A 50-year balancing act

A 50-year balancing act

Cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado (© Brad McGinley Photography/Getty Images)

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Today in History

Nov. 16, 2023VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver
Nov. 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
Nov. 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France

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Sep. 6, 2023Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Oct. 25, 2023Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
Jul. 7, 2025Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Jun. 15, 2025Happy Fathers Day!
Jan. 23, 2025Sundance Film Festival
Jul. 12, 2025Thomsons gazelles, Maasai Mara, Kenya
Oct. 7, 2023Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA
Big rocks, big heads, still counting?
Nov. 9, 2025Carl Sagan Day
Dec. 9, 2024Guanacos in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Jul. 7, 2024Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
Mar. 25, 2026Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis Country, Alberta
Jan. 7, 2024Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Australia
Jun. 11, 2024A group of Southern gemsbok in the savannah, Botswana
Mar. 11, 2025Broken Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
Let’s go to the Ex!
Chilling out on an ice floe
Connecting the dots
Nov. 3, 2023World Jellyfish Day
Dec. 12, 2024Poinsettia Day
Feb. 23, 2026Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Sep. 18, 2023Milky Way over Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park
Paddle power
Mar. 20, 2026Spring equinox
May 4, 2024Star Wars Day
Mar. 21, 2025Happy International Day of Forests!
Feb. 11, 2025Yungang Grottoes, Datong, China
Feb. 26, 2024Grand Canyon National Park, USA
May 28, 2025World Otter Day
Jan. 12, 2026Eurasian otter and pup, Estonia