Earth Day by MagikUnicorn
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EARTH DAY APRIL 22
For the first time in more than a decade, five NASA Earth-observing missions will be launched into space in a single year. To celebrate this milestone, NASA is inviting people all around the world to step outside on Earth Day, April 22, take a "selfie," and share it with the world on social media.
Designed to encourage environmental awareness and recognize the agency's ongoing work to protect our home planet, NASA's "Global Selfie" event asks people everywhere to take a picture of themselves in their local environment.
On Earth Day, NASA will monitor photos posted to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google+ and Flickr. Photos posted to Twitter, Instagram or Google+ using the hashtag #GlobalSelfie or to the #GlobalSelfie Facebook event page and the #GlobalSelfie Flickr group will be used to create a crowd-sourced mosaic image of Earth - a new "Blue Marble" built bit-by-bit with #GlobalSelfie photos.
NASA's 17 Earth science missions now in orbit help scientists piece together a detailed "global selfie" of our planet day after day. Insights from these space-based views help answer some of the critical challenges facing our planet today and in the future: climate change, sea level rise, freshwater resources and extreme weather events. NASA Earth research also yields many down-to-Earth benefits, such as improved environmental prediction and natural hazard and climate change preparedness.
EARTH DAY is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.
In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a Proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations.
A month later a separate Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in recognition of his work. While this April 22 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues.
Comments (26)
Faemike55
Cool idea thanks for bringing this to our attention
magnus073
Magik, il s'agit d'une présentation merveilleuse. Merci de nous informer de jour de la terre.
bebopdlx
Cool work and info.
eekdog
great presentation.
peedy
Great image and info, MU. Can't make a selfie, don't have a cellphone. Corrie
bazza
Nice work on this one Buddy!!
jayfar
Very interesting Magik.
Bossie_Boots
Very interesting and nice work :)
adrie
Wonderful and interesting image and work Magik.
johndoop
Indeed great presentation.Well done!!!!!
jendellas
Wow, excellent!!
illkirch
Interesting information
MarciaGomes
Maravilhosa obra para comemorar o dia da terra meu amigo,obrigado pela informação.+++++++++++5
danapommet
A fantastic dedication to Earth Day and wonderful narrative! GO HABS - up 3 - 0!!!!!!!
MagikUnicorn
4-0......Now we are waiting the Big Bad Bruins ;-)
RodS
Very cool work for Earth Day, Real!
jocko500
wonderful
sharky_
Nice work and message..... Aloha
DennisReed
cool
mickeyrony
Hummm..;...... joli travail encore Bravo Canadiens ((5++))
flavia49
very nice
sossy
cool idea to create a super image for this impressive infos! ;o)
lisalisette
Great presentation Magik :)
giareg
Great job!
ansgar2
Fantastic image....!!!
caty77
Nice representation of Earth from space. I remember a similar shot in 1990's; then an other shot twenty years after. Number of lights is horrible most numerous.
Fahrenheit451
C'est une histoire merveilleuse mon frère indien! Maintenant, nous pouvons célébrer l'anniversaire du télescope Hubble! :)