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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Today in History

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

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Jun. 1, 2024Pride Month
Feb. 26, 2024Grand Canyon National Park, USA
Jun. 25, 2025Glastonbury Festival begins
Jul. 2, 2024Italica, an old Roman city in Santiponce, Andalusia, Spain
Nov. 14, 2025Manatee
Dec. 26, 2024Boxing Day
Where the rainbow ends
Aug. 6, 2024Molokini crater, Maui, Hawaii, USA
Feb. 3, 2024Carnival of Venice
Jul. 18, 2024Coral Reef Awareness Week
Jul. 31, 2024Hoodoos, Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
Oct. 17, 2023Vieste, Apulia, Italy
Apr. 28, 2024El Capitan in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA
Sep. 13, 2023Hemakuta Hill, Hampi
Apr. 6, 2025Yellow warbler
Why are blackbirds tied to winter?
Jan. 20, 2026Penguin Awareness Day
Jul. 23, 2025Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Trunks packed for road
Aug. 17, 2025International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
Apr. 12, 2026International Day of Human Space Flight
Nov. 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
Oct. 8, 2024World Octopus Day
A grove glows green
Love is in the snow
May 5, 2026A bull moose foraging through the green undergrowth, Quebec
Family on parade
Beautiful from all angles
Where is this ethereal mountain?
Dec. 16, 2023Guild houses of Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium