For World Environment Day today we"re in northeastern Costa Rica, a nature lover"s paradise. The UN established World Environment Day in 1974 to encourage awareness and action for the protection of the environment. It begins with research, which is exactly what happens in this pristine corner of the planet. The misty canopy of forest pictured here is part of La Selva Biological Station, an internationally renowned center for tropical forest research that"s associated with universities and research institutions in the United States, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico.
Bird s-eye view on World Environment Day
Today in History
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Skyscraper Day
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Earth at Perihelion
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Perseid meteor shower over Oregon
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Martimoaapa Mire Reserve, Finland
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Point Reyes National Seashore in California
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Oktoberfest begins!
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National Moth Week
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Greece celebrates its independence
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Corn maze in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
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Palace of Westminster, London, England
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A Eurasian lynx in Siberia
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So, how long till springtime?
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The moai you know
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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Huntington Beach Pier, California, at sunset
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And the skies filled with bats…
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Star Wars Day
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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Landscape Architecture Month
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A red knot on the Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Aýna, Albacete, Spain
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Kalalau Beach on the Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii
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Deep in the North Woods wetlands
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Midwinter freeze
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A dying breed of tree thrives in an American park
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International Moon Day
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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A ‘city’ within Valencia
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