Who needs fireworks when you have a starry view like this? June 26 is Independence Day in Madagascar, marking the date in 1960 when the island country off the coast of East Africa broke free from France’s rule. In honor of the occasion, we’re featuring the baobab tree, Madagascar’s national tree, known for its oversized trunk. Several species of the baobab are endemic to Madagascar–which isn’t surprising, as about 90 percent of the plants and animals here are found nowhere else on Earth.
Celebrating Madagascar on its Independence Day
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Amelia Earhart
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World Art Day
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Crested caracaras
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Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
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It s Census Day—make it count
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Happy New Year! (Again!)
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Kawachi Fuji Garden
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A monster view in Scotland
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Behold the blood moon
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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Native American Heritage Month
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Notes from an underground lake
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River Quoich in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Brown bears in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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Bellissima!
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Fall color sweeps across the West
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Seattle Central Library, Seattle, Washington
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A spectacle unlike any other