As autumn takes hold in China, a blanket of fan-shaped golden leaves—like this one at Xuanwu Lake Park in Nanjing—becomes a familiar sight. And it"s been that way for longer than anyone can remember, thanks to a native tree with a lineage going back eons, the ginkgo.
A tree of many memories
Today in History
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Everglades National Park turns 75
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Florentine garden brings generations together
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Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Where is this gorgeous peak?
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National Roller Coaster Day
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Giving Tuesday
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Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
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Life in the slow lane
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A theatrical dream
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Star Wars Day
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Beyond Walls for World Refugee Day
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Gamboa Crater, Mars
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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South Padre Island, Texas
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Seitan Limania Beach, Crete
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Burrowing owls
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Bohemian Switzerland
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To Sua Ocean Trench
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Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Australia
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A tree amid the Tetons
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An unlikely friendship in the wild
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Take a break! It s Labor Day!
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Shadows on the solstice
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A Great view from above
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Fly me to the moon
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A dramatic view of Sicily
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Welcome to ‘Hollywood North’
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Aloe in bloom
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A showcase for future fame
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It’s Siblings Day!