If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you may get a chance to view migrating salmon this fall. For the sockeye salmon shown here, the epic journey takes them from the waters of the Pacific Ocean back to the freshwater lakes and streams where they were born. There they’ll spawn, their bodies turning from a silvery blue to crimson and changing shape in the process. This isn’t always an easy journey. Dams and other human interventions have affected salmon runs, and West Coast salmon numbers have been in decline. We’re fans of groups like Long Live the Kings, a Pacific Northwest nonprofit that’s helping rebuild salmon populations and protect their habitat—for the long run.
Salmon migration in full swing
Today in History
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Black History Month
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Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
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Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam
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A bite of ancient history
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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Spectacular views below!
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Eben Ice Caves, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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Roman bridge of Córdoba, Spain
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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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The Hermitage of Santa Justa
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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The aftermath of a meteorite
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Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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Ravens
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Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Arkansas
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Ode to the sun
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Let s get lost
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Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
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World Bee Day
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Lucian Blaga National Theater, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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A different view of sharks
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Museum Night in Berlin
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Birch trees, Drammen, Norway
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A place fit for the gods
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The story of a rediscovered redwood
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Maldives
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The dancing trees of Sumba Island
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In honor of those we ve lost