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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A summertime light show
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It’s Canada’s national day
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Terraced fields of green
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Milky Way over Zabriskie Point, California
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A path lain with petals
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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Sleep tight, little hedgehog
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World Giraffe Day
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Kelimutu, Flores, Indonesia
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Salmon migration in full swing
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International Womens Day
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Cinco de Mayo
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Chapel of St. Michel on Lake Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, France
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
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Porto Timoni beach, Greece
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Heceta Head Light, Florence, Oregon
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In the Highlands for Saint Andrew s Day
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From pirate port to nature preserve
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Merry Christmas!
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World Elephant Day
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The Tour de France begins
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A great white egret in Hungary
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Fin whales: A success story
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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Grand Teton National Park
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Visiting the Mamanuca Islands for Fiji Day
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Río Arazas in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain
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A view fit for a queen
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Ring-tailed lemur