Time is of the essence today: the second Sunday of March marks the start of daylight saving time. At 2 AM this morning, the clocks sprang forward one hour, meaning there will be an extra hour of daylight this evening. While Benjamin Franklin is often credited with inventing daylight saving, the first real proposal for changing the clocks came from New Zealand entomologist George Hudson in 1895, who valued having more daylight so he could collect insects after work.
Daylight Savings
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Pearl among the emeralds
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Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England
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The Bahamas
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The road less taken?
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American bison
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The oldest way to fly
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Rocky Mountain runoff
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International Rock Day
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Cuban tody, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
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Northern hawk-owl
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El Capitan in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA
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A postcard-perfect landscape
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Alps of the sea
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Sossusvlei sand dunes, Namib desert, Namibia
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Sibiu Christmas Market, Romania
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Giving Tuesday
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Polar Bear Week
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National Indigenous Peoples Day
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, USA
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World Penguin Day
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Happy Valentines Day!
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Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii, United States
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