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Earth Day Selfies! Check Out 11 Of The Most Beautiful Images Of Our Planet

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Earth Day is just around the corner, so we rounded up some of the most beautiful photos and images of our planet taken from space.

The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22nd, 1970, and is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement.

Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson got the idea after witnessing the damage done by an oil spill in Santa Barbara in 1969, the same year that Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Since then we've seen a number of stunning photos of our little planet from space. Here are a few of the best:

 

Apollo 16 Earthrise NASA
apollo11_earthrise
Voyager Earth Image NASA
NASA Earthrise
Himalayas Snow

 

NASA Earth
Expedition 43 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed the giant solar arrays on the International Space Station on Feb. 12, 2015.
Malaspina Glacier Southeastern Alaska
The Malaspina Glacier in Southeastern Alaska. (Source: NASA)
Blue Marble NASA VIIRS Instrument
The "Blue Marble" (Source: NASA)
Robot Over Horizon Earth NASA
"Robot Over Horizon" (Source: NASA)
Earth Moon NASA
The Earth and its moon. (Source: NASA)
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