Are you ready to rock the new year? Today is Old Rock Day, a day for celebrating and learning about old rocks and fossils. Rocks are common and few of us take the time to consider how amazing they are. But forged in volcanoes or molded by millennia of pressure, these solid masses of minerals hold the key to understanding how our planet formed. Rocks can also contain fossils, the remnants of long-extinct organisms, which give scientists clues about what creatures and plants have lived on Earth during its 4.5-billion-year history.
Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
Today in History
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Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
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Honoring our fallen heroes
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Brown bears in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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A crane for good luck in today’s big game
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Fight for your lefts
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Birthplace of Roman emperors
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Paris is photo-ready this week
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Henningsvær Stadion, Norway
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Happy Independence Day!
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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In Apia Harbor for Samoan Independence Day
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Methoni Castle, Messenia, Greece
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‘The mountains are calling’
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Christmas market in Leipzig, Germany
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Darwin Day
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Pretty poetic for a pit
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International Day of Forests
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Diwali
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Ludwig’s palace
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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China s colorful terraced pools
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Greater flamingos, Lüderitz, Namibia
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In the Highlands for Saint Andrew s Day
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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World Space Week
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A summertime light show
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The Tour de France begins
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We re gonna need a bigger birdhouse
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