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 Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin 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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Churún Merú waterfall in Venezuela
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Plum blossoms in China
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Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains National Park, Australia
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A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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Uredd Rest Area, Norway
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Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
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Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe, California
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Rock River Falls, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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A wonderland in winter
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Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
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Death Valley National Park, California
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Northern coast of Colombia
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We stand with Ukraine
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The Great Blue Hole, Belize
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