I'm always awestruck by the wonders and sublime beauty of our magnificent planet. Just astonishing, Alan. Great work.

all of the pictures are good, deep, they tuched me...
favorit is #20.

greets from hungary

As always, an awesome collection of photographs....... A good moment to reflect on the beauty of our planet and the carelessness we sometimes treat her with. Time to make a change !

Amazing! Our planet is a truly wonderous place!

Superb selection, a great combination of tragedy and achievement.

Great shots... like usual!

I really like the last one with the wolf in the Zone of Alienation. It makes you wonder that in the end the Earth and the diversity of life will recover no matter what we will do to it. It also implies that... the humans must perish before any real recovery.

Also it is sad to see also in my home Romania, plastic bottles in lakes and rivers like in the Serbia photo. Hope we will have soon a tax to encourage the recicling of these bottles.

Exudes all types of emotion! Great work, and thanks.

Very beautiful, yet very scary at the same time.

Thanks again.

Ýòî äî íåâîçìîæíîñòè áîëüíî... Äàæå íå çíàþ, ÷òî äîáàâèòü. Ìíå ëè÷íî íóæíî ó ñåáÿ ñïðàøèâàòü, ÷òî ÿ ñäåëàëà ÷òî á õîòü êàê òî ïîìî÷ü?

This very broad and thought invoking collection. Some of the photos make me sad for my children's and grandchildren's futures. I truly hope that some people can change their ways before it too late for all.

There are many awkward sentences in the captions this time around....

#40 - Interesting how the Chernobyl disaster created an exclusion zone that is now a biological experiment that models what the ecosystem would be like without the presence of humans

Australian hottie alert in #35!

Excellent depiction of both the natural and built world we currently live in.

LONG LIVE THE EARTH!

#23 reminds me of wall•E. Fantastic pictures.

Beautiful selection, thank you.

27 is amazing, I have no idea how the photographer got that shot while 37 really sums things up.

Excellent photos!... Actual and beautiful. Thanks from Russia

I don't know if I enjoyed the close up of the metallic looking beetle or the shirtless whale-saving hunk more!

A beautiful planet with a build-up of unnecessary human plastic waste. Water should not foam.

@ Sara at 13:

I saw him first !!! :)

excelentes fotografías!

So Beautiful

@13, 20, re: #35 -- Sigh. Never mind the whale that's beached or dying or whatever. "Hottie alert!"

That guy in number 35 is SMOKING HOT. I'm just saying.

27 is the perfect shot.

#25 is amazing...nature is so powerful...and human (sight)... Greetings from Mexico and Thanks!

fav is #40 - sublime and powerful at the same time

#30: This looks like the one of the worst Sisyphean jobs in the world.

#20 - you elusive picture!
I've tried this in the darkest depths of Bryce and Big Bend, Texas, but nothing is close to the one here!
WoW!

beutiful pics

#23 Wall.E anyone?

The photos are great, but it is your editing that makes this site amazing. Thank You.

Re: no.36: Is that Wolverine?

Nice pictures!!

#36 - Look out it's Freddy Krueger!!!

just sad about Brazil... i'm from São Paulo, and it's easy to see slums taking control of parts of forests near cities, like this in Rio, or here in Sampa, near roads, highways, etc.

Anyway, i'm glad to say that brazilian part of earth still so beatiful. Great and brilliant pics. Thanks from Brazil !

Great photos, but what, pray tell, is a "rape seed"? Photo #2

I live in front of the lagoon "Tres Pascualas" in Concepción. Photo #32
It's very sad see that picture here.

RAPE SEED IS WHAT CANOLA OIL COMES FROM

Earth, our only home.

kansk!!! (^:

wondrous or horrible. depending on where u live.

i also live in front of the lagoon..
pic# 32

the smell of that day....was amazing....

La terre notre mère, our Mother

#8 - "Ferid Sinan, a 40-year-old Bosnian man, carries a bag of coal out of an illegal coal mine, where he lives and works..."

wow, guess it's not so much of a secret anymore. does the possibility not exist that this man is about to shut down quickly now by the Bosnian government? perhaps a little more ambiguity in regards to where this was might have helped the cause.

