Happy Star Wars Day! To celebrate, we’re at the Tunisian salt pan called Chott el Djerid. Nearby is a town called Matmata, where the residents still live and work in below-ground cave dwellings as a way to beat the heat. In the 1970s, when George Lucas needed a desert landscape to stand in for the distant home planet of Luke Skywalker, Chott el Djerid was chosen. Some of the film props—seen in this photo—are still standing, and continue to draw tourists into the region.
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Today in History
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Lights, camera, Sundance
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Haven t you herd? It s World Elephant Day!
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Memorial Day
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Looking down on the Otter
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What s better than a smile?
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Forward-thinking women of history
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March of the flowers
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American bison, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
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Jeju Island, South Korea
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Celebrating whales—and a whale of a tale
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National Trails Day
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Arbor Day
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Happy Astronomy Day!
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National Park Service anniversary
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Glass footbridge in Zhangjiajie, China
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Going with the floe
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National Park Week: Yosemite National Park, California
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Happy Father s Day
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Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
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Illuminated Uluru
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International Museum Day
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Hot and Spicy Food Day
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It s World Bee Day
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An opulent backdrop for a historic event
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Gray days ahead in Monterey
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It’s World Migratory Bird Day
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Kagami-ike, Nagano, Japan
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