Join us in celebrating Alaska Day here at beautiful Mendenhall Lake, just a stone’s throw from the state capital of Juneau. It seems a timeless sight, but the lake actually began to form in the early 1900s as Mendenhall Glacier receded, leaving a deeply carved valley in its wake that was soon filled with glacial melt. Today, the glacier still feeds the lake, much to the delight of the many visitors who arrive in Juneau each summer on cruise ships.
Fall comes to the Last Frontier
Today in History
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World Water Day
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World Teachers Day
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A winter light show
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We heart Berlin
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Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
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Welcome to El Cervantino
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Welcome to the Alien Egg Hatchery
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Signs of life in the Empty Quarter
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A most sincere pumpkin patch
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Happy Independence Day!
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Daylight saving time begins
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Alpine marmots at Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria
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International Geodiversity Day
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The Tour de France begins
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Dancing waters of Dubai
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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Daylight saving time
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Moai statues on Easter Island, Chile
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Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
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Under Parisian skies
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It s World Bee Day
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Cappadocia, Türkiye
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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A predator at risk
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A lofty lighthouse and a little ocean spray
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Christmas Eve
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Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
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Venice Skatepark, Los Angeles, California
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An island for the birds
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Islands that turned the tide