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
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
The largest living organism on Earth
-
World Lizard Day
-
Computer science on the page
-
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
-
Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
-
Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
-
World Rivers Day
-
A path into history
-
Longtailed widowbird at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa
-
Porcupine
-
World Olive Tree Day
-
Necropolis of Dargavs
-
The Monastery of Roussanou, Greece
-
A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England
-
Dusky eagle-owls, Pakistan
-
Festival of British Archaeology
-
International Womens Day
-
International Polar Bear Day
-
Paradise, found
-
Museum Night in Berlin
-
Endangered Species Day
-
World Rainforest Day
-
Perseid meteor shower over Oregon
-
The lemurs of Madagascar
-
Autumnal equinox
-
Happy Bee Day to you
-
Cherry blossoms at the National Mall, Washington, DC
-
Moselle River loop near Kröv, Germany
-
Opt outside today
-
Hello, spring!
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

