Far above the clouds, an adrenaline-seeking skier glides past the jagged Crater Rock on Oregon"s Mount Hood. He"s practicing a relatively young sport known as speed riding—similar to paragliding but with more emphasis on high velocity than altitude. Skiers with parachute-like "wings" launch downslope at high speed, navigating runs partly on skis and partly in the air.
Ready. Set. Snow.
Today in History
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Presidents Day
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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Astronomy Day
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Summertime in Alaska
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Earth Day
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International Jazz Day
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Art in the chapel
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Málaga, Spain
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The borrowed days are here
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Silent night, sparkling lights, and hearts full of joy
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Saffron in bloom
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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World Children s Day
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Big Bend National Park turns 78
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Welcome to ‘Hollywood North’
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Frost-covered dunes on Mars
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The monsoon arrives in the desert
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Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland
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World Rainforest Day
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Illuminating Annecy
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Installation art turns heads
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World-class art comes to Arkansas
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Birds of a feather flocking together
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Solar Impulse 2 in Honolulu
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Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain
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A cliff-hanging complex of temples
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A Festivus for the rest of us
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American bison
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Pollinators: not to be sneezed at
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Hut, hut, hike!
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