Get involved in Earth Day 2017

The 22nd of April is Earth Day, a global mission to build the world’s largest environmental movement, that began in 1970. More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world. Find out more about how to get involved

To celebrate the day we have put together this gallery of some of the Earth’s diverse and fragile wonders.

King penguin under water, Maquarie Island Australia

Aerial view from hot air balloon over magnificent desert landscape of sand dunes, mountains and Fairy Circles, Namib Rand game reserve Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia

Aerial view, braided structure of river, Icelandic Highlands, Iceland

Mother and calf polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on first year sea ice in Olga Strait, near Edgeoya, Svalbard, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia

Aerial view of the mountain range of Odle surrounded by clouds in the Dolomites, Val Funes, Trentino-Alto Adige South Tyrol, Italy

Brown Bear and volcano at dawn, Kuril Lake Kamchatka Russia

Aerial view of a lake, moss-covered mountains, Icelandic Highlands, Iceland

Looking down on deforested forest slopes from the air, being replaced by farmland for subsistence agriculture in Malawi.

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