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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Salt ponds of Maras, Peru
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Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Celebrating Festivus
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Prasat Phanom Rung temple ruins, Thailand
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Spring awakens
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Eben Ice Caves, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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The Big Blue of the Sierra
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Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Virginia
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Summer winds down in the Hamptons
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Walking among the giants
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Porto Timoni beach, Greece
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Relationship status: It s complicated
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The Gothic Gate in the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, Czechia
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European Day of Parks
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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International Surfing Day
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The natural ice wall of Misotsuchi, Chichibu, Japan
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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China
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1.1 billion opportunities for a better world
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Lake Tyrrell, Victoria, Australia
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World Poetry Day
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There was gold in them there hills…
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Fish River Canyon, Namibia
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World Migratory Bird Day
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Falling for Tennessee
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