Here on the green grass of Cape Coral, Florida, this owl looks ready for his closeup, and ready for National Camera Day. June 29 commemorates photographs, the camera, and their invention. The history of the camera goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks and Chinese, who used pinhole cameras (camera obscuras), similar to what you might use to view a solar eclipse. The camera obscura could project an image but didn’t leave a lasting one.
It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?
Today in History
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Halloween
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A day to take a moment
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Birthplace of Roman emperors
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Montreux, Switzerland, and all that jazz
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Common raven
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It s National Hispanic Heritage Month
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National Mushroom Month
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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
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An aviation celebration
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A crush in Lavaux
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National Park Service anniversary
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Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
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Celebrating Bike to Work Week, May 14-18
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Of balloons and lost pantaloons
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Happy Pi Day!
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Ready, set, read
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Poinsettia Day
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Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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Great cormorants
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Here s looking Atchafalaya
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World Oceans Day
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A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
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Castle Square, Old Town, Warsaw, Poland
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Where the bearded reedling sings
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In search of roadside attractions on ‘America’s Highway’
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Mountains fit for a queen
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A city of bridges
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Singing praises of the oceans
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World Frog Day
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Here, fishy!