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

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Jan. 29, 2024Gollinger Waterfalls, Salzburg, Austria
Jul. 5, 2025Tour de France
Shades of Fall
When landscape met wilderness
Sports where you least expect it
Feb. 15, 2025The natural ice wall of Misotsuchi, Chichibu, Japan
Apr. 15, 2026World Art Day
May 21, 2025International Tea Day
Dec. 2, 2023Angkor, Cambodia
A 50-year balancing act
Getting starry-eyed at the moon
Feb. 4, 2024Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
A postcard-perfect landscape
Mar. 27, 2026World Theatre Day
May 5, 2025Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
Nov. 10, 2024Caribbean flamingos, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Sep. 16, 2024Wallabies at sunrise, Australia
Locals know this place simply as ‘the Met’
May 1, 2025Lei Day
Jan. 7, 2025Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
Part science experiment, part public park
Nov. 15, 2024Yi Peng lantern festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Sep. 24, 2024Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
Aug. 23, 2023Skógafoss waterfall, Iceland
9,000-year-old handprints
A view that’s out of this world