Today marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere—the longest day of the year and, for most of us on this side of the globe, the first official day of summer. (Iceland, being Iceland, celebrates the first day of summer in April, an old Viking tradition.) What better way to celebrate this day of sun than with Reykjavik’s Sun Voyager. Though it looks a bit like a Viking ship or maybe a fish skeleton, sculptor Jón Gunnar Árnason created it to be a dream boat and an ode to the sun. Sounds good to us. Join us in celebrating the sun today.
Ode to the sun
Today in History
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Castelmezzano, Italy
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Nomads of the Gobi
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Three cheers for polar bears!
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Amur leopard cat, Russia
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International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
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Celebrating Labor Day
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Womens History Month
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Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Center-Val de Loire, France
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A house of grand scale(s)
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Observing a squirrelly day
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European beech forest, Belgium
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World Art Day
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National Napping Day
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Happy birthday, Capitol Reef National Park
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The mountain of 30,000 sakura
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New Orleans for Mardi Gras
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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St. Barbaras Cathedral, Kutná Hora, Czechia
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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The Millennium at 20
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Salmon migration in full swing
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Asteroid Day
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Greetings from Asbury Park
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On this shore, history was made
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Cannes, France, in the spotlight
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