Gustave Flaubert wrote that "an infinity of passion can be contained in one minute." So, if you have boundless passion for contemplating the immeasurable, a full day should offer plenty of time. August 8 (8/8) is Infinity Day since the numeral 8 looks like a tilted ∞, the common symbol for infinity first popularized in 17th-century math books. But the concept of infinity itself represents an idea much older, inherent in the countless spiritual traditions that revere eternal gods or outline endless life cycles.
It s ∞ Day!
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Art abounds at the Palais Garnier
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Composite image of a lunar eclipse
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Impala in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
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Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
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Young black caiman, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
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Reflecting on Black History Month
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Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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High trekking season in Upper Mustang
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Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument anniversary
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Rainbow River, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida
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A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?
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Happy Astronomy Day!
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A tribute to the ancestors
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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The village of Castelluccio above the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
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Pascua Florida Day
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Celebrating a Paris landmark
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Ancient til trees in Fanal Forest, Madeira, Portugal
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Salzburg, Austria
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Winter scenery near Kuhmo, Finland
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Kalalau Beach on the Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii
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Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Iceland for International Rock Day
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Summer winds down in the Hamptons
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A river runs through it
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New Years Eve
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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Lick Observatory
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