Amazon rainforest, Brazil Jun 22, 2024

Amazon rainforest, Brazil

Fresh air, lush foliage, rustling leaves and calls of thousands of species of animals and birds—welcome to the Amazon rainforest. Covering nearly 7 million square kilometres, this ecological treasure in South America extends its branches across nine nations—Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. Today, the Amazon has over 30 million human inhabitants, but it also carries secrets of lost civilisations, hinting at the existence of prehistoric humans. Earlier this year, archaeologists discovered an extensive network of cities here dating back 2,500 years.

© Claus Meyer/plainpicture

palette

Today in History

Jun 22, 2025Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 20, 2024The Moon
May 19, 2025Mount Hamilton, San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
Feb 25, 2025Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States
Mar 8, 2025Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany
Mar 29, 2026Peggys Point Lighthouse, Atlantic Coast, Nova Scotia, Canada
Oct 20, 2024Three-toed sloth in Costa Rica
Mar 16, 2025A kingfisher perched on a branch
Dec 13, 2025Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California, United States
May 1, 2024Hawaiian lei flower garlands
Aug 24, 2025European fallow deer, England
May 2, 2026Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada
Sep 27, 2023French River, Ontario, Canada
Sep 27, 2024Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
Nov 18, 2024Porthcawl lighthouse, Wales
May 31, 2026Everglades National Park, Florida, United States
Jul 31, 2025Kalalau Beach on the Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii, United States
Apr 13, 2025Wat Tang Sai Temple, Thailand
Oct 28, 2023Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Apr 20, 2025Yellow warbler in Canada
Nov 5, 2024Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
Jun 2, 2025Skipper butterfly on an Echinacea flower
Nov 4, 2023American bison
Dec 30, 2023Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
Oct 24, 2024Bodie State Historic Park, California, United States
Mar 20, 2024Peveril Castle, Derbyshire, England
Aug 2, 2024Saint-François, Guadeloupe, Caribbean
Sep 22, 2024Buttermere, Lake District National Park, England, United Kingdom
Sep 9, 2024Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
Jun 18, 2024Lupine fields, Snæfellsnes, Iceland
Sep 11, 2023Sunrise at a vineyard in Bordeaux, France