Today marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere—the longest day of the year and, for most of us on this side of the globe, the first official day of summer. (Iceland, being Iceland, celebrates the first day of summer in April, an old Viking tradition.) What better way to celebrate this day of sun than with Reykjavik’s Sun Voyager. Though it looks a bit like a Viking ship or maybe a fish skeleton, sculptor Jón Gunnar Árnason created it to be a dream boat and an ode to the sun. Sounds good to us. Join us in celebrating the sun today.
Ode to the sun
Today in History
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Father s Day
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World Theater Day
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Anniversary of Bryce Canyon National Park
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Tolkien Reading Day
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Mossy Grotto Falls, Oregon
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Red skies at Ruby Beach
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Computer science on the page
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Harvest time in the Palouse
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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Castle ruins on the island of Halki, Greece
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Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
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San Blas Islands, Panama
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Shakespeare Day
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National Public Lands Day
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Hidden beauty in Thailand
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Overlooking the Douro
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A little blue
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Take this for a spin...
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Protecting Alaska
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Daintree Rainforest and Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
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Barracudas at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
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International Womens Day
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50 years of Earth Day
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Here, fishy!
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Easter
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Merry Christmas!
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The natural ice wall of Misotsuchi, Chichibu, Japan
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