Today is Unicorn Day—or what celebrants call "the sparkliest holiday of the year." To honor the mythical horned beast, we bring you the next best thing: a pod of narwhals brandishing their tusks in the Arctic Ocean. Narwhals develop only two teeth, but—in males especially—the left canine can grow into a 9-foot-long spiraled tusk. The tusk juts right through the narwhal"s upper lip, lending the whale the nickname "unicorn of the sea."
Hooray, hooray, it s Unicorn Day!
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Maritime forest in Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
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The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
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Lick Observatory
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La Brecha de Rolando (Rolands Breach), Spain
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All eyes on moths
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Skyscraper Day
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A herd of impalas, Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa
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Gemsbok in Namibian sand dunes
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A river runs through rice fields
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Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
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Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
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Earth Day
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A medieval celebration in the Mediterranean
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National Napping Day
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Listening to the sea
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Apple trees in spring, Germany
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Rainbow River, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida
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Snow on the temple
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Bellissima!
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Life in the slow lane
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Social climbing
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I am the walrus
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What does the fox dream?
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Dashing through the snow
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Lace up your hiking boots for Mountain Day
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Bidding summer adieu
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