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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A viewer with a view
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Illuminated Uluru
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Falling for Tennessee
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Pride Month
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Racers pushing past sunflowers in the 2018 Tour de France
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Cannes, France, in the spotlight
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In the belly of Fat Bear Week
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J.R.R. Tolkien Day
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National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
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Carl Sagan Day
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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Limpets at low tide on the coast of Praia da Ursa, Portugal
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC
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Computer Science Education Week
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Super sandy Sweet 16
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Pascua Florida Day
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European bee-eater, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Cádiz, Spain
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National Napping Day
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International Day of Peace
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Carnival comes to Olinda
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Bournemouth beach huts
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International Dark Sky Week
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Killer whales in Spildra, Norway
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A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England
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Party like it’s 5779
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Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
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European river otter, Netherlands
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Mod gear
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Alaska Day
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Pi Day
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