The Russian language classifies light and dark shades of blue as separate colors—which comes in especially handy if you venture north to Saint Petersburg in midsummer. The seaport metropolis sits less than 500 miles outside the Arctic Circle, so at the height of summer, the twilit "blue hour" coveted by photographers lasts virtually all night long as the sun hovers just below the horizon. It"s a phenomenon also dubbed the "White Nights" and it usually lasts for around 80 days, starting in May and lasting until July.
A midsummer twilight s dream
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Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia
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Happy New Year!
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Travel Sunday: Liverpool
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World Turtle Day
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park turns 92!
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Observing World Braille Day in Bavaria
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India Republic Day
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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Central Highlands of Vietnam
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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
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Rooftops in the walled city of Urbino, Italy
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Astronomy Day
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Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe
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Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
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Today is World Refugee Day
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Group of giant cuttlefish, Whyalla, South Australia
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A herd of impalas, Londolozi Game Reserve, South Africa
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Porcupine
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Into the woods
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Lizard of mystery
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Flag Day
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Three Natural Bridges, Wulong Karst, China
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Christmas Bird Count
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Greece celebrates its independence
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Sundance Film Festival
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Welcome to the drainpipe of the Pacific
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International Rock Day
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Green sea turtle on World Oceans Day
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