These are amazing and touching photos. Magnificent!!

People should really be ashamed of what they do to our planet.
But I agree with with the Thom. Major hottie alert.

Our Earth, Our Home Forever.

Its an eye opener...

Great photos. #32 is just surreal.....

ty for posting them.

Inorder to understand the importance of our mother nature and the service she offers to our mankind one should watch the 11th hour documentary...

Great pictures!Great job!

Thanks Big GLOBEus !

gooddddddddd

Regards,
Mariappan N

#27 awesome

comment 36: That depends on what you think is important. You could also say something like: Too bad people have to turn to the forrest due to improper sharing of wealth.

Great pictures btw and LOL to the ladies(and gents) cheering for the hottie in #35.

Great beuty of Mother Earth! mabuhay!

I like a lot this kind of pictures! they are amaizing!! so can we share solutions or propose creative ones for this topic??
thank you all!!

Absolutely AWESOME, Nothing but Stunning again!!!!
I didn't see no whale pic though............. :)
I love living here in Western Australia...!

Super collection. Lots of contrast in the sense that some pictures depict the damage done by humans, while other depict the human effort to preserve the nature.

Love all of your pictures. So sad to see the plastic bottles, on the river coast in Belgrade. Similar in my country Macedonia.

okay, so canola oil is a by product of rape? That doesn't cound like a healthy product at all.

And medaholic, (comment 40)
Speak for yourself.

Wow,wonderful images i never see before!

Thanks for sharing,man!

visablogging

Beautiful photos & insightfull messages, Tnx. What about adding one of the Monarca Butterflies (in Michoacán, México)??

@picture 37 : This pile of glass looks not very "earth day" but in reality this is done to let bacteria 'clean' the glass from all left-overs. By this they don't have to use precious water which otherwise would be needed to clean the glass. After a few weeks the bacteria did their work and the glass can be recycled.

JUST WOW .....

Number 36: Thermokipio agreliwn!! (Cypriots will understand:)
Great pics all the way, thanx.

Simply awesome.

I wish I could be there and see these with my own eyes... I love the volcanos especially

Where World GO?

Merveilleux, contrastes très fort.

thats it. I'm moving to australia and making like a beached whale.

LOVE the pictures. always.

What the hell are you guys talking about. There is so much pollution and crap going on in the world. Not many people care or are doing anything about it. All you guys are focusing on are the good pictures. You guys are the reason the world is so polluted. "Amazing! Our planet is a truly wonderous place! " Umm...OK. Oil spills, polluted waters, droughts, Excellent!

Amazing shots!

@23...I felt the same as the others about the Aussie hunk in #35, but I think there is more to it. These photos can in part be viewed as an exhibit of nature's splendor, and a gorgeous, shirtless Australian who is in the process of helping save the life of another of Earth's creatures is a prime example of the beauty -- inner and outer -- that exists on this planet.

Gorgeous images. Thank you!

Truely breath taking work. You forget how beautiful, dangerous and vulnerable the world can be!

Amazing. Its hard to pick which are my favourites!

Realmente heredamos un hermoso planeta...... creado de manera impresionante perfecta y nuestra presencia en esta tierra lo afecta; a lo mejor unos cuantos corazones perversos y malos no lo afectamos; pero realmente somos muchos corazones perversos y malos..... ¿quien podria cambiar este crazón perverso y malo en uno bueno?..... o ¿seria necesario no tener cuerpo para no hacerle daño, a este precioso planeta?....... creo que alguien ya hace mucho, mucho tiempo así lo entendio y quiso que lo entendieramos pero no................no lo hemos entendido...... ¿ó sí?.

splendid pictures
i never get tired of coming back and watch your collections

Amazing stories through pictures! Thanks!

Nice to see trained people helping amphibians, mammals, etc.
The world needs scientists to invent new processes decomposing or recycling waste materials. Not just that government should take some serious steps to implement the same.
Corporate world should add "nature responsibilty" as one of its yearly goals.
Thanks to Dell, Wipro, etc taking steps on this.

Pollution is nothing but an/a ill/side effect of industrialization.

