Its Future is in our Hands - Live Earth

My photo for the 7th July. Watched a bit of the Live Earth concert today. Made me seriously think about what we are doing to this earth. Picture of the earth from NASA website

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dan [durango99] says:

wow, the earth just pops out of the screen :D wonderful shot and treatment
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casch52 says:

Great picture.

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beachut (John) says:

complete with shadow...nice
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cricechen says:

That's so cool !! good one !!
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diongillard says:

nice one!

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Adrian Royle says:

Don't drop it, not sure if it would bounce.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Jocko B. says:

Cool idea, and great seamless work here.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

austinbriab says:

Great work with this..NASA has a great site for sure.
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mik5156 says:

Lovely.

Please add this Wonderful photo to: Photos to Smile About
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

auntsmack4u says:

Perfect...Great!!
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Savage_Dave says:

You got the whole world, in your hands....from the song...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Vermin Inc says:

Fantastic!!!! - very relevant and very well constructed - kudos to you AG.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

kalandrakas says:

very nice!!!
lets save mother earth!!

You are my winner!
Please add this photo to
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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

It's a wonderful image, for sure, but I notice that no one has seriously responded to the very serious message the image conveys -- beyond a few slogans -- as well as what prompted you to create and share this very thoughtful visual.

That's why Mother Earth is going to hell in a handbasket; we're all too busy indulging our senses, and by the time it's too late... well, it'll be too late.

In my more cynical moments, I wonder if we're not just some form of virus that Earth will eventually have to shake off somehow. Collectively, we're eating away at our own host body just like a cancer, and, if nothing changes on a massive scale beyond a few recycling laws, we are very much a mortal threat to the planet.

So that's my thought I share with you, Louise. Sorry for being so doomy and gloomy; 'tis my nature.

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Ginsky (?) says:

Beautiful shot Louise! and such a visual message.
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☻mrhappy☻ says:

Fantastic idea! I went to the Live earth gig here this weekend, certainly does get you thinking.
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Dhaval Shah says:

Sweet :-)
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zero g says:

Actually, I wonder if the planet is in that much relative danger from us. Oh, we might very well be able to trigger a massive Extinction Level Event but the planet itself will do okay.....and our civilization could even end up as someone else's fossil fuel in a few hundred million years.....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoxic_event

Mind you, it's going to be really, really well documented apocalypse, I reckon what we should do is place a suitable image packed memorial in high orbit where it'll be safe for someone else to find and hopefully learn from someday....

But a grand image aussiegall, and an obvious indicator of how important our (and by that I mean humanity's; I don't bother with trivial things like nations) space programmes are to give us perspective.
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Uhlenhorst says:

Impressive!
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Damselfly says:

Very powerful image! Love the hands too!

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fouramjava says:

A most suitable image for the day. This so perfect.

I wish the world that perfect.

Nice to catch up with you today. Wish our time zones were the same. :-))
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Barbara J H says:

Wonderful idea, nicely carried out.

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.tintin. says:

live earth !!
Great thought and execution .
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larry wfu says:

Great thought and execution .

That is just what I was thinking!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

lamedwufnik says:

Hey Aussiegall, This pic is the greatest. I am making an educational web site with a group of students on Sustainability. We will be using this pic in the intro. I assume this is ok because it says it is free to use. And btw thax for that. My co-coach and good friend is an Asssie and lives in Adelaide.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

redcamarocruiser says:

aussiegall, Your picture is amazing and we are using it for the voice thread for Earth Day at

enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day?response Token=fd0de1...

Maybe you would like to leave a messge on the voice thread.
Thank you for making this picture available. You are a great photographic artist.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

jpwauthier says:

Thanks for the picture, we used it on CentPapiers : Économie et climat, la solution est globale
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Walsh says:

thanks for making this Creative Commons. we're using this for our public radio show "Word of Mouth". you can see it
here:http://www.nhpr.org/node/15877

and here: www.nhpr.org/node/15349
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Intrepid Flame says:

I found your image on Creative Commons and used it for a video promoting my student based website. I wanted to share both the site:

intrepidclassroom.edublogs.org

and the video with you:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPriD1xM840

Thank you. Great image. Please stop by and be in touch.

Peace
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

S. Diddy --is back-- says:

Really well done! Used it to promote an aerial photograph to stop global warming. Thanks
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

nojhan says:

I have made a derivative work: www.flickr.com/photos/nojhan/3204073130/

Thanks for this great picture.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

oz_jester says:

Very cool.

It's just like the Earth Hour thing at the moment. They have a web app that lets you see a video of yourself holding a mini 3D earth in your hands.

Very cool. Check it out.

www.earthhour.org/earthinyourhands

There's a youtube vid about it too:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ztnfpl0MPc
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duiceburger says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called NASA Remix Project, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

earthbear says:

This is a beautiful photo! Thanks for sharing. I used on my blog today, April 15, 2009. Thought you'd like to know where it ended up!!

www.thesustainablesoul.blogspot.com
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Eddi 07 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Creative Commons - Showroom, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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lightspring says:

Really lovely, and great inspiration for Super Eco's Earth Day post about 10 Things to Love About the Earth: www.supereco.com/news/2009/04/22/10-things-to -love-about-... Thank you!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

admiller says:

Thank you! Used in How to Make an Earth Day Salad
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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