Towering trees, rushing streams, and luminous fireflies combine to create this magical landscape in Tennessee"s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The park is famous for its firefly season between May and June when these "lightning bugs" gather to put on a light show as part of a mating display. Today, we celebrate the anniversary of this magnificent national park, as well as Nature Photography Day. There may be no better subject than the lightning bug to mark the day—as photography is the art of capturing light in lasting images.
Nature Photography Day
Today in History
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Bormio, Lombardy, Italy
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Taking the forest to the cloud
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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National Dolphin Day
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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International Polar Bear Day
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Wedded Rocks, Japan
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Ceremony Hall at Sweden s Icehotel
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Fall comes to the Last Frontier
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New York City skyline
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Group of giant cuttlefish, Whyalla, South Australia
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Summer huts in winter
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The citadel in Bonifacio, Southern Corsica, France
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Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
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Marseille welcomes the Olympic torch
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A dramatic view of Sicily
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Welcome to El Cervantino
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Day of the Dead
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International Surfing Day
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European fallow deer in England
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Cable car station, Graubünden, Switzerland
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World Theatre Day
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Ansel Adams birthday
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Belize Barrier Reef
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Earth seen from the International Space Station
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Festival of British Archaeology
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Perseid meteor shower over Nevada
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