A 50-year balancing act

A 50-year balancing act

Cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado (© Brad McGinley Photography/Getty Images)

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Today in History

Nov. 16, 2023VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver
Nov. 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
Nov. 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France

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May 16, 2024International Day of Light
Mar. 27, 2025World Theatre Day
Get in tune with International Jazz Day
Serene waters on a trembling earth
Mar. 8, 2024International Womens Day
Jun. 14, 2024Peggys Point Lighthouse
Stunning symmetry
Dec. 22, 2023Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jul. 15, 2025Perseid meteor shower over Nevada
A ghost on the mountain
Nov. 20, 2024World Childrens Day
Farewell, Ma’am
Oct. 22, 2024Palazzo Zuccari, Rome
Aug. 26, 2024Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Central Pacific Ocean
Colours of spring
Jan. 8, 2026Starling murmuration over the ruins of Brightons West Pier, England
Nov. 25, 2025Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy
Jan. 23, 2026Þorrablót, Icelandic midwinter festival
May 1, 2024Lei Day
Feb. 25, 2024Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island
An iridescent view
A remote oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert
Jul. 19, 2025Jacksons Point Lighthouse on Lake Simcoe, Ontario
A bridge that holds up history
Sep. 23, 2024Sea Otter Awareness Week
The road less taken?
Mar. 29, 2026Peggys Point Lighthouse, Atlantic Coast, Nova Scotia
Feb. 12, 2025Celebrating Charles Darwin
Jun. 21, 2025World Giraffe Day
Mar. 20, 2024Cave Dale and Peveril Castle, England