Interesting how each was able to bring their image back around, no matter how mundane, to tie it in with the day's theme. Just goes to show how important the Earth is, this place we call home. How central it is to our everyday existence.
No long introduction to this date stamp as I thought the following verse from Anthony Newley's and Leslie Bricusse's "Feelin' Good" (made popular by Rat Packer Sammy Davis, Jr.) sums things up best:
Birds flying high, you know how I feel
Sun in the sky, you know how I feel
Reeds driftin' on by, you know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me
And I'm feeling good.
Featured Photo
The Earth gets the honor this time around, natch. Who better besides?
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London, England
GMT
(3 p.m., local time)
As it's Earth Day, I thought it appropriate to visit a garden centre. This is one of a dozen that line a country road, close to where I live. I was on the look-out for an olive tree for a birthday gift, but got side-tracked by this colourful display in one of the glasshouses.
The English have been regarded as a nation of gardeners, and we certainly enjoy terra-forming our own patches of earth!
London, England
United Kingdom
GMT
(3 p.m. local time)
United Kingdom
GMT
(3 p.m. local time)
The view from just outside my writing shed. Looks like we're set for a warm April...
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Dorset, England
United Kingdom
GMT
(3 p.m. local time)
United Kingdom
GMT
(3 p.m. local time)
Family cat Twinkle wondering here if he left the gas on... All our cats have stories attached on how they came to be with us; Twinkle's works like this. Friend of the family gets female cat from a charity; I say to her: "That cat's pregnant." "No it's not..." She replies breezily... Four weeks later, kittens are exploding out of said charity cat, Friend rings in a frenzy: "Take one, will you?" "I already have a cat." I say. "Take it or I'm putting it in the nearest well!" hysterical friend replies... A couple of weeks later, Twinkle arrives. Turns out he's misogynistic and hates women. Sigh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
United Kingdom
GMT
(2 p.m. local time)
United Kingdom
GMT
(2 p.m. local time)
With Earth Day and the new UK Budget the hot topics of the day, a photo of new green shoots in my little indoor garden seemed appropriate.
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So with the best laid plans I set out to take my date stamp photograph on Earth Day 2009, casually stepping into my condo elevator. A beautiful urban park awaits where I intend to contrast the curves and soft edges of nature against the cold jagged lines of the cityscape...
THUNK... the elevator stops! There's power, but the damn thing just isn't moving.
Not to panic, just a temporary glitch is all. I mean when was the last time someone was trapped in one of these things?
The seconds turn into minutes and the minutes start to pile up. I press the emergency call button, but it does nothing.
As the Jeopardy theme song starts to play over and over in my head, thoughts of all the bad things that could happen creep into my brain.
10 minutes have elapsed. A very long time when left alone with your irrational thoughts.
I press every button on the panel, which does nothing other than make me feel even less in control.
Just as I start looking for a hatch in the roof, the things starts up again!
Wait... this is it... this is my earth day!
I snap the shot, and whether it be the glass and chrome messing with the exposure or the aura of my shot nerves, it pretty well represents where my head is at.
Down to the front desk where I find out a fuse has blown, and then back up 14 flights of stairs...
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Toronto, Ontario
Canada
GMT -5
(10 a.m. local time)
Canada
GMT -5
(10 a.m. local time)
So with the best laid plans I set out to take my date stamp photograph on Earth Day 2009, casually stepping into my condo elevator. A beautiful urban park awaits where I intend to contrast the curves and soft edges of nature against the cold jagged lines of the cityscape...
THUNK... the elevator stops! There's power, but the damn thing just isn't moving.
Not to panic, just a temporary glitch is all. I mean when was the last time someone was trapped in one of these things?
The seconds turn into minutes and the minutes start to pile up. I press the emergency call button, but it does nothing.
As the Jeopardy theme song starts to play over and over in my head, thoughts of all the bad things that could happen creep into my brain.
10 minutes have elapsed. A very long time when left alone with your irrational thoughts.
I press every button on the panel, which does nothing other than make me feel even less in control.
Just as I start looking for a hatch in the roof, the things starts up again!
Wait... this is it... this is my earth day!
I snap the shot, and whether it be the glass and chrome messing with the exposure or the aura of my shot nerves, it pretty well represents where my head is at.
Down to the front desk where I find out a fuse has blown, and then back up 14 flights of stairs...
New York, New York
United States
GMT - 5
(10 a.m. local time)
United States
GMT - 5
(10 a.m. local time)
I had a couple of things to choose from, as I snapped pictures whilst walking to the subway to work, but I figured I'd go with this one. I was really hoping to get a shot of a tree-lined block with the large, clear plastic recycling full of stuff next to them. Sort of a nature and people in harmony pic, but of course, the bags were gone, come morning, so I thought I'd capture this instead. There is hope for us!Playwright, Filmmaker
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Raleigh, North Carolina
United States
GMT - 5
(10 a.m. local time)
United States
GMT - 5
(10 a.m. local time)
Partly cloudy, windy, and a tad chilly. A Canadian goose calmly cruises a small pond surrounded by green budding trees, beautiful flowers, and croaking frogs and I have stepped back in time 100 years. Then I turn, face reality -- a gaggle of cars floats on a sea of asphalt and I realize – I was born 100 years too late. _____________________________________________
Louisville, Kentucky
United States
GMT - 5
(10 a.m. local time)
United States
GMT - 5
(10 a.m. local time)
This Earth Day at the appointed hour I was on the phone with my mother, who is 80 and recently widowed. I could not in conscience cut the conversation short, as she is living in a new apartment, having recently lost my Dad, and having just sold the farm where she had lived with him for 40 years. But afterwards I rummaged for pictures of the old place to scan and share.
