At the shore of an inland sea Aug 31, 2020

At the shore of an inland sea

We"re looking out from a cavern at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan"s Upper Peninsula. The area"s named for its colorful sandstone cliffs, which stretch for 15 miles along the shores of the largest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior. As groundwater leaches out of the rocks, it carries minerals such as iron, manganese, and copper that paint the cliffs in shades of red, pink, black, green, and other colors. The park itself, which is roughly the size of five Manhattans, boasts waterfalls, beaches, and rock formations—some resembling human profiles and castle turrets—carved over time by relentless waves and the unforgiving weather of Yooper Country.

© Kenneth Keifer/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Aug 31, 2018Let’s have a ball
Aug 31, 2019Walk the line
Aug 31, 2021Bridge over the River Tara
Aug 31, 2022Blue linckia sea stars in Papua New Guinea
Aug 31, 2023Saguaro cacti, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona
Aug 31, 2024Tassili n’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria
Aug 31, 2025Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Dec 3, 2018Computer science on the page
Dec 19, 2025Bormio, Lombardy, Italy
Dec 7, 2024National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Jan 11, 2023Umschreibung by Olafur Eliasson in Munich
Dec 18, 2025Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
Sep 30, 2020All eyes on moths
Mar 7, 2018Chapel of St. Michel on Lake Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, France
Jul 27, 2019Longer days mean warmer sand
Jun 5, 2025World Environment Day
Feb 6, 2024Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
May 29, 2021A path into history
Feb 1, 2021Reflecting on Black History Month
Aug 17, 2025International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
Mar 9, 2019Let the harvest begin
Jan 21, 2026Squirrel Appreciation Day
Aug 31, 2021Bridge over the River Tara
Oct 12, 2022Fossil Day
Apr 25, 2021One giant leap for penguins
Jul 24, 2022Amelia Earhart
May 26, 2018Honoring the first American woman in space
Apr 3, 2020The rainbow connection
Mar 23, 2026World Meteorological Day
Jan 27, 2023Guanahacabibes National Park, Cuba
Jul 30, 2022Milford Sound/Piopiotahi rainforest in New Zealand
Jul 13, 2020Welcome to the Hoh
Feb 4, 2024Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
Jan 6, 2019A winter wonderland in Northeast China
Jul 12, 2021A lofty lighthouse and a little ocean spray
Jul 11, 2021Why, aloe there
May 1, 2018The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy