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
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Przewalskis horses
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Don t go chasing waterfalls
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A step toward freedom
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A most sincere pumpkin patch
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Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
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Aprils full moon
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By the light of the fireflies
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World Reef Awareness Day
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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Lunar eclipse
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Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
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Tour de France begins
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‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
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Digging the birds
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A young jaguar on a riverbank, Pantanal, Brazil
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Whoopin it up!
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Native American Heritage Month
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International Talk Like a Pirate Day
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A monster view in Scotland
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Saguaro cacti, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona
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Edinburgh Art Festival
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Batten down the hatches
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Celestial Spain
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Surf s up—Down Under
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Manatee Awareness Month
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Polar bears
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Watson Lake in Granite Dells, Arizona
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Black-naped monarch
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