It s National Camera Day. Get the picture? Jun 29, 2019

It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?

Here on the green grass of Cape Coral, Florida, this owl looks ready for his closeup, and ready for National Camera Day. June 29 commemorates photographs, the camera, and their invention. The history of the camera goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks and Chinese, who used pinhole cameras (camera obscuras), similar to what you might use to view a solar eclipse. The camera obscura could project an image but didn’t leave a lasting one.

© mlorenzphotography/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jun 29, 2018Waiting for the perfect shot
Jun 29, 2020Goats don t grow on trees
Jun 29, 2021An island hopper s paradise
Jun 29, 2022International Day of the Tropics
Jun 29, 2023International Day of the Tropics
Jun 29, 2024Tour de France 2024 begins
Jun 29, 2025International Day of the Tropics

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 8, 2023International Womens Day
Jul 2, 2023Its Halfway Day!
Feb 4, 2024Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
Mar 29, 2022Northern coast of Colombia
May 3, 2023Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya
Sep 10, 2024Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal
Feb 2, 2025Groundhog Day
May 22, 2024International Day for Biological Diversity
Apr 18, 2022Square Tower House in Mesa Verde National Park
Aug 15, 2021Swim city
Nov 26, 2024Celebrating World Olive Tree Day
Nov 19, 2019Zion National Park Turns 100
Feb 5, 2021A sea of swirling stone
Apr 3, 2023National Find a Rainbow Day
Aug 9, 2023International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
May 8, 2026World Donkey Day
Dec 25, 2020Big dreams require a big sleigh
Jun 2, 2018Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
Jan 4, 2023Earth at Perihelion
Nov 18, 2022Keyholes to the kingdom
Oct 4, 2021Hey neighbor, it s World Space Week!
Jul 1, 2021Celebrating migrations
Jul 15, 2019Marine Day in Japan
Apr 18, 2025International Day for Monuments and Sites
Oct 13, 2021Celebrating a young girl s age-old discovery
Dec 29, 2020Where the glow of the holidays lingers
Nov 30, 2023Saint Andrews Day
Nov 9, 2021Dalyan, Turkey
Jan 22, 2020A horse of many colors
Oct 29, 2022Sea Slug Day