Spring equinox Mar 19, 2024

Goodbye winter! Today marks the spring or vernal equinox, the official beginning of springtime in the Northern Hemisphere. Starting today, regions north of the equator will have longer days than nights.

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Mar 19, 2018Sanxiantai Dragon Bridge in Taitung, Taiwan
Mar 19, 2019The smoke before the bonfire
Mar 19, 2020Sunburst at Angkor
Mar 19, 2021Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
Mar 19, 2022Chicagohenge
Mar 19, 2023Barn owl, England
Mar 19, 2025A black heron canopy feeding in Botswana
Mar 19, 2026Short-beaked echidna, Adelaide Hills, Australia

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Sep 18, 2018A red knot on the Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Sep 30, 2025Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
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Aug 17, 2024International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
Aug 9, 2023International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Apr 16, 2019The birth of Bauhaus
Jul 29, 2023International Tiger Day
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Mar 18, 2021A sizzling summit hides in the clouds
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Apr 5, 2018Mada’in Saleh archeological site in Saudi Arabia