Earth Day: NASA Marks 50th Anniversary With Stunning Timelapse of the Planet

The 50th anniversary of Earth Day arrives amid the coronavirus pandemic that has killed tens of thousands. The global shutdown also has cleared the skies in major cities, cast new light on the dangers of endemic air pollution, and muted one of the biggest events on the calendar for environmental activists.

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[bornvillain]

Man: *marvels at his own achievements* - "I can overcome anything..."

Nature: "let's see, here's a virus. Good luck earth monkey" 👋🏻😀

[minyoon-gi]

Happy Earth day!! We all in this together!!

[pythontron]

I can't believe the Earth is 50 years old today!

[PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Earth is a beautiful planet. The only planet to hold life that we know of. But sadly human activity is causing Earth to warm in a way that could hurt the climate and ecosystem. But if we listen to science we can fix it.
🌎🌎🌿🌿 🧪 🧬

[selfeducatedman]

Now imagine if we had a more ambitious space program how much more we could do? Perhaps as much as Isaac Arthur describes on his channel? 🚀

[dmahar]

Really is this the best animation you have NASA? 😉
Still no real photos of earth from space ...
🙈🙉🙊

[toddclark]

I to happend in 1968 thanks for sharing with us.

[downtourth]

More Billion dollar NAS-Hole cartoons, great!

[cleo]

People ho dislike the video dont care about earth and happy earth day lets save earth

[madpatriot]

50 years of fleecing the American people and all we get it CGI

[chile_en_nogada]

Perhaps one of the worst videos i have ever seen. Literally had no idea what was going on. It all went by to past and there wasnt enough time to view the 'changes'.

[tabasco]

You need to stop worshiping the planet earth and have a Jesus Christ day! "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them." Jhn 3:36. "By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly." 2 Pet 3:7.

[canyonroots]

The Earth's weather and climate is driven by the energy and cycles of the Sun.

[vanavana]

Am I the only one that forgot about earth day because of the virus?

[enshroudedcloud]

That was one of the most vapid representations of the Earth I may have seen, and it wasn't even a timelapse. Wow.