Straight out of a fairytale

Straight out of a fairytale

Aurora Borealis at Two Jack Lake, Alberta, Canada (© Jesús M. García/Getty Images)

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Mar. 19, 2024Spring equinox
Mar. 19, 2025A black heron canopy hunting in Botswana
Mar. 19, 2026Short-beaked echidna, Adelaide Hills, Australia

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Oct 16, 2026Jasper Dark Sky Festival is here
Jun. 23, 2025Elbe river in Dresden, Saxony, Germany
A cantilevered window to the past
Oct 29, 2026Standing stones at Avebury in Wiltshire, England
Dec. 14, 2023Boreal owl
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Aug. 1, 2025Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Blue as far as the eye can see
Mar. 8, 2025International Womens Day
Butterfly, fly away
An ocean of stars above the desert
Aug 7, 2026Lime Kiln Lighthouse on San Juan Island, Washington state
Jul. 10, 2025Independence Day of the Bahamas
Jul. 2, 2024Italica, an old Roman city in Santiponce, Andalusia, Spain
Feb. 18, 2026Przewalskis horses
Oct 3, 202620th Nuit Blanche Toronto
May 7, 2026Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, United States
We’ve made it to Halfway Day!
An oasis in the desert
Jan. 2, 2026Aerial view of Venice, Italy
May 5, 2025Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
Jun. 15, 2025Happy Fathers Day!
Mar. 22, 2024World Water Day
The road less taken?