Are you ready to rock the new year? Today is Old Rock Day, a day for celebrating and learning about old rocks and fossils. Rocks are common and few of us take the time to consider how amazing they are. But forged in volcanoes or molded by millennia of pressure, these solid masses of minerals hold the key to understanding how our planet formed. Rocks can also contain fossils, the remnants of long-extinct organisms, which give scientists clues about what creatures and plants have lived on Earth during its 4.5-billion-year history.
Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
Today in History
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1934 Labor Day parade, Gastonia, North Carolina
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Alaska moose
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Shining like Klondike gold
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The scene of a literary crime
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In the Red Sea for World Dolphin Day
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Polar bears
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1, 1, 2, 3: It s Fibonacci Day!
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Zion National Park turns 103
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A medieval celebration in the Mediterranean
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Keukenhof Gardens, Lisse, Netherlands
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Rock formations at Sedona, Arizona
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The Blue City of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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Central Highlands of Vietnam
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Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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The Old City of Bern
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