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
May 25, 2025Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada
May 25, 2026Memorial Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

May 25, 2021An improbable tribute for Towel Day
May 11, 2021 The Crown of the Continent
May 22, 2026International Day for Biological Diversity
Apr 17, 2024Black bear cub emerging into spring
Feb 8, 2024Mount Hood, Oregon
Dec 21, 2019Seventeen arches at sunset
Aug 12, 2018Join the parade for World Elephant Day
Jul 3, 2018To the 155th on the 155th
Jan 15, 2018Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC
Jul 30, 2026Monument Valley, Navajo Nation, Arizona
Apr 28, 2021Coming home to roost
Dec 13, 2019Taking the scenic route
Apr 30, 2023International Jazz Day
Aug 11, 2021Everyone s watching the Perseids
Dec 16, 2018Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
Jan 10, 2020League of Nations, 100 years later
Jan 26, 2023Heavens Gate Cave, Tianmen Mountain National Park, China
Nov 17, 2018A bird of beauty
Feb 13, 2024Mardi Gras
Dec 5, 2018’Chess on ice’
Jul 16, 2018Instant romance
Jun 25, 2021Birds and bees, and why they re so important
Feb 25, 2023Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
Nov 10, 2018The Badlands celebrates a milestone
Apr 9, 2022Light show at the skatepark
May 25, 2020Here we mark the price of freedom
Apr 6, 2019Make way for robots
Dec 6, 2023Computer Science Education Week
Sep 5, 2026National Hummingbird Day
Mar 8, 2022International Women s Day