Are you ready to rock the new year? Today is Old Rock Day, a day for celebrating and learning about old rocks and fossils. Rocks are common and few of us take the time to consider how amazing they are. But forged in volcanoes or molded by millennia of pressure, these solid masses of minerals hold the key to understanding how our planet formed. Rocks can also contain fossils, the remnants of long-extinct organisms, which give scientists clues about what creatures and plants have lived on Earth during its 4.5-billion-year history.
Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
Today in History
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A cutting-edge art gallery opens in Paris
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The Tour de France begins
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A visionary artist paints his own garden view
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The dancing trees of Sumba Island
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Earth Day and National Park Week
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St. Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye
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Spotted Lake emerges
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Love on ice
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Tassili n’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria
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Brown bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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So, how long till springtime?
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Forward-thinking women of history
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It s a good day to be green
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Make way for robots
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The Millennium at 20
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World Oceans Day
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The most wonderful day of the year. Period.
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Mount Pico, Portugal
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Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
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Southern gemsbok in the savannah, Botswana
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World Philosophy Day
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National Napping Day
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Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Keyholes to the kingdom
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It s Tolkien Reading Day
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An opulent backdrop for a historic event
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Stop and see the flowers
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Wat Sri Sawai in Sukhothai Historical Park, Thailand
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Fighting evil with costumes
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Chicagohenge
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