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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Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
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Star Wars Day
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Red deer stag in Glen Affric, Scottish Highlands
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World Architecture Day
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Canada Day
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Mexico celebrates its Independence Day
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An historic forest
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Oktoberfest begins
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Cedar Mesa, Utah, for Indigenous Peoples Day
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Louvre Pyramid
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The National Museum of the American Indian
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Silvereyes in South Korea
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Bridges to the past
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Tower Bridge, London, England
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International Jazz Day
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Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Center-Val de Loire, France
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Sleep tight, little hedgehog
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Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, California
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Grizzly bears in Alaska for National Wildlife Day
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Kagami-ike, Nagano, Japan
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Honoring the first American woman in space
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Let s run em up!
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Happy birthday, Capitol Reef National Park
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Total solar eclipse
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It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?
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The natural ice wall of Misotsuchi, Chichibu, Japan
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Indigenous living
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The mountain of 30,000 sakura
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Spring equinox
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National Library Week
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