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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Colorful houses of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Sea Slug Day
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Let the Highland games begin
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American bison
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Wild and beautiful Alaska
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Independence Day
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Green fields of grain
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It’s World Migratory Bird Day
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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
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Nazca boobies, Wolf Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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Happy winter solstice!
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A summertime light show
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Loud waters
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European beech forest, Belgium
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Victory in Europe, 75 years ago
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World Elephant Day
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Celebrating World Water Day
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European river otter, Netherlands
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Bavljenac Island
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Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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The citadel in Bonifacio, Southern Corsica, France
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Bridge over the River Tara
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Walruses in Svalbard, Norway
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The dog days of summer
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It s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Badlands National Park in South Dakota
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Why do elephants hide in trees?
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