Antarctica Day Dec. 1, 2025

Some photos capture nature"s grand acts. Great photos reveal even more in a single frame: the delicate balance between immense power and fragile beauty that surrounds us on Earth. Today"s image of a natural arch carved into an Antarctic iceberg does exactly that—a conversation starter about grandeur, vulnerability, our environment and its present and future.

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Today in History

The other continent down under
Dec. 1, 2023Lake Minnewanka, Alberta
Dec. 1, 2024Antarctica Day

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Oct. 23, 2024Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire, United States
Dec. 25, 2023Christmas Day
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Aug. 23, 2024Prasat Phanom Rung temple ruins, Thailand
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A view that’s out of this world
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Sep. 20, 2024Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, USA
Kings of the north
Jan. 12, 2025Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Feb. 28, 2024Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
Feb. 8, 2024Mount Hood, Oregon
Dec. 22, 2023Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dragon tails trail to the sea
Dec. 3, 2025Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, United States
Owl be seeing you ... somewhere!
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Where can you find this cute creature?