Every year, one of the most spectacular natural phenomena in Mexico takes place in the forested mountains west of Mexico City. During the fall, colonies of monarch butterflies migrate here from colder northern climates to find warmth and begin their breeding season. These huge flying colonies can contain as many as 20 million monarchs, which make use of air currents to travel as far as 100 nautical miles per day. The monarchs remain in Mexico from around November to March.
Monarch butterflies in Angangueo, Mexico
Today in History
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Zion National Park turns 103
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Handmade gnomes at a Christmas market
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A view fit for a queen
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An ultralight aircraft flying over the sands of Namibia
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2022 Winter Paralympics
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Cape Town at dusk
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Land of the midnight sun
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It s a good day to be green
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The Millennium at 20
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Here s looking Atchafalaya
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‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever’
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Easter
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World Giraffe Day
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Winter solstice
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Frozen fun in the Canadian cold
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Borovets ski resort in Bulgaria
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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Castle on a hill
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National Park Week: Olympic National Park, Washington
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