The Russian language classifies light and dark shades of blue as separate colors—which comes in especially handy if you venture north to Saint Petersburg in midsummer. The seaport metropolis sits less than 500 miles outside the Arctic Circle, so at the height of summer, the twilit "blue hour" coveted by photographers lasts virtually all night long as the sun hovers just below the horizon. It"s a phenomenon also dubbed the "White Nights" and it usually lasts for around 80 days, starting in May and lasting until July.
A midsummer twilight s dream
Today in History
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Snow on the temple
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Native American Heritage Month
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National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
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Astrotourism at its finest
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Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
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World Art Day
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World Childrens Day
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Did it see its shadow?
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Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
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European hedgehog in Sussex, England
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World Maritime Day
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Big Bend National Park anniversary
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Adorable activism
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Baddest of the badlands
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Nesting season for the leatherbacks
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National Fossil Day
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Rosa Parks Day
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World Meteorological Day
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Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
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Nha Phu Bay, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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Zion National Park turns 103
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Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
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Lake Peipus, Estonia
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Louvre Pyramid
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