Carved by the Colorado River, nearly 2 billion years of Earth"s history are exposed in the layers of the Grand Canyon. While geologists continue to debate parts of the formation story of the canyon, recent studies suggest the river carved its path through the region about 5 to 6 million years ago. Since then, the river has been deepening and widening the canyon while sculpting its dramatic geographic features.
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Estonia
-
Leopard at Etosha National Park, Namibia
-
North American beaver, Moran, Wyoming, United States
-
Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
-
The Painted Hills, Oregon, USA
-
Heri es-Swani in Meknes, Morocco
-
Sgwd yr Eira waterfall, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, Wales
-
Green sea turtle
-
Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
-
Eurasian red squirrel
-
Sunflowers
-
Serra de Tramuntana, Balearic Islands, Majorca, Spain
-
Humpback whale mother and calf
-
Corona Arch near Moab, Utah, United States
-
Bicycles on a bridge in Utrecht, Netherlands
-
Great horned owl
-
Maasai giraffes
-
Sperm whale
-
Walruses in Svalbard, Norway
-
Beach chairs on Steinwarder in Heiligenhafen, Germany
-
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, USA
-
Village of Santa Maddalena, Dolomites, Italy
-
Kinder Scout, Peak District National Park, UK
-
Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia
-
Yellow warbler in Canada
-
Venice Skatepark, Los Angeles, California, USA
-
Gran Paradiso National Park, Piedmont, Italy
-
Mute swan with chicks in Hesse, Germany
-
Dawn light through frosty trees, Sweden
-
Bláhver, Hveravellir, Iceland
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

