March 20 marks the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, meaning that for the next six months daylight hours will outlast nighttime darkness, and we’ll see plenty of beautiful blooms like the tulips shown here. They were photographed in Drenthe Province of the Netherlands, a country that’s been famous for tulips since the 17th century. That’s when the price of tulip bulbs climbed to astronomical heights and then dramatically collapsed in what’s since become known as the first economic bubble, dubbed ‘Tulip Mania.’
Celebrating the first day of spring
Today in History
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A perfect day to fly your flag
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Park of the Monsters, Bomarzo, Italy
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Icelandic horses, Iceland
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Barcelona bids farewell to summer
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Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
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Vacuum Chamber 5 at Glenn Research Center
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It s Bermuda s big day
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The Canary Islands, Spain
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Día de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico
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The Millennium at 20
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A day to celebrate the sun
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Land of the midnight sun
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Bathing in the light of Pride
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A viewer with a view
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Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
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By the light of the fireflies
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Eastern grey kangaroos in Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park
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Earth Science Week
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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A cliffside harbor in Sardinia
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Monet still makes an impression
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Happy Mother s Day
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Arches National Park, Utah
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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A meerkat stands alone
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A lofty lighthouse and a little ocean spray
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Beech trees and wild anemones, Jutland, Denmark
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A stroll above the stratosphere
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The confluence of the Arve and Rhône Rivers
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International Tiger Day
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