Graceful, powerful and impossible to miss—the northern gannet is the largest seabird on the waters of the North Atlantic. It spends most of its time gliding over open seas and returning to land only to breed. These seabirds, known for their vast and noisy breeding colonies, called gannetries, nest on steep cliffs, remote rocky islands and sea stacks that rise from the ocean.
Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Paralympic Games begin in Paris
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Groundhog Day
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Antarctica Day
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International Tiger Day
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Keyholes to the kingdom
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The city of Osaka at night, Japan
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Gravity-defying wonders of the world
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World Teachers Day
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Kings Mountain, Chugach Mountains, Alaska, United States
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Spine-cheeked anemonefish
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Earth Day
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World Water Day
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Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
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Great grey owls in their nest, Finland
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Colours of spring
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Perseid meteor shower over Nevada
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Shakespeare Day
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Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park, California, United States
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A breathtaking cave when it’s cold
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Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
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Santa slalom
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Verdon Gorge, France
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A triumphant pose
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World Environment Day
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Stripes in sight
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Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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World’s largest tulip festival
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International Moon Day
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