That sweetness in the air is not just the arrival of springtime—maple syrup season has arrived in Quebec. Taps drilled into the maple trees collect oozing sap in buckets like these. The sap is then heated to evaporate excess water, leaving the concentrated sugary syrup—yum. And Canada takes its maple syrup very seriously. Producing about 70 percent of the world’s maple syrup, Quebec even has its own ‘maple syrup cartel,’ which works to keep prices stable and maintains the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve. Now, that’s sticky business.
Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
Today in History
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The Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve in Siberia, Russia
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Kissing Day
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Village of Labro, Italy
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It s tree-climbing season
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An uncommon look at an American icon
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Coming home to roost
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Just another day in paradise
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Diamond Beach, Iceland
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Birds of a feather
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Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
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Roman theater of Cartagena, Spain
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Ravens
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Porto Timoni beach, Greece
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A river runs through rice fields
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The owl that loved football
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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Where can you find a red fox?
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’Chess on ice’
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South Stack Lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales
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Northern coast of Colombia
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An endless journey
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A sizzling summit hides in the clouds
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Sleep tight, little hedgehog
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And they’re off!
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When Death Valley blew its top
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Honoring our fallen heroes
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Aerial view of a heart-shaped field in Trittau, Germany
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75 years of the United Nations
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A summertime light show
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Going with the floe