In 1970, John and Alice moved Upstate, with their four teenaged children, from Westchester County outside of New York City. My father’s elfish smile and salute in this picture is characteristic: he felt free. At 43 he had left the corporate world to live “off the land.” For forty years, he and my mother enjoyed long thaws, late springs and short growing seasons—that is, a vitality and happiness that seemed connected to a friendship they cultivated with the earth. So on this Earth Day I wish to salute them with a scrapbook shot. My hope is that we all find our parcel of earth to befriend.
— Jeanne Hammond
Screenwriter
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Westlake Village, California
United States
GMT - 8
(7 a.m. local time)
Finally a date stamp in which the sun makes an appearance.
This is the view from your bedroom window, what you wake up to every morning: the trees that boarder your property just a few feet from where the Santa Monica Mountains begin their 12-mile bump and grind — sporadic undulations that somehow manage to look elegant, effortless as they tumble into the Pacific Ocean; the egg yolk sunshine that spills over into a plate of blue sky; the trees that serve as the hummingbirds' embarcadero from which they can determine their next moves.
The morning is alive, vibrant, a perfect start to Earth Day. As the hours unwind, your mind is never far from what it is you're marking today, and you feel safe, and comforted, and well taken care of. She may be ailing, your Mother Earth, infected by greed and ignorance, but on a day like today, you cannot but believe that she will make a full recovery. Under the ministries of those who have a finger on her pulse, who can tell when her temperature's running too high and her resources too thin, and who are willing to do what it takes to nurse her back to health, you believe she'll be around, alive and kicking, for a good long time to come.
United States
GMT - 8
(7 a.m. local time)
Finally a date stamp in which the sun makes an appearance.
This is the view from your bedroom window, what you wake up to every morning: the trees that boarder your property just a few feet from where the Santa Monica Mountains begin their 12-mile bump and grind — sporadic undulations that somehow manage to look elegant, effortless as they tumble into the Pacific Ocean; the egg yolk sunshine that spills over into a plate of blue sky; the trees that serve as the hummingbirds' embarcadero from which they can determine their next moves.
The morning is alive, vibrant, a perfect start to Earth Day. As the hours unwind, your mind is never far from what it is you're marking today, and you feel safe, and comforted, and well taken care of. She may be ailing, your Mother Earth, infected by greed and ignorance, but on a day like today, you cannot but believe that she will make a full recovery. Under the ministries of those who have a finger on her pulse, who can tell when her temperature's running too high and her resources too thin, and who are willing to do what it takes to nurse her back to health, you believe she'll be around, alive and kicking, for a good long time to come.
— Pamela Schott
Author, Screenwriter
Author, Screenwriter
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My 4 year-old came home from preschool today wearing this paper medallion around his neck. I ask him what it is for. He says, "Earth Day." I then ask what Earth Day is about. "We have to do nice things for the earth," he says.
"Like what?"
He replies, "Like planting vegetables. I planted chives in school with Jamie."
"What other nice things do we do for the earth?" I prompt.
"I know, we recycle!" he exclaims. He adds, "We do nice things cause the earth gives us everything we need."
I hope it's an idea that he'll carry with him always and act on accordingly.
— Ginley Regencia
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Tikrit, IraqBeijing, China
GMT + 8
(11 p.m. local time)
GMT + 8
(11 p.m. local time)
My 4 year-old came home from preschool today wearing this paper medallion around his neck. I ask him what it is for. He says, "Earth Day." I then ask what Earth Day is about. "We have to do nice things for the earth," he says.
"Like what?"
He replies, "Like planting vegetables. I planted chives in school with Jamie."
"What other nice things do we do for the earth?" I prompt.
"I know, we recycle!" he exclaims. He adds, "We do nice things cause the earth gives us everything we need."
I hope it's an idea that he'll carry with him always and act on accordingly.
— Ginley Regencia
Royal Ville
Singapore
GMT + 8
(11 p.m. local time)
Singapore
GMT + 8
(11 p.m. local time)
Here I was ready to climb into my comfortable bed for a quick Vanity Fair read before sleep and what do I find? My magazine hijacked by my cat...who happens to think he owns the bed AND my magazine! Or is it the image of Gisele Bundchen on the cover that's got him all cosy and purring so loudly that the whole room seems to reverberate? If only everyone in the world could be and feel as content as this creature...
— Sonia Marzuki
Freelance Writer, PR Consultant
Freelance Writer, PR Consultant
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GMT + 3
(6 p.m. local time)
The walls.
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Elsewhere in the world:
Panama Canal, Panama
United States
GMT - 8
(7 a.m. local time)
United States
GMT - 8
(7 a.m. local time)
Australian Station
Antarctica
GMT + 4
(7 p.m. local time)
Abbey Road
London, England
United Kingdom
GMT
(3 p.m. local time)
Venice Grand Canal, Italy
GMT +1
(4 p.m. local time)
(4 p.m. local time)
Paris, France
GMT + 1
(4 p.m. local time)
GMT + 1
(4 p.m. local time)
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