Norway may not be top of mind for most sun seekers, but around the middle of May until late July, head north to the part of the country inside the Arctic Circle and you can experience a natural phenomenon known as the midnight sun. During these few months the sun is visible at midnight local time, like you see in today"s image of Norway"s North Cape. Of course, as nature strives to maintain a balance, during winter this region experiences polar night, when the sun never rises above the horizon.
Basking in the glow
Today in History
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A legend and a legendary home
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The story of a rediscovered redwood
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I ll call for pen and ink
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It s World Poetry Day
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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Anniversary of the British Museum
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Christmas Bird Count
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Nuuk, Greenland
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Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
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Honoring those who served
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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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World Book Day
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International Geodiversity Day
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Let s get lost
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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World Lake Day in the Faroe Islands
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Nature Photography Day
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Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia
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A bird of beauty
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Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
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A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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A black heron canopy feeding in Botswana
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Bearded reedlings in Flevoland
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Lei Day in Hawaii
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National Trails Day
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Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
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Porto Cathedral, Portugal
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River Quoich in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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International Tiger Day
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A ‘circus of chaos’ for Stravinsky
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