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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World Migratory Bird Day
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Red-leaf hunting in Japan
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Lake Peipus, Estonia
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An uncommon look at an American icon
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Bridges to the past
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St. Patrick s Day
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The lights of Paris
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Uncommon clouds are gathering
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Fashion models of the avian world
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Happy New Year! (Again!)
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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Happy Pi Day!
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Ode to the sun
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Cuban tody, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
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Swimming into the season
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Hallstatt, Austria
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Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland
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Carnival of Venice
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Endangered Species Day
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Womens History Month
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The Guggenheim Bilbao turns 25
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Books for children of all ages
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Surfer s paradise
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World Chocolate Day
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Gamboa Crater, Mars
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Christmas Eve
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’Chess on ice’
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Helloooooo, Innsbruck
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An aviation celebration