Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day Sep 27, 2025

When the calendar lines up just right, you get a rare double feature: National Public Lands Day and Astronomy Day. It"s a chance to explore the landscapes that ground us and the skies that inspire us—all within 24 hours.

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Today in History

Sep 27, 2018High seas commerce
Sep 27, 2019Ancient storage in the Grand Canyon
Sep 27, 2020Take me to the river
Sep 27, 2021Sharp-dressed bug
Sep 27, 2022Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Sep 27, 2023Via Krupp, Capri, Italy
Sep 27, 2024Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy

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May 15, 2020The last thing seen by Wile E. Coyote
Mar 31, 2025Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
Aug 24, 2021Surf s always up in Paia
Apr 26, 2025Redwood National and State Parks, California
Mar 25, 2024Happy Holi!
Mar 15, 2020Celebrating 200 years of statehood
Jan 20, 2018Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
Jan 14, 2020Going head-to-head with winter
Jul 27, 2025Barracudas at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Sep 3, 2023Skyscraper Day
Mar 22, 2023World Water Day
Aug 6, 2022San Francisco Bay salt flats
Feb 22, 2020It s not always sunny in Abu Simbel…
Aug 30, 2021Behold the perfect cone
Apr 16, 2019The birth of Bauhaus
Jun 14, 2024Flag Day
Oct 23, 2021Eurasian scops owl
Jul 30, 2022Milford Sound/Piopiotahi rainforest in New Zealand
Jun 27, 2020Looking for peace on the precipice
Jul 19, 2019A place fit for the gods
Jan 25, 2026Burns Night in Scotland
Aug 10, 2022Joshua Tree National Park
Dec 20, 2020Dressed for winter fun
Nov 22, 2023Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Dec 17, 2023Bohemian waxwings in Canada
Sep 2, 2022Seitan Limania Beach, Crete
May 21, 2020A visionary artist paints his own garden view
Jan 2, 2025Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland
Jul 30, 2023Palouse farmland, Washington state
May 2, 2024Craters of the Moon centennial