Great Barrier Reef from above, Queensland, Australia May 11, 2026

Great Barrier Reef from above, Queensland, Australia

One of the world"s greatest natural wonders stretches through the turquoise waters of the Coral Sea off Australia"s northeast shoreline. The Great Barrier Reef, running along the coast of Queensland, is the world"s largest coral reef system. It is made up of nearly 3,000 individual reefs and hundreds of islands, spanning more than 2,253 kilometres.

© Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

May 11, 2024Indigo bunting
May 11, 2025Leopard mother grooming her cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 20, 2025The citadel in Bonifacio, Southern Corsica, France
Dec 12, 2024Poinsettia flower
Jul 12, 2025Thomsons gazelles
Dec 22, 2024Crystal Pier, San Diego, California, United States
Apr 22, 2024Green sea turtle
Jul 8, 2024Blueberries growing in the wild
Sep 30, 2023Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA
Jul 30, 2024San Gimignano, Siena, Italy
Mar 27, 2026Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
June 1, 2026Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Feb 21, 2026Red fox, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States
Dec 29, 2024Borobudur temple, Java, Indonesia
Aug 29, 2023American bison
Mar 24, 2024Silvereyes, South Korea
Jul 9, 2025Constitución railway station, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sep 15, 2025Black-winged stilts, France
Oct 24, 2025RMS Queen Mary, California
Mar 21, 2025Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Mar 24, 2025African elephants in Namibia
Aug 4, 2024Impala and red-billed oxpecker, South Africa
Mar 28, 2025Black-naped monarch
Jan 9, 2025Sossusvlei sand dunes, Namib desert, Namibia
Nov 12, 2025Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Dec 9, 2025Guanaco, Argentina
Feb 22, 2026Mam Tor, Derbyshire, England
Apr 11, 2024Dragon waterfall, Venezuela
Jul 21, 2025Staghorn coral in shallow ocean
May 7, 2025Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Nov 24, 2023Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
Nov 12, 2023Mallard ducks