Tourism in New Mexico is fueled in part by attractions such as the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell—seen here in our photo today. Recognizing the revenue potential in embracing popular interest in UFOs, in 2003 the New Mexico State Legislature declared the second Tuesday in February each year to be Extraterrestrial Culture Day. Why New Mexico? The answer lies in the city of Roswell in the southeastern corner of of the state.
To Roswell, and beyond!
Today in History
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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Honoring the fallen
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Celebrating the first day of spring
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We have liftoff!
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Astrotourism at its finest
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Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
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Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy
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International Day of the Tropics
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Ready, set, read
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Swim city
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Summer’s in home stretch
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Astronomy Day
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Water colors
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A visionary artist paints his own garden view
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Galeries Lafayette, Paris
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Remembering the Velvet Revolution
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Surströmming Day
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Nothing plain about it
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The dry days of winter in Etosha
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Cloudy with a chance of enlightenment
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By the light of the fireflies
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Atrani, Amalfi Coast, Italy
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Seville, Spain
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Siblings Day
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A little blue
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Toledo, Spain
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Reflections of the night sky
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World Teachers Day
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Satla marshland in Bangladesh
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A Welsh wonder turns 70