Today is Earth Day—a day dedicated to celebrating the planet we call home and raising awareness of environmental problems. The seeds of this day were planted back in 1969 when Gaylord Nelson, the then-Wisconsin senator, witnessed events like the Cuyahoga River catching fire and the Santa Barbara oil spill and decided that the world needed an environmental initiative. A year later, the first Earth Day event was held. Now, it has grown into an annual event with more than a billion people in over 193 countries taking part.
Earth Day
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Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington, United States
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Fish River Canyon, Namibia
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Spine-cheeked anemonefish
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Butterfly, fly away
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Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
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A remote oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert
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Coral Reef Awareness Week
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Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castles, Bavaria, Germany
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International Tiger Day
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Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, USA-Canada border
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Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Wind-powered ice racing
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Palace of Westminster, London, England
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Bighorn sheep in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, United States
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Orosei, Sardinia, Italy
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Victoria Day
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International Archaeology Day
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A day for the worlds Indigenous populations
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Aýna, Albacete, Spain
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9,000-year-old handprints
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Gravity-defying wonders of the world
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Rebels of the owl world
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A pair of high achievers
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International Womens Day
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Poinsettia Day
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Beech trees and anemone wildflowers, Jutland, Denmark
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Everglades National Park, Florida, United States
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San Gimignano, Siena, Italy
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How can we help at-risk animals?
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