Wow, you have a great talent with the camera. Makes everything so beautiful - thanks for sharing this with us.

Spectacular selection!

OH!

Simply amazing pics of our only home planet!!

Those photoes give me my memory back, last year there was an exhibition in Darling Harbour, Sydney.
There always show a lot of photo from different part of the globe.

Es un documento para guardar, para recordar, y tratar de mejorar, cada uno desde su lugar, Elina, desde Rosario, Argentina

Grand hommage à la terre
Merci

#36 particulièrement lumineuse BRAVO

Wonderful! ...and very touching...
Great work, as always!!

"Ferid Sinan, a 40-year-old Bosnian man, carries a bag of coal out of an illegal coal mine, where he lives and works, near the central Bosnian town of Kakanj,30 kms north of Sarajevo, on Friday, March 13, 2009 . Sinan lives and works in the improvised mine which he dug himself, collecting low quality coal with his hands and primitive tools to make a living earning less than 5 euros per bag."

Gee.... What a way to rat the poor man out. I'm with #45 Jon. A little less info would be better...

The earth is beautiful, but man made a mess of it. These photo's are superb.

Thank you for such nice photographs. Hope these will act as an eye-opener to all those who are destroying our earth

really horibble,,,, heart touching pics,,, hats of to those who u hav collected these,,

#40 says it all. Taking it to the extreme, one can say that Earth needs to be cured from the human disease in order to get back its beauty and balance.

If we indeed are are the superior species on Earth, we have to stop anthropocentrism and accept the fact that there should not be 10 billion people on Earth if we want to share if with the other species. Unless we limit our population, one day we won't have anything else to observe, enjoy... and eat than ourselves.

I never usually comment, but I am always amazed by your pictures. Great job

Beautiful pictures as always!

Awesome planet pictured marvellously :)
Thanks again, Big Pic!

great work

sobering and thought provoking; not at all the collection of landscapes, lightning bolts, etc that I expected to see. This truly underscores the need for Earth Day, and every other effort we can make to raise awareness, educate, reevaluate our alternatives, and reverse the damage we have caused to the Mother

What amazing and emotional pictures, thank you for sharing them. I will be sharing these with my students as we embark on an environmental studies/ awareness unit at school.

Everyone says they love the Earth and all the plants and animals on it, but very few are actually willing to give up even a modicum of comfort or convenience to protect it. On the bright side, the Earth will continue on long after mankind has gone the way of the dinosaurs.

Great Photos an Information.

Just absolutely Amazing!!!!

BOSNA!
i kakanj hagen :)

I Enjoyed This Indonesian Kid Looks Like My Friend :)

Nice work! Every Images has its own feelings

Breathtaking!

seems to be that America is a pretty clean country. Most of the garbage is from other areas

I love the pics

EXELENTES FOTOGRAFIAS OJALA ALGUN DIA APRECIEMOS DE LO QUE TENEMOS EN EL MUNDO...in english: exelent fotographics, maybe hope someday we're apreciate of wich we have the world.

greats fotos maybe we have learn this world

Me gustaron las fotos tremendas....

Save The Earth!

From photo 16 - "A westward dash to power electricity-hungry cities by cashing in on the Mojave's most abundant resource - sunshine - is clashing with efforts to protect species like the tiny pupfish and desert tortoise."

This is why "environmentalists" will never have my support or respect. You can't even put up solar panels in the middle of the freaking desert without "environmentalists" crying foul.

The pictures are truely spectacular, honest...
We think of it as somebody else chore to help fight pollution... not true
It is very easy to start at home with recycling, using bathwater to water the plants,
"cant be bothered" can not be a part of our vocabulary any more.
MAKE AN EFFORT IT BECOMES PART OF HOME LIFE AFTER THE FIRST DAY

La grandeza de Dios es espectacular, que pena que muchas personas, no sepan apreciarla. Las preguntas sin respuestas, en su debido tiempo se daran a conocer. Mientras, debemos hacer lo posible por proteger lo que nos queda para las futauras generaciones, eso se llama desarrollo sustentable.

Awesome in every inpossible way... .
Pictures speak more than a thousand words........

