Towering trees, rushing streams, and luminous fireflies combine to create this magical landscape in Tennessee"s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The park is famous for its firefly season between May and June when these "lightning bugs" gather to put on a light show as part of a mating display. Today, we celebrate the anniversary of this magnificent national park, as well as Nature Photography Day. There may be no better subject than the lightning bug to mark the day—as photography is the art of capturing light in lasting images.
Nature Photography Day
Today in History
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National Aviation Day
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Autumn in Alaska
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Where fire meets water
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World Architecture Day
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Honoring those who served
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Eben Ice Caves, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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A day to take a moment
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Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland
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Chapel of St. Michel on Lake Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, France
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National Park Week begins
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A river runs through it
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The party’s just starting
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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It s Tolkien Reading Day
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Swimming with the sea cows
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Womens History Month
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Saskatchewan s spookier side
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Seonam Temple, South Korea
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