Antarctica Day Dec. 1, 2025

Antarctica Day

Some photos capture nature"s grand acts. Great photos reveal even more in a single frame: the delicate balance between immense power and fragile beauty that surrounds us on Earth. Today"s image of a natural arch carved into an Antarctic iceberg does exactly that—a conversation starter about grandeur, vulnerability, our environment and its present and future.

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Today in History

The other continent down under
Dec. 1, 2023Lake Minnewanka, Alberta
Dec. 1, 2024Antarctica Day

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Dec. 27, 2023Kirkjufell, Iceland
Mar. 4, 2026Purple crocus flowers, Seven Rila Lakes, Bulgaria
Aug. 7, 2024St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights, Michigan, USA
The ‘Old Bridge,’ reborn
Sep. 8, 2023International Literacy Day
Jun. 9, 2025Old City of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia
Jan. 15, 2024Northern Lights
Apr. 9, 2026Sgwd yr Eira waterfall, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, Wales
May 26, 2024Methow Valley, North Cascades, Washington
The lungs of Earth
Oct. 6, 2023Taughannock Falls State Park, New York
Jan. 28, 2024Channel Country, Australia
Dec. 18, 2024English National Ballet performing The Nutcracker
Sep. 27, 2024Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
Spanning the soft sunlight
May 9, 2026Skradinski Buk Waterfall, Krka National Park, Croatia
Jan. 9, 2025Sossusvlei sand dunes, Namib desert, Namibia
Feb. 2, 2026Groundhog Day
Blood moon
Feb. 26, 2024Grand Canyon National Park, USA
The ‘eighth wonder?’
Dec. 21, 2023December solstice
Nov. 3, 2025World Jellyfish Day
The Rainbow Bridge
Dec. 7, 2024Lake Ontario, Toronto, during winter
Santa slalom
Wind-powered ice racing
Jan. 28, 2026Whanganui National Park, Retaruke, New Zealand
The top of Tennessee
Dare to delve into this dense swamp