The Russian language classifies light and dark shades of blue as separate colors—which comes in especially handy if you venture north to Saint Petersburg in midsummer. The seaport metropolis sits less than 500 miles outside the Arctic Circle, so at the height of summer, the twilit "blue hour" coveted by photographers lasts virtually all night long as the sun hovers just below the horizon. It"s a phenomenon also dubbed the "White Nights" and it usually lasts for around 80 days, starting in May and lasting until July.
A midsummer twilight s dream
Today in History
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The Tour de France begins
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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Lakeside serenity in Finland
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National Take the Stairs Day
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Vieste, Apulia, Italy
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Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
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Christmas comes to New York City
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Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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World Rhinoceros Day
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World Otter Day
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The view will stop you in your tracks
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When an ideal microclimate gives you lemons…
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Hollywood s big night
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Haven t you herd? It s World Elephant Day!
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A ‘Superior’ paddle
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Common raven
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Midwinter freeze
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A courtyard scene from Spain
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Riding the bore tide at Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska
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Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
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And the skies filled with bats…
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Grand Teton National Park
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Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
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Walking among the giants
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International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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An old celebration for a new season
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Laguna de Torrevieja, Spain
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