We all want to do our best for the planet. To pass a natural environment on to our children and grandchildren that is as majestic as the one we inherited. Earth Day asks us to find ways to make the big stuff happen: to plant trees, to ask our leaders to prioritize renewable energy sources and to make sure climate change is tackled head on.
As a reminder of the natural beauty all around us, we’ve put together a gallery of images for Earth Day.
The glow of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, on the horizon in the Kawartha Lakes region, southern Ontario.Image: REUTERS/Fred Thornhill
Migrating cranes rest at the Hula Lake Ornithology and Nature Park in northern Israel.Image: REUTERS/Nir Elias
Monument Valley Tribal Park in Utah.Image: REUTERS/Charles Platiau
The world's largest salt flat, the Salar de Uyuni, as seen from Incahuasi island in southern Bolivia.Image: REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A Zambian man walks along the edge of the 110-metre-high main falls of the Victoria Falls.Image: REUTERS/Howard Burditt
An aerial view of a natural lake fed by a spring in the Amazon River basin near Manaus, Brazil. Image: REUTERS/Ivan Canabrava
Tim Kopra performs a spacewalk outside the international space station.Image: REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters
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