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24 hours on Earth — in one image | Stephen Wilkes

Take action on climate change at . “Nature reveals itself to us in unique ways, if we stop and look at the world through a window of time,” says photographer Stephen Wilkes. Using a special photographic technique that reveals how a scene changes from day to night in a single image, Wilkes exposes the Earth’s…

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Take action on climate change at .

“Nature reveals itself to us in unique ways, if we stop and look at the world through a window of time,” says photographer Stephen Wilkes. Using a special photographic technique that reveals how a scene changes from day to night in a single image, Wilkes exposes the Earth’s beautiful complexity and the impacts of climate change — from the disruption of flamingo migrations in Africa to the threat of melting ice — with unprecedented force.

This talk was part of the Countdown Global Launch on 10.10.2020. (Watch the full event here: .) Countdown is TED’s global initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. The goal: to build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, in the race to a zero-carbon world. Get involved at

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53 Comments

  1. Shruti Naidu

    November 4, 2020 at 5:11 pm

    Incredibly stunning.

  2. Annie BB

    November 4, 2020 at 5:12 pm

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  3. Pimratcha Channel

    November 4, 2020 at 5:18 pm

    Nice 💙

  4. Roel Candaele

    November 4, 2020 at 5:22 pm

    😘

  5. tehdii

    November 4, 2020 at 5:24 pm

    My boss has a house a family couple of kids and cars… it is on me then, I will not be having any family or life, lets hope that helps.

  6. Maira Thorn

    November 4, 2020 at 5:42 pm

    TED videos are so WORSE
    Omg its getting worse and worse

  7. Jae KIDd N his 508 Cents

    November 4, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    The title of this video sounds epic 🤷🏽‍♀️🕵🏽‍♀️🤣

  8. Atheos Nous

    November 4, 2020 at 6:22 pm

    “Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.” – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

  9. Mike Meiners

    November 4, 2020 at 7:25 pm

    I don’t understand. Where is the ONE IMAGE? I see several lovely ones but none that appear to be ‘a day on earth in one image”

    • Major Old Lady aka, Mom

      November 4, 2020 at 9:00 pm

      I think it’s called CLICK BAIT, a YT thing.

  10. Anonymous Dude

    November 4, 2020 at 7:27 pm

    I’m really fed up by telling people that climate change is real 😓

    • Daniel Um

      November 4, 2020 at 11:25 pm

      Why do you think that it isn’t?

  11. chris gaona

    November 4, 2020 at 7:29 pm

    Sad this world is going to shambles. We need to step up habitat conservation

  12. Flynn Copper

    November 4, 2020 at 7:59 pm

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      November 4, 2020 at 9:58 pm

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  13. Leto85

    November 4, 2020 at 8:33 pm

    What a beautiful imagery. This man truly knows what he’s doing.

  14. Anonymous Dude

    November 4, 2020 at 8:39 pm

    This video will increase the respect for the earth more if you watch till the end

  15. Master Mind

    November 4, 2020 at 8:41 pm

    Wow, great photographs!! Thank you for sharing! Where may I learn more about this technique?

  16. Bret Schaefer

    November 4, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    1:19 I stopped my 9-5 with the help of, *p a i d t o b e h o m e .c o m*

  17. Harry Chris

    November 4, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    This would have been a ted talk that captured the world, inspired the population, lifted us up to heights never experienced… if it had had anything to do with 24 hours on Earth — in one image. that is not what it is, and i hope to see something less deceptive in the future. there are 1000 documentaries you can watch, thousands of hours already spoken and recorded on these points… not a ted talk

  18. Fati Tigilo

    November 4, 2020 at 10:45 pm

    Beautiful images but you could have done just fine without shilling the climate hoax.

  19. Bearly Listening

    November 5, 2020 at 12:27 am

    Climate change created thunderstorms? Shut up

  20. Bearly Listening

    November 5, 2020 at 12:30 am

    Without ice, the ocean food chain may break? Yeah, no. Try again.

  21. alex Ronald

    November 5, 2020 at 12:45 am

    0:26 I have no more stress because of, *p a i d t o b e h o m e .c o m*

  22. Nature's Infinite WELLth

    November 5, 2020 at 1:19 am

    Climate change is by Nature. Yes we need to be response able to It, so to ourselves, as one with It. We’re coming out of an ice age though.
    I don’t get notifications so I won’t see responses. All the best, in WELLth <3 Divine Nature's Info nite WELLth. Adaptability is Its middle name. <3

  23. PowRTorcH Gaming

    November 5, 2020 at 1:23 am

    Can someone explain the technique he used to make these photos?

  24. asmacarthur

    November 5, 2020 at 3:22 am

    end production/consumption of alcohol/tobacco, end professional sports, daylight only commerce, no Sunday commerce, convert all intersections to roundabouts, nah, iphones, you want iphones & graft.

  25. KennyB B

    November 5, 2020 at 3:34 am

    This guy is a moron. He’s a good salesman for his lazy photos.

