Wheels up in Beijing Sep 30, 2019

Wheels up in Beijing

Last Wednesday, September 25, China officially opened the world’s largest airplane terminal, Beijing Daxing International Airport. Constructed to alleviate pressure on the city"s existing airport, Beijing Capital International, the bright orange starfish look-alike took more than four years to construct. And travelers, hold on to your hats, because Daxing International will connect to China"s capital city—about 30 miles away—with a high-speed train that travels at top speeds of more than 200 mph.

© Xinhua/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Sep 30, 2018Aw shucks, it’s oyster season in Galway
Sep 30, 2020All eyes on moths
Sep 30, 2021Global commerce in motion
Sep 30, 2022Southern right whale
Sep 30, 2023Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Sep 30, 2024Walruses in Svalbard, Norway
Sep 30, 2025Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

May 14, 2019Cannes, France, in the spotlight
Mar 23, 2022World Meteorological Day
Mar 20, 2022World Frog Day
Oct 29, 2024Great horned owl
Nov 10, 2024Caribbean flamingos, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Apr 15, 2019Celebrating World Art Day
Aug 24, 2025European fallow deer in England
Jan 16, 2023Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Apr 7, 2018The confluence of the Arve and Rhône Rivers
Nov 7, 2018A triumph of light
Aug 18, 2021Pearl of the Adriatic
Apr 21, 2019The Easter Bunny’s story
Dec 6, 2022Everglades National Park turns 75
Dec 14, 2020I see one!
Mar 27, 2022World Theatre Day
Mar 15, 2023Agüero, Huesca province, Spain
Jun 18, 2018Here, fishy!
Nov 23, 2023Happy Thanksgiving!
Mar 25, 2024Happy Holi!
Jan 28, 2025Short-eared owl
Apr 12, 2023Earth seen from the International Space Station
Jul 25, 2018Splashes of color for Watercolor Month
Feb 22, 2022Twosday
Sep 15, 2022Hispanic Heritage Month
Oct 12, 2022Fossil Day
Jun 7, 2025National Trails Day
Oct 3, 2018Monarch butterflies migrate south
Oct 29, 2023Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
Dec 11, 2025International Mountain Day
Oct 18, 2019Fall color sweeps across the West