Nat Geo Readers Share Love Letters to the Earth

There’s
a planet^[1] with poles that flip, a
supersized moon, and landscapes that harbor acidic pools, boiling
rivers and living clouds.

On National Geographic’s new global
series event One Strange Rock, filmmaker Darren Aronofsky
and host Will Smith take viewers on a journey to explore our planet
in all its fragility and ferocity. In advance of the premiere
episode, we asked the world to send us love letters to the
beautifully strange planet we all share.

We wanted to know how you feel about
Earth. What do you love? What inspires you? Are there places you’ve
been to, things you have seen, and people you’ve known that have
shaped how you feel about this planet?

The responses on Twitter^[2], Facebook^[3], and Instagram^[4]
speak to our collective imperative to explore the planet, the good
and the bad, because the more you know, the more likely you are to
care—and to do something to help protect the only home we’ve ever
known. Here are some of our favorite responses so far.