Thank you for spreading those important words. Not much time is left to save this unique place we all call Earth/home. The only place we humans can actually live on/in....

This is really interesting

What have you learn from these photos beside saying great.

perfeitas!!!

Great work!I must say.

belle foto!

I think that this site is wonderful

wow wonderful, amazing, more pic.. save the earth.
good. ....

Subhanalloh..
amazing..thanx

OK, I no klonger drink from plastic bottles. I bought a filtered water pitcher and two fo the travel bottles to refill and reuse. It is a crime that we are so ignorant when it comes to this planet. Shame on all of us for our indifference.

What a fantastic but mind boggling pictures . Lets stop now disturbing mother Earth. Thanks for nice collection.

lets hope this enlightens us all- to treasure what we have, & protect our 'homes' people, creatures & environment , for safety & longevity.

Nature makes no mistakes, what ever happens, what ever we do as a species what ever thought or action however selfish , loving, desctructive or caring. Our destruction or longentivity is up to us. What ever happens weather it be good or bad, it was what nature intended to happen

Mmmmmm .... BAT! Gotta get me some of dat .... #27 .... awesome ....

Awesome pictures! thanks

Thanks for very beautiful pictures

THese pics are so cool!!

Just remember DO NOT LITTER!!!!!!!!!!!

very nice

ITS AWESOME GREA PICTURES

so great !!!!

excellent pictures! hats off to the photographers!!

very beautiful pictures...The Supreme Reality of Our Time is…the Vulnerability of our Planet . John F. Kennedy

iLOVEEEEEEEE DIGG!!!
EXCELLENT PICTURES GUYZ !!!
Nature makes no mistakes, what ever happens, what ever we do as a species what ever thought or action however selfish , loving, desctructive or caring. Our destruction or longentivity is up to us. What ever happens weather it be good or bad, it was what nature intended to happen HATS OFF TO RAJ FOR COOL COMMENT!!

Thank you for showing us the other side of the world,the beauty and the hard side of life of others. It is really a eye opener. Keep up the work.

Thank you from my heart for giving me this opportunity to know such things in the world which I least know it for the past 23 years

I feel high honor for my internship project - green related!

Number 4, so beautiful

Please people, stop making a mess!
My Planet rocks!

Lol @ Raj Tej.

And he's right. We are the Planet and the Planet is us. When we kill the Planet we'll kill ourselves. The NativeAmericans also told me and taught me a lot.

atleast one should be aware of this , what is happening on our beutyful earth

wow!!!

it is really amazing pics.i heartly thanks

I like to see the failure of developed countries of the convensión Tokyo, not only to underdeveloped countries

Everyone, everywhere should do what they can individually and corporately to reduce, re-use, recycle and not litter. Each of us need to take responsibility.

Be at peace with the world... Are you doing your part moment by moment?

Amazing photos - stunning eye candy!

wow , good job , i think picture number 23 has more meaning for earth day

keep it going great photos

when we will start thinking seriously to save this earth.

I have never seen these pics before!Crazy pics.

Awesome !!!
Havent seen such a great collection !!
CONGRATS!!!

Earth is such a beautiful planet. Let's help it out a bit

heeeey guys!! ;)
,my friend is that hawk!! :)

wickedddddd sick

we have a wonderful world don,t end it now

I loved all of these pics they were beautiful (some of them)

what a nice picture, now Im aware, all about the destruction of the global warming.thank you.,I learn a lot base of what i have seen in the picture.

They 're so amazing!!!

good work

wow

Very very good pictures. Our earth needs urgent help

Thank for such nice photographs # 20 is juz marvellous.Hope these will act as an eye-opener to all those who are destroying our beautiful earth.

i like the pictures

beautiful pictures! I love them all. Thank you.

quote: "What the hell are you guys talking about. There is so much pollution and crap going on in the world. Not many people care or are doing anything about it. All you guys are focusing on are the good pictures. You guys are the reason the world is so polluted. "Amazing! Our planet is a truly wonderous place! " Umm...OK. Oil spills, polluted waters, droughts, Excellent!"

this is a lot of stuff and help