March 20 marks the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, meaning that for the next six months daylight hours will outlast nighttime darkness, and we’ll see plenty of beautiful blooms like the tulips shown here. They were photographed in Drenthe Province of the Netherlands, a country that’s been famous for tulips since the 17th century. That’s when the price of tulip bulbs climbed to astronomical heights and then dramatically collapsed in what’s since become known as the first economic bubble, dubbed ‘Tulip Mania.’
Celebrating the first day of spring
Today in History
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75 years of the United Nations
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International Kissing Day
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Fat Bear Week
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Watson Lake in Granite Dells, Arizona
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Moai statues on Easter Island, Chile
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Wheels up in Beijing
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Celebrating Helsinki’s birthday at the Kiasma Museum
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The most wonderful day of the year. Period.
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Saffron in bloom
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Sitka shines on Alaska Day
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Goðafoss waterfall, Iceland
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Canadian Thanksgiving
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day
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In honor of those we ve lost
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Happy Mother s Day!
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The scene of a literary crime
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Jamaica celebrates its independence
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Baddest of the badlands
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How lovely are your branches
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Atlanta Botanical Garden
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Sands of time
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A bull, some flowers, and a stratovolcano
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The Guggenheim turns 60
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A shell of many colors
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Pretty poetic for a pit
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Tafilalet oasis in Morocco
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Pearl of the Adriatic
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Pride Month