On Earth Day, we celebrate all the gifts the world and nature make available to us. We recognize our complete dependence on its bounty. And we acknowledge the need for good stewardship to preserve its fruits for future generations.John Hoeven
Wishing you all a joyous Earth Day today and every day.
Happy Earth Day!
From @NASA
Earth is special. It's the only place in the universe that we know contains life. Celebrate its beauty with these amazing images of our home planet from our #EarthDay photo gallery! Take a look, download and maybe even use one as your device's wallpaper:
go.nasa.gov/2qQKCKs
This Earth Day, NASA invites you to create your own shareable views of our home planet, help combat mosquito-transmitted diseases, and watch our fleet of Earth-observing spacecraft as they circle the globe.
NASA pioneers and supports an amazing range of advanced technologies and tools to help scientists and environmental specialists better understand and protect our home planet – from space lasers to virtual reality, small satellites and smartphone apps.
To celebrate Earth Day 2018, April 22, the agency is highlighting many of these innovative technologies and encouraging the public to use several of the online tools. Look for videos and stories to be posted throughout this week on NASA social media with the hashtag #NASA4Earth and on this web page:
www.nasa.gov/earthday
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Happy Earth Day my friends. May the sun warm your heart, may the earth sustain your body, may its waters sooth your spirit, and may its breath lift your mind.
“At some point in life, the world’s beauty becomes enough.” Toni Morrison
Moonchild wrote: Happy Earth Day my friends. May the sun warm your heart, may the earth sustain your body, may its waters sooth your spirit, and may its breath lift your mind.
“At some point in life, the world’s beauty becomes enough.” Toni Morrison
A refreshing respite......Gaia is grateful.....THANK YOU
Happy Earth Day! We're proud to help Preserve, Promote, and Protect this little slice of heaven on earth that is Staunton State Park, and appreciate all of you who help support our mission and love our park as we do.
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You know the photo, but do you know the story behind it? A new video explains the circumstances that gave rise to the famous Apollo “Earthrise” photo while recreating the experience with modern data.
I don't know if they're "chilling", but they are pretty cool to see how far we've come in camera resolution.
When the Allies vanquished Nazi Germany in 1945, the U.S. captured many of the Germans' powerful V-2 rockets which, after translation, is short for "Vengeance Weapon Two."
Those seized rockets didn't stay in Europe for long. After being transported across the world and pieced together on the windswept, desert plains of southern New Mexico, U.S. engineers (and, controversially, captured Nazi scientists) launched a technologically-advanced V-2 rocket 65 miles above the planet's surface on Oct. 24, 1946. In doing so, they captured the first photographs of Earth from space.
And so began an unwritten custom of looking back onto our cloudy planet — even if our spacecraft had other missions, sometimes bound for destinations millions (or billions) of miles away in deep, uncharted space.
"During almost every mission we turn around and take a picture back home," said Bill Barry, NASA's chief historian. "There seems to be an irresistible tendency to look back at home."
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill