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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It s Independence Day
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Everglades National Park, Florida
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Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
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Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
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Diwali lights in Guwahati, India
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World Population Day
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Salt of the earth
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World Space Week begins
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Kochelsee in Bavaria
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Castelmezzano, Italy
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World Sea Turtle Day
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‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
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Castle on a hill
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National Napping Day
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Patriot Day
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Join the parade for World Elephant Day
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Paris is photo-ready this week
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Colorful cows of the reef
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From pirate port to nature preserve
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Bavljenac Island
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Easter
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Corn maze in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
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Gray days ahead in Monterey
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National Park Week: Yosemite National Park, California
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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Burchells zebras for International Zebra Day
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Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
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The parenting of a piping plover
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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Winter in the Wild West
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