Earth - a beautiful place to live and explore!

This short post was prompted by the many news reports celebrating Sir David Attenborough, now 100, as being the calm, trusted voice of the natural world. Over the years it has been fascinating to watch and listen to him.

image from google

Earth is a beautiful place to live and explore, it has a unique set of characteristics that makes it suitable to support life as we know it, and the population of Earth is over 8 billion people.

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and is the largest of the four terrestrial planets namely Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Order of the planets from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (the dwarf planet).

It is perhaps difficult to comprehend that we are all traveling around the Sun at an average velocity of 107,182 kilometers per hour. And at the same time, we are also spinning with an enormous speed – that could be 1000 miles per hour depending on your position on Earth.

Perhaps it is also interesting to note that more than 95% of Earth’s ocean are still unexplored.

We need to look after our planet for future generations to enjoy.

All the best Jan