Earth Day: A look at what makes our planet special
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Today is Earth Day, a day that we honor and celebrate our remarkable planet
With vast oceans and changing geography, it is the only planet in our solar system that is known to host life.
Sitting at nearly 93 million miles away from the sun, it is the largest terrestrial planet and the 5th largest planet in our solar system.
Our atmosphere is made up of mainly nitrogen, oxygen, and trace amounts of other chemicals, this combined with habitat temperatures allow life to survive and thrive.
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Water makes up 70% of the Earth’s surface in the form of oceans, these oceans contain 326 trillion gallons of water and about 97% of all the water on the planet.
From deserts to rainforest, mountain ranges and plains our Earth features changing geography that many call home.
Our planet has changed a lot over the last 4.5 billion years and continues to do so today.
On this Earth Day we can all do our part in protecting and preserving it.
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