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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International Whale Shark Day
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Summer Olympics begin in Paris
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Black History Month
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Mada in Saleh, Saudi Arabia
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Baltic Sea, Estonia
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A dying breed of tree thrives in an American park
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National Bird Day
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Happy Mother’s Day
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It’s Napping Day
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Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
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Astronomy Day
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
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Penguin Awareness Day
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A festival of colors
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What’s blooming in New Zealand?
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Not your average sandcastle
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Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
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Let s crack the code
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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An island in the Highlands
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Golden jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake, Palau
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At the gates of the ksar
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Barcelona bids farewell to summer
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Antarctica Day
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Dashing through the snow
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The confluence of the Arve and Rhône Rivers
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The Grand Départ: Tour de France begins
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To Sua Ocean Trench
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Glacial spires in the fog
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Happy Bee Day to you