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On the night of the time change, the stars should be really visible again. Earth Hour makes people and nature happy. The pictures.
Between the Atlantic and the Sahara: Europe shines so brightly when “Earth Hour” does not take place.
Photo: Smithsonian (Keystone)
Numerous people, cities and businesses around the world turned off the lights for an hour on Saturday night, including St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, the Kremlin in Moscow and the Torre del Oro in Seville. Also in Switzerland, individual locations responded to WWF’s call to take a position between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.
“Together we are setting a global example for climate protection and a living planet,” says the website of the environmental protection organization WWF, whose Australian branch launched Earth Hour in 2007 together with the city of Sydney.
Record participation in Germany
At this year’s “Earth Hour” there was a record attendance in Germany. For an hour, not only the Brandenburg Gate, Neuschwanstein Castle and Dresden’s Frauenkirche were in darkness, WWF explained. 575 cities and municipalities also participated, along with 448 companies in 716 localities. They all blocked landmarks, town halls, churches, company headquarters and offices for an hour at 8:30 p.m.
In addition to communities and businesses, countless people celebrated “Earth Hour” on their own four walls, explained WWF in Germany. The record turnout shows that in the super election year of 2021, no one can ignore climate protection.
During the XV “Earth Hour” in Europe, the lights of the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Colosseum in Rome were turned off. The next few years will be decisive in combating the climate crisis, as the environmental organization WWF recalled in a statement. If we cannot stop global warming, it will have catastrophic consequences for people and nature.
There is no hope. Or maybe yes? The lights go out at Piccadilly Circus in London. (See more images below).
Photo: Yui Mok (Keystone)
The “earth hour»It started in 2007 as a joint action by Sydney and WWF Australia and eventually spread throughout the world. Great monuments such as the Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Acropolis in Athens and the pyramids of Giza have been plunged into darkness for an hour. In Switzerland it was the Jet d’Eau in Geneva, the cathedrals of Lausanne and Friborg, the castle of Bellinzona or the Chapel Bridge of Lucerne.
Some can’t do it without light
Earlier today at 8.30pm local time, the skylines of Asian metropolises from Singapore to Hong Kong were shrouded in darkness, as was the famous Sydney Opera House. People were also asked to turn off the lights in their apartments for an hour at night to set an example in protecting the climate and the environment.
In Singapore, the people of the famous Marina Bay watched the skyscrapers disappear into darkness. In Hong Kong, people from the vantage points of the city watched the lights of the many skyscrapers dim. In Thailand, Bangkok’s popular Central World shopping mall went dark, but inside the hustle continued when the lights were on.
Marina Bay in Singapore before and during Earth Hour. (March 21, 2021)
Photo: Roslan Rahman (AFP)
It is visibly darker in Moscow.
Photo: Alexey Maishev / Sputnik / Sputnik (AFP)
Another example from Moscow: buildings shrouded in spotlights still dominate on Red Square …
Photo: Sefa Karacan (AFP)
… And a short time later the almost full moon shines in its splendor …
Photo: Sefa Karacan (AFP)
… What makes these people happy, who do not toast, but rather enjoy candlelight.
Photo: Mikhail Svetlov (Getty Images)
The torrent of light stops for once in Nyíregyháza in Hungary.
Photo: Attila Balazs (Keystone)
This city still needs a little practice: Frankfurt It is known for its bright beam of light.
Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst (Keystone)
That is why the night in Seville today deserves its name.
Photo: Jose Manuel Vidal (Keystone)
Those who are often bothered by the ubiquitous spotlights in public can breathe a sigh of relief today, if only for a brief moment. Another photo of Nyíregyháza.
Photo: Attila Balazs (Keystone)
