It's Earth Day! Why it's celebrated and..............

The photos of the Earth from space are so beautiful.
Some I had not seen before.




It's Earth Day! Why it's celebrated and activities you can do
Julia Gomez, USA TODAY
Wed, April 22, 2026 at 6:01 AM CDT

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/earth-day-why-celebrated-activities-110159543.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall


Earth Day is a celebration that comes at a time when climate change is affecting communities across the globe.

Earth Day, which falls on April 22 every year, began in 1970, after millions of protesters in the United States marched for change, following a series of disasters caused by climate change and pollution that impacted the country. It then grew to a global movement.

In 2026, the day continues to acknowledge our planet, how it provides for us and ways we can protect and preserve its beauty.


In honor of Earth Day, see these photos of our planet from space
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The crew of Artemis II captured a breathtaking image of a celestial event known as an "Earthset," in which the Earth dropped below the lunar horizon. The image is reminiscent of the iconic "Earthrise" photo that NASA astronaut Bill Anders captured in 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission that showed our planet rising on the lunar horizon.
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman of NASA took this stunning photograph of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window on April 2. The image is reminiscent of the iconic "blue marble" image captured during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
On December 16, 1992, eight days after its encounter with Earth, the Galileo spacecraft looked back from a distance of about 3.9 million miles to capture this remarkable view of the moon in orbit about Earth.
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