  26. The Way

    November 5, 2020 at 4:31 am

    This world will kill us before we it! Stay woke! Shalom

  27. Amean Abdelfattah

    November 5, 2020 at 5:32 am

    I want these pictures

  28. science and business

    November 5, 2020 at 6:19 am

    Great video but the technology products we get are way greater . Immagine dumping my ps5 to save an elephant or a river from getting toxines . I won t dump it

  29. Omzainab Ak

    November 5, 2020 at 7:10 am

    شكرا للمترجم

  30. Robert Callaghan

    November 5, 2020 at 11:12 am

    *2% of Global Energy is Solar & Wind + 4% of Mammals are Wild *
    50% of humaity will be water stressed by 2025
    50% of thermal & hydro electric power will soon be water stressed
    40% of coal power is now water stressed, and so will 30% of planned hyrdo power
    North Euro offshore wind works 30% of the time, onshore works 22%, and solar 11%
    80% of energy is fossil and 20% is electric of which 4% is renewable 2% solar & wind
    2% of global energy is solar and wind after 20 years trying
    By 2040, 15% of global energy will be renewable, with 28% by 2050
    Most solar panels will be un-recyclable toxic waste growing at 6 million tons/yr by 2050
    Europe burns 80% of wood pellets, and 80% of its recycled plastic/paper for electricity
    Trees grow faster and die younger with increasing temps droughts & fire
    Amazon tree farms take 30 yrs to recoup 10% the Amazon’s lost trees
    Overseas forests are clear cut & burned for 50% of Europe’s renewable electricity
    Palm and soy grown in the tropics are shipped to Europe to burn in diesels
    Europe burns 50% of its palm oil cargo in diesel engines
    Batteries and bio-energy will wipe out tropical habitat for humans and wildlife
    4% of mammals are wild and battery/bio-energy extraction will kill them off
    The UN failed all 20 bio-diversity pledges from 10 years ago
    There have been 25 UN Climate COPS and 15 Bio-diversity COPS
    There were 1.5 billion flights in 2019

    Earth is heating 46% faster than 50 years ago
    Oceans take 89% of heat air takes 1%
    There’s less rain and more storms, what old people call hard rain
    Ozone destroying green house gases increase every year
    Nitrous oxide eats the ozone and is the 3rd biggest greenhouse gas
    Abrupt permafrost deep soil carbon and nitrous oxide loss is not modelled
    350 ppm CO2 will not cool eath
    We must cut energy use 50% in 10 yrs to stay under 1.5 C
    This never happened in history, and will never happen in the future
    People who are smarter and older than you don’t want you to know this

    Batteries and bio-energy will not reduce earth’s heat imbalance in time, and will wipe out tribes and wildlife
    Jets are 68% more efficient, and fly 60X more people over 60 years
    There were 1.5 billion flights in 2019, and only 6 million out of 1.2 billion vehicles are electric
    Petrochemical demand grew 7X human population for 20 years
    EVs, batteries, bio-energy and solar/wind will not stop runaway hothouse mass extinction
    If you want credible sources go to Loki’s Revenge blog because I don’t want your love or money

    The first rule of Loki’s Revenge is that nobody talk about Loki’s Revenge
    Since nobody will like you for it, this is an easy rule to keep
    Same goes for Hansen’s monthly private carbon dividends

    zzz

  31. Superduper English Idioms

    November 5, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    Such beautiful images. Hopefully more humans can see them and realize that it’s not all about us 🙂

  32. disy Bayervest

    November 5, 2020 at 2:13 pm

    OMG 😍💋 💝💖❤️

  33. Paola E

    November 5, 2020 at 2:26 pm

    We have so much work to do.
    One step at a time is all we have to do, and all we can do.

  34. cini MorgaMorg

    November 5, 2020 at 3:01 pm

    Awesome 😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️

  35. izzi TyreeFlav

    November 5, 2020 at 3:48 pm

    So Nice 💘💘💘💘💘💘

  36. Weisy Wei

    November 5, 2020 at 7:03 pm

    Pics don’t appear real

  37. truong cong tien

    November 6, 2020 at 12:18 am

    1 like

  38. David A

    November 6, 2020 at 3:34 am

    This PLANET has been CHANGING ever since its EXISTENCE!! Its evolution. As you complain on your devices that reach a social network which all is created by things that so called hurt the planet and climate. Then throw out ALL OF YOUR STUFF and try to make it . LMAO you are hypocrites.

  39. Solomon Salsberg

    November 6, 2020 at 8:11 am

    Fighting for it or trying to control it. Live in Harmony with and stop trying to blame others and honestly do your part. Stop politicizing and do the research. Stop the lies. I’m over 50 and have been scammed from 5th grade on, ice age was coming lol. I still did my part.
    Recycling, I did the research but still participated bc I thought it was a great community effort that will keep people motivated.
    But the science and the numbers are fact, transporting, processing and reusing causes more man made environment problems ..
    Think before we do, let’s not waste our time going off in a wrong direction, fracking is even better then we, people who research, thought ..
    Stop the scam!!!

  40. Harc Power

    November 6, 2020 at 6:18 pm

    beauty of nature

  41. Kristiana Bibby

    November 6, 2020 at 7:46 pm

    The images are beautiful.

  42. brian brilianda

    November 6, 2020 at 7:57 pm

    My heart skips a beat

  43. Bob Herk

    November 7, 2020 at 3:09 pm

    Very innovative imaginary that shares earth’s wonders.

  44. R.J. Ehlert

    November 7, 2020 at 6:34 pm

    Audio is too quiet.

  45. Alex S.

    November 12, 2020 at 7:02 am

    Why all the words? Why all the chatter? To my eyes, this is a fail on an almost epic scale. 24 hours on Earth, in one image. No chatter. That would’ve been exquisite. Instead, this plays like a Grade 9 class project.

  46. るるるるる

    November 14, 2020 at 3:58 am

    日本誤訳もほしいです

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