Extraterrestrial Culture Day Feb 8, 2022

Extraterrestrial Culture Day

Evidence of ancient aliens? Nah, more likely the etchings of a prankster hiker. Though Pueblo peoples here in northern New Mexico made pictographs in this style several centuries ago, there"s no evidence they were depicting extraterrestrials. But don"t get us wrong: We want to believe.

© Scott Warren/Cavan

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Today in History

Feb 8, 2018The Cordillera de la Sal in the Cordillera Domeyko Range of Chile
Feb 8, 2019A winter light show
Feb 8, 2020Lanterns alight in Pingxi
Feb 8, 2021A hero for the 21st century
Feb 8, 2023Uredd Rest Area, Norway
Feb 8, 2024Mount Hood, Oregon
Feb 8, 2025Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Feb 8, 2026Corfu at night, Greece

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Aug 25, 2020Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
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Nov 23, 2018Let the holiday shopping commence
Oct 13, 2025Cedar Mesa, Utah, for Indigenous Peoples Day
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Feb 13, 2026Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand
May 22, 2021Blue paradise on the Costa Brava
May 16, 2018National Love a Tree Day
Dec 15, 2023SantaPark, Lapland, Finland
Aug 1, 2022Hawai i Volcanoes National Park at 106
May 2, 2023Jöriseen lakes in the Silvretta Alps, Switzerland
Sep 1, 2019Bidding summer adieu
Apr 7, 2024International Beaver Day
Mar 3, 2023Killer whales in Spildra, Norway
Jul 27, 2018Composite image of a lunar eclipse
Oct 29, 2022Sea Slug Day
Sep 21, 2022International Day of Peace
Mar 6, 2020Hello, harbinger of spring
Jul 10, 2025Independence Day of the Bahamas
Dec 15, 2021The Hermitage of Santa Justa
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Jun 12, 2024Big Bend National Park anniversary
Sep 16, 2023Oktoberfest begins
Oct 7, 2022Berlin Festival of Lights
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