March 20 marks the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, meaning that for the next six months daylight hours will outlast nighttime darkness, and we’ll see plenty of beautiful blooms like the tulips shown here. They were photographed in Drenthe Province of the Netherlands, a country that’s been famous for tulips since the 17th century. That’s when the price of tulip bulbs climbed to astronomical heights and then dramatically collapsed in what’s since become known as the first economic bubble, dubbed ‘Tulip Mania.’
Celebrating the first day of spring
Today in History
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National Park Week continues
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Replica of a Viking home in Dublin National Botanic Gardens, Ireland
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Skógafoss waterfall, Iceland
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Dragons Eye, Uttakleiv Beach, Norway
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Northern hawk-owl
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Christmas star lanterns, Germany
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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Blooming sunflowers
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Black History Month
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47 years of Badlands National Park
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Summer solstice
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Bukhansan National Park, South Korea
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Kiteboarding and windsurfing in Croatia
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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San Francisco’s City Hall illuminated by the iconic colors of Pride
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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
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Ready, set, read
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A history of Vinland
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Hoodoos, Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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Juniper Springs, Florida
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Lucian Blaga National Theater, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Frankenstein Friday
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Kochelsee in Bavaria
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Waimea Canyon and Waipoo Falls, Kauai, Hawaii
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Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska
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Bidding summer adieu
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Here we mark the price of freedom
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Happy New Years Eve!
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Black History Month
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International Surfing Day
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