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
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Victory Day in Valletta
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Hues of Hokkaido
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Falling for Tennessee
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Mam Tor, Derbyshire, England
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Native American Heritage Day
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Après-ski in the Dolomites
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Broken Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
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Happy birthday, Capitol Reef National Park
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Dreaming of the Tyrrhenian Sea
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
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New Year s Day
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Rays on parade
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Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
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Travels to the Oregon deep
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National Bison Month
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Travel Sunday: Flamenco in Granada, Andalusia, Spain
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World Turtle Day
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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Winter solstice
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