Today marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere—the longest day of the year and, for most of us on this side of the globe, the first official day of summer. (Iceland, being Iceland, celebrates the first day of summer in April, an old Viking tradition.) What better way to celebrate this day of sun than with Reykjavik’s Sun Voyager. Though it looks a bit like a Viking ship or maybe a fish skeleton, sculptor Jón Gunnar Árnason created it to be a dream boat and an ode to the sun. Sounds good to us. Join us in celebrating the sun today.
Ode to the sun
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
-
The Guggenheim Bilbao turns 25
-
Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
-
A day to celebrate teachers
-
Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia
-
National Bison Day
-
National Park Week begins
-
Autumnal equinox
-
Bathing in the light of Pride
-
Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia
-
Hooray, hooray, it s Unicorn Day!
-
Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
-
Let s ride! It s Roller Coaster Day
-
Tintern Abbey, Wales
-
Indigenous Peoples Day
-
It s superb owl Sunday
-
Fish River Canyon, Namibia
-
White Desert National Park, Egypt
-
Lighting it up for Vivid Sydney
-
World Space Week begins
-
Squirrel Appreciation Day
-
The fantastic winter fox
-
A glittering diamond in the rough
-
Brown pelican, San Diego, California
-
The lights of Paris
-
Blue hour in Trondheim, Norway
-
Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
-
The fishing village of Reine, Norway
-
World Honey Bee Day
-
Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

