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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival

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2023-01-05Harbin, China

The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in China's Heilongjiang province, begins today with all the spectacle and fanfare you'd expect from the world's largest festival of its kind. Big, bold, and beautiful, the event features more than 2,000 ice sculp...[阅读全文]

Earth as seen from the International Space Station

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2023-01-04Unknown

Earth as seen from the International Space Station

We've reached perihelion! Two weeks after winter solstice the Earth's orbit is closer to the sun than at any other time of year—a result of the Earth's elliptical orbit. You may think, 'If we're so close to the sun, why can't I feel the heat?' Well, that's because we're ...[阅读全文]

Sandhill cranes

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2023-01-03Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Hey, don't judge. Migrating takes it out of you! Yes, these sandhill cranes are asleep on their feet in the waters of the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in southern New Mexico. The birds start arriving around Halloween each year, and as many as 10,000 of t...[阅读全文]

Hohenzollern Castle

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2023-01-02Germany

For the charming Hohenzollern Castle, the third time really was the charm. Constructed on the top of Hohenzollern Mountain in the 11th century, the castle was largely ruined by a 10-month siege in 1423, only to be rebuilt a few decades later. It then served as an important...[阅读全文]

Polar bear in Svalbard

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2023-01-01Norway

If your first scheduled activity of the day has ever involved intentionally jumping into an icy lake or a frigid bay, then you understand the relevance of today's image from the Svalbard Islands of Norway. Polar bear plunges, as these swims have come to be known, take place ...[阅读全文]