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
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Berlin Cathedral and Museum Island, Berlin
-
Daylight saving time begins
-
Orosei, Sardinia, Italy
-
Antarctica Day
-
A bull moose foraging through the green undergrowth, Quebec
-
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States
-
Macaroni penguins, Drake Passage, Chile
-
The city of Osaka at night, Japan
-
Maya site of Copán
-
Centuries of time in a Delicate Arch
-
Misty mountain hop
-
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
-
Happy Thanksgiving!
-
World Environment Day
-
International Museum Day
-
World Penguin Day
-
Tis the season for travel
-
Wheaton River, Yukon
-
World Theatre Day
-
Via Krupp, Capri, Italy
-
Colony of northern gannets in Quebec
-
A remote oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert
-
Town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
-
Walking a rocky rainbow
-
Mam Tor, Derbyshire, England
-
Earth Day
-
Autumn in the Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon
-
International Day of the Tropics
-
Poinsettia Day
-
Hiding in the woods
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

