Mountains matter—that’s the message from the United Nations for International Mountain Day, observed on December 11. More than half the world’s population relies on mountains for fresh water, food, and clean energy. When mountain ecosystems are threatened by climate change and land degradation, it endangers not just plants and animals, but also the people who depend on mountains to survive. Here at Mount Kilimanjaro, viewed from Chyulu Hills National Park in neighboring Kenya, the peak’s shrinking glaciers and ice fields are being closely monitored by scientists.
‘The mountains are calling’
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International Lighthouse Weekend
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The most wonderful day of the year. Period.
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Pretty poetic for a pit
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World Art Day
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It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball
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Quilts as high art
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Birds of a feather flocking together
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Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
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Things are looking up
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So, how long till springtime?
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Why, aloe there
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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Gazing down on planet Earth
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Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
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Ruins of St. Dwynwens Church, Ynys Llanddwyn, Wales
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Make your way up a picturesque passageway of Chefchaouen
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King of the dinosaurs
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Stop and see the flowers
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Black Fell in England s Lake District
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Where is this gorgeous peak?
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A predator at risk
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Oh, to sleep under the northern lights
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A viewer with a view
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Let s run em up!
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Collared aracari in Costa Rica
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Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
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Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Carnival of Venice
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Waimea Canyon and Waipoo Falls, Kauai, Hawaii
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Harvest season begins