An improbable tribute for Towel Day May 25, 2021

An improbable tribute for Towel Day

"Space," Douglas Adams observed in his comic sci-fi novel "The Hitchhiker"s Guide to the Galaxy," "is big. Really big. You just won"t believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you might think it"s a long way down the road to the chemist, but that"s just peanuts to space." So, in his fictional universe, Adams invented the Infinite Improbability Drive as a way to cross its vast distances in a nothingth of a second. And, in one memorable passage, to convert two approaching nuclear missiles into a bowl of petunias and a sperm whale. Thus, today"s image of the Earth"s largest toothed whale is our tribute to Adams on the 20th annual celebration of Towel Day (it"s surprisingly difficult to find a really great image of a bowl of petunias).

© Tony Wu/Minden Pictures

palette

Today in History

May 25, 2018Cheers! It’s National Wine Day
May 25, 2019Traveling warblers
May 25, 2020Here we mark the price of freedom
May 25, 2022The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
May 25, 2023Saksun, Faroe Islands, Denmark
May 25, 2024Aït Benhaddou, Morocco

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 1, 2023New Year s Day
Jan 9, 2023Wind Cave National Park celebrates 120 years
Aug 11, 2020Sea fireflies at the seashore
Mar 21, 2018Celebrating the International Day of Forests
Dec 3, 2023Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Jul 23, 2021Let the games (finally) begin!
Nov 7, 2021Mack Arch Rock
May 9, 2022Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
Nov 4, 2022A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
Jan 10, 2019‘You should see the one that got away!’
Jun 13, 2021Bear watching in the Finnish forest
Mar 1, 2024Womens History Month
Apr 3, 2019Dark skies over New Mexico
Dec 31, 20193, 2, 1 … Happy New Year!
Sep 30, 2021Global commerce in motion
Dec 19, 2021Aurora borealis
Nov 9, 2021Dalyan, Turkey
Nov 3, 2018A bison preserve
Apr 21, 2022First day of summer
Aug 15, 2020Celebrating the Acadians
May 1, 2024Lei Day
Feb 1, 2020Mapping courage in the Seventh Ward
Mar 31, 2023Steyr River, Austria
Jan 29, 2021So, how long till springtime?
Jan 18, 2022Winnie-the-Pooh Day
May 18, 2020Desert rose of Qatar
Jul 4, 2023Happy Independence Day!
Apr 7, 2023International Beaver Day
Apr 8, 2018It’s Draw a Bird Day
Aug 11, 2024Wooden path to Kennedy Lake, Vancouver Island, Canada