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50 Pictures That Will Make You Fall In Love With Earth All Over Again

Dina Spector
2014-04-22T10:00:00Z
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Earth is a beautiful, one-of-a-kind place.

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This is something we may forget, except when we're reminded on April 22, Earth Day.

To celebrate the natural world, we've rounded up some of the most beautiful and mesmerizing pictures of our home planet from Reuters.

Hopefully these images make you appreciate Earth and how important it is to continue to protect and preserve our environment. 

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Swans swim past changing autumn leaves in Sheffield Park Gardens in southern England.

Fall
REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

 

Migrating common cranes fly to their night roost at sunset north of Berlin.

Sunset
REUTERS/Thomas Krumenacker

 

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The colors of fall can be seen reflected in a waterfall along the Blackberry River in Connecticut.

Waterfall
REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

 

A woman cycles in the early-morning autumn sunshine in London's Richmond Park.

Biking
REUTERS/Luke MacGrego
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Leaves are colored red in a vineyard during a sunny autumn day near Ueberlingen in Germany.

Flowers
REUTERS/Miro Kuzmanovic

 

The sun sets on Ayers Rock, one of Australia's major tourist destinations, attracting 400,000 visitors every year.

Australia rock
REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

 

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Icebergs are reflected in the calm waters at the mouth of the Jakobshavn ice fjord on the west coast of Greenland.

Iceberg
REUTERS/Bob Strong

 

Frosted trees are seen in the middle of vineyards in the Alsace region countryside near Strasbourg, France.

Frozen trees
REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

 

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Tourists explore sand dunes in Africa's Mauritanian desert.

Mountain desert
REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

 

A Rufous-tailed hummingbird flies in a garden in San Francisco.

Hummingbird
REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

 

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A dogsled team carries tourists down the frozen Torne River, located above the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden.

Dog sleds
REUTERS/Bob Strong

 

Tourists visit the famous ancient windmills in central Spain.

windmills
REUTERS/Victor Fraile

 

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A river runs through a valley near Moose Pond in Canada's Northwest Territories.

river
REUTERS/Adrian Wyld/POOL

 

A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky over the village of Kuklici in Macedonia.

meteor shower
REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

 

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An aerial view of Mount Gamalama as it spews volcanic ash after it erupted at the Indonesia's Ternate Island.

An aerial view of Mount Gamalama as it spews volcanic ash after it erupted at the Indonesia's Ternate Island.
REUTERS/Stringer

A whale shark is seen in the Galapagos Islands.

Whale Shark
REUTERS/Jonathan Green/Galapagos National Park
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A surfer watches a group of dolphins leap in the waters of Bondi Beach in Sydney.

Dolphins
REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

A bluish-colored honeycomb from a beehive is seen in eastern France. The unnatural shades were believed to be caused by residue from containers of M&M's candy processed at a nearby biogas plant.

Honeycomb
REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

 

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Cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo.

Cherry Blosom
REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Storm clouds and dust can be seen in the sky above a woman as she walks at dusk along Mollymook Beach, south of Sydney.

Beach
REUTERS/David Gray

 

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Huge waves crash onto the San Esteban de Pravia seafront in the northern Spanish region of Asturias.

Waves
REUTERS/Eloy Alonso

 

Children play near a tree standing in front of fog over the central Bosnian town of Zenica on the Lisac mountain range.

Tree
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

 

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A lion cub rests at Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.

lion cub
REUTERS/Noor Khamis

The moon is pictured above the mountains in Rosa Khutor in Russia during the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

moon
REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

 

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A southern white rhino named Bella eats with her day-old baby at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in central Uganda.

Rhino
REUTERS/Edward Echwalu

 

Tourists bathe at the El Cuarzo waterfall, locally referred to as the River of Five Colors, in Cano Cristales in the Colombia's Sierra de La Macarena National Park.

Waterfalls
REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

 

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A long exposure photo shows star trails behind a tree in China.

Star trails
REUTERS/China Daily

 

An old hydro building is seen behind Niagara Falls during sub-freezing temperatures in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Niagra falls
REUTERS/Mark Blinch

 

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A horse walks in the snow at the base of Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border.

Horse
REUTERS/Nir Elias

 

Dimmed lights are switched on in igloos on top of the mountain Nebelhorn, near the southern Bavarian town of Oberstdorf.

igloos
REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

 

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A flock of migrating cranes seen at the Hula Lake Ornithology and Nature Park in northern Israel.

flamingos
REUTERS/Nir Elias

 

Eco-tourists walk through part of the Cano Cristales in Colombia's Sierra de La Macarena National Park.

colombia park
REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

 

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Rain clouds are lit by the setting sun in northern England.

Rainclouds
REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

Lightning strikes as Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash and hot lava.

volcano
REUTERS/YT Haryono

 

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Residents and tourists relax at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.

Beach
REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

A local fisherman rows his boat across Lake Ilopango on the outskirts of San Salvador.

boat
REUTERS/Ulises Rodriguez

 

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A llama stands next to a cactus growing on Incahuasi Island above the Uyuni salt lake, which holds the world's largest reserve of lithium.

cactus
REUTERS/David Mercado

 

Daffodils are pictured with the London Eye behind them.

Daffodils
REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
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A bee is covered with pollen as it sits on a blade of grass.

Bee
REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

Visitors climb up stairs on the newly opened treetop path in the Masoala Rainforest hall at the zoo in Zurich.

Switzerland treetop
REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
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Volcano Mount Karangetang spews lava as seen from Bebali village in Indonesia.

Volcano
REUTERS/Stringer

 

A person walks past a snowdrift in Northern Ireland.

Glacier
REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

 

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A national reserve in San Francisco shows a colony of sea lions resting on the shore.

Natural reserve
REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

 

The supermoon rises over the temple of Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the seas, in Cape Sounion, Greece.

Supermoon
REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
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A worker hand-picks Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers at the Flower Fields in California.

Flowers
REUTERS/Mike Blake

A monkey surrounded by carp plays in a pond at a wildlife park in China.

Monkey
REUTERS/Stringer

 

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An aerial view of Nevado del Tolima volcano in Colombia.

Volcano
REUTERS/John Vizcaino

Visitors watch water gushing from the section of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River during a sand-washing operation.

waves
REUTERS/China Daily
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Puffins carry sand eels for their young as they fly above the Farne Islands off northern England.

birds
REUTERS/Nigel Roddis

 

People relax in one of the Blue Lagoon hot springs in Iceland.

blue lagoon
REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
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