Some of you Navy vets—and fans of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "The Hunt for Red October," or "Das Boot"—might get a familiar wave of claustrophobia from today"s picture. For National Submarine Day, we"re in the forward engine room of the USS Drum, a historic US Navy submarine displayed at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama. The Drum was the first deployed of the Gato-class subs—the line of boats that, with variations, made up most of the US submarine force during World War II. Decommissioned shortly after the war, the submarine is now in dry dock and open for public tours.
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Golden Bridge, Bà Nà Hills, Da Nang, Vietnam
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Surströmming Day
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Bridge over the River Tara
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South Stack Lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales
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Sitka shines on Alaska Day
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Black Fell in England s Lake District
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Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
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Here comes summer
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Giants of the avian world
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A whale of a picture
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Manatee Appreciation Day
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Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
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The Aomori Nebuta Festival parade, Japan
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The Feathers at Frenchman Coulee near Vantage, Washington
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Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
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A day to take a moment
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A glimpse of the Blue Forest
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The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
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Guiding ships to safety
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Union Square, Manhattan
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Albion Falls, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Walking among the giants
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A ‘circus of chaos’ for Stravinsky
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Cetacean Saturday
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A red knot on the Shetland Islands, Scotland
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National Bird Day
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International Womens Day
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Moai statues on Easter Island, Chile
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Sandstone formations in the badlands near Caineville, Utah