Today marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere—the longest day of the year and, for most of us on this side of the globe, the first official day of summer. (Iceland, being Iceland, celebrates the first day of summer in April, an old Viking tradition.) What better way to celebrate this day of sun than with Reykjavik’s Sun Voyager. Though it looks a bit like a Viking ship or maybe a fish skeleton, sculptor Jón Gunnar Árnason created it to be a dream boat and an ode to the sun. Sounds good to us. Join us in celebrating the sun today.
Ode to the sun
Today in History
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					A history of Vinland
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					World Rivers Day
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					Grand Canyon National Park turns 105
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					Baltic Sea, Estonia
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					Islands that turned the tide
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					Kissing Day
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					Crescent Lake near Dunhuang, China
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					Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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					What does the fox dream?
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					Tokyo welcomes a futuristic new art museum
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					Kiteboarding and windsurfing in Croatia
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					How lovely are your branches
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					Giving Tuesday
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					Here s looking Atchafalaya
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					International Polar Bear Day
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					National Cherry Blossom Festival
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					The Girl Scouts celebrate 110 years
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					Saint Dwynwen s Day
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					Poppies in bloom
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					International Women s Day
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					Frost-covered dunes on Mars
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					The persistence of Perito Moreno
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					‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
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					National Lighthouse Day
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					A water loch-ed castle
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					Independence Day
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					April Fools Day
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					The crossroads of empires
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					Ides of March
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					Anniversary of the British Museum
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