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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75 years of the United Nations
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Wilderness Act anniversary
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Songkran—Thai New Year
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A big birthday for Big Bend
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Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day
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Maybe we should be looking up
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Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
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World Frog Day
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Bellissima!
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Hippo family in Chobe National Park, Botswana
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American bison
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Celebrating Flag Day
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Salt ponds of Maras, Peru
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Halfway Day
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An oceanic valentine
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Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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Earth at Perihelion
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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Perseid meteor shower over Nevada
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Meet our fuzzy Earth Day mascot
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A perfect day to fly your flag
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Groovy!
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Ansel Adams birthday
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Paralympic Games begin in Paris
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Wildcat in a winter wonderland
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Make your way up a picturesque passageway of Chefchaouen
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World Oceans Day
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Terraced fields of green
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Telašćica Nature Park, Dugi Otok, Croatia