United Nations. He has journeyed to the end of the world and back, served as on-air expert for the Travel Channel and A&E Television, and created a hardcover book series for Fodors Travel Publications. He was twice named the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year and was dubbed a “one-man Explorers Club” by the New York Times. The Beautiful Planet application is now available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, should soon be featured on Apple’s upcoming iPad, and can be purchased on iTunes here: http://bit.ly/920GFW. ### Contact Phil Scales at Banzai Labs for more information: phil@banzailabs.com