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Daily Pic 07/30/18 (Friendship Day)

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Children at play for International Day of Friendship

Does this photo of kids at play in Kolkata, India, prompt memories of fun times you had as a child, when the world didn’t extend much further than you and your friends? If so, you’re in the right frame of mind to celebrate International Day of Friendship, or just Friendship Day. The idea began in a bid of crass commercialism: The holiday was invented and marketed by the founder of Hallmark Cards. But the public saw through that and it didn’t take. Decades later, a peace-promoting group called the World Friendship Crusade relaunched Friendship Day in Paraguay as a way to foster peace. It’s been gaining traction ever since.

Daily Pic 07/30/17

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan



Daily Pic 07/27/18 (Total Lunar Eclipse)

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Composite image of a lunar eclipse

Tonight, a total lunar eclipse will be visible around many parts of the globe, but not in North America. (We’re disappointed too, but we can get through this together.) For an eclipse to qualify as ‘total’ the moon must pass through the middle of the Earth’s shadow, casting a reddish pall over the entire visible surface of the moon. Since nightfall will happen too late in the US to see tonight’s eclipse, we’re sharing this composite photo that shows the total lunar eclipse that occurred on Jan 31, 2018.

Daily Pic 07/27/17

Diving off the Turquoise Coast
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Scuba diving in Kaş, Turkey