Around 1100 CE—a good 400 years before Spanish conquistadors would first glimpse the Grand Canyon—Ancestral Puebloans tended terrace farms along the banks of the Colorado River. In order to store their crops during the rainy season, when floods might destroy food stores, and to keep animals from eating the harvest, they created the Nankoweap Granaries high up in the canyon walls.
Ancient storage in the Grand Canyon
Today in History
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Star Wars Day
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Knuthöjdsmossen, a nature reserve in Sweden
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Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
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Jaguar in the Pantanal wetlands
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Telašćica Nature Park, Dugi Otok, Croatia
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Anniversary of the British Museum
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Jazzed for Mardi Gras
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Manatees rebound
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Festivus
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Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
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Lake Magadi, Kenya
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Venice s grand regatta
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Happy Panda Day!
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World Water Day
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Guiding ships to safety
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International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
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Three Musketeers Falls at Iguazú Falls, Argentina
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Longer days mean warmer sand
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Fibonacci Day
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An avian predator built for the snow
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Ancient til trees in Fanal Forest, Madeira, Portugal
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Silbury Hill for International Archaeology Day
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Santorini through the clouds
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Southern lights for Antarctica Day
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Blue paradise on the Costa Brava
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The beach at Cala Luna, Sardinia, Italy
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Flower of Life symbol drawn in snow
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Replica of a Viking home in Dublin National Botanic Gardens, Ireland
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In the Himalayas for International Mountain Day
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
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