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-senator of Wisconsin, USA, 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.
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					Red Rocks, Sedona, Arizona, United States
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					Huntington Beach Pier, California, USA
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					Remembering the Mahatma
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					Pushkarni, Sri Krishna Temple, Hampi, Karnataka
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					Mount Hamilton, San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
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					Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone
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					Salzburg, Austria
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					The Painted Hills, Oregon
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					Lighting the world
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					Orosei, Sardinia, Italy
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					Obereversand Lighthouse, Dorum, Germany
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					Grand Canal with Santa Maria della Salute Basilica, Venice, Italy
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					A natural spotlight
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					Just a couple of know-it-owls
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					Serene waters on a trembling earth
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					Do pandas enjoy winter?
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					Chital, Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh
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					Celebrating the Scottish bard
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					Sea otter in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
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					American Red Cross pioneers
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					Rama Navami
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					Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
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					Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
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					The Bahamas
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