Earth Hour of Darkness Bashny.Net

Three and a half thousand cities in 125 countries have confirmed their participation in the ongoing campaign "Earth Hour 2010". The essence of the event sponsored by WWF, is to all the people who care about the future of our planet, March 27, at 20:30 local time, turn off the lights for one hour at home. As reported in the located in the Swiss town of Glan headquarters of international non-governmental organization, at this point in the list of cities where people are willing to live an hour without electricity, including seven of the most densely populated cities in the world, 56 capitals, the first 15 countries in terms of GDP, all States "Big Twenty." The World Wildlife Fund hopes that this time will be able to break the record last year, and the action will be the most massive in the history. Then the lights went out for an hour about 1 billion people in 4159 cities in 88 countries. Made in 2009 and contributed to the Russians: the shares participated in the 10 subjects of the federation, 20 cities, 40 companies, and on the website of the organization registered 100 thousand people. In Moscow, for example, lights, lost two dozen famous buildings, including skyscrapers and the Moscow State University on Tinkers waterfront, the tower "Federation" Shukhov Tower in Shabolovka.

Under the cut picture is not too good quality, but the atmosphere of global fleshboma.

33 photos via amelito

1. Kuala Lumpur, candles heart-shaped figures around 60 during the Earth Day.





2. Jakarta, Indonesia.



3. Kuala Lumpur Earth Hour, March 27, 2010.



4. Taipei, people laid out on the pavement lanterns with LED-lights crossed-chemical formula of carbon dioxide.



5. Panda Mei Lan in Beijing Zoo during Earth Hour.



6. Forbidden City without lighting, Beijing.



7. Japanese generates electricity during Earth Hour, Hiroshima, Japan.



8. One of the seven candlesticks launched into the sky, represent the seven continents.



9. Nearly extinct Sydney during Earth Hour.



10. Dormant Hong Kong.



11. The students lit candles in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.



12. Dragon Tower in Harbin during Earth Hour.



13. Berlin, Germany. Comparative photos. Earth Hour.



14. National grandteatr in Beijing.



15. India Gate in New Delhi, India.



16. Trident Hotel Mumbai, Mumbai, India.



17. Fountain sculpture greeting in Jakarta, Indonesia.



18. Jakarta, Indonesia.



19. Acropolis, Athens.



20. The building of the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest.



21. Moscow, hotel Ukraine.



22. The Egyptian pyramids of Giza.



23. Lausanne, Switzerland.



24. Sydney, Australia.



25. Sydney, Australia.



26. Sydney Opera House, Australia.



27. The National Aquatics Center in Beijing.



28. Tokyo, Japan.



29. Hiroshima.



30. Lighting the Eiffel Tower was turned down only 5 minutes



31. National Library in Minsk, Belarus



32. Cape Town, South Africa



33. Beijing.



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