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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World Rivers Day
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Falling for the Canadian Rockies
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Río Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil
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Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
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Colorful houses of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Happy St. Patricks Day!
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The circular castle of Cornwall
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A city, a cliff, a canyon…and cheese
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Summer solstice
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World Rainforest Day
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Rosa Parks Day
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Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
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The 80th anniversary of D-Day
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Is that a smile?
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Room at the top?
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Skyscraper Day
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National Trails Day
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