Extraterrestrial Culture Day Feb 8, 2022

Extraterrestrial Culture Day

Evidence of ancient aliens? Nah, more likely the etchings of a prankster hiker. Though Pueblo peoples here in northern New Mexico made pictographs in this style several centuries ago, there"s no evidence they were depicting extraterrestrials. But don"t get us wrong: We want to believe.

© Scott Warren/Cavan

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Today in History

Feb 8, 2018The Cordillera de la Sal in the Cordillera Domeyko Range of Chile
Feb 8, 2019A winter light show
Feb 8, 2020Lanterns alight in Pingxi
Feb 8, 2021A hero for the 21st century
Feb 8, 2023Uredd Rest Area, Norway
Feb 8, 2024Mount Hood, Oregon
Feb 8, 2025Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Feb 8, 2026Corfu at night, Greece

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Oct 20, 2018Moody skies over Valletta
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Mar 10, 2020A festival of colors
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Jan 15, 2023Aura River in Turku, Finland
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Jan 10, 2022Ski touring in Austria
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Feb 8, 2019A winter light show
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Jun 22, 2023World Rainforest Day
Mar 2, 2026Harbor and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
Jan 22, 2026Karlovy Vary, Bohemia, Czechia
Jan 5, 2023Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China
Sep 12, 2019Astrotourism at its finest
Jan 10, 2025Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
Jun 20, 2020 Beyond Walls for World Refugee Day
Feb 23, 2025Mount Fuji Day
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