Looking down upon Edinburgh Aug 6, 2021

Looking down upon Edinburgh

We"re kicking off festival season in Edinburgh, Scotland, with this view of the capital city from Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park. Throughout the month of August, the city is hosting a staggering number of music, theater, opera, dance, and other types of performances as part of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is the world"s largest international arts festival.

© Andrew Merry/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Aug 6, 2018Jamaica celebrates its independence
Aug 6, 2019Storks ready for takeoff
Aug 6, 2020Space-age style by the sea
Aug 6, 2022San Francisco Bay salt flats
Aug 6, 2023Kagami-ike, Nagano, Japan
Aug 6, 2024Molokini Crater, Maui, Hawaii
Aug 6, 2025Kalalau Beach on the Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii

More Desktop Wallpapers:

May 24, 2025European Day of Parks
Nov 17, 2018A bird of beauty
Aug 14, 2020In the Navajo Nation for Code Talkers Day
Feb 15, 2022Lantern Festival
May 22, 2020The scene of a literary crime
Oct 6, 2022International Geodiversity Day
Feb 29, 2024Leap day
Dec 26, 2018Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
Aug 28, 2020A prison fit for a count
Sep 20, 2024Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
Jul 11, 2022World Population Day
Aug 17, 2025International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
Jun 10, 2023Porto Cathedral, Portugal
Apr 10, 2024Siblings Day
Sep 15, 2024National Hispanic Heritage Month
Jun 7, 2025National Trails Day
Jun 6, 2024The 80th anniversary of D-Day
Mar 27, 2025World Theater Day
Oct 7, 2021Great on so many levels
Mar 15, 2019A plot was afoot
Sep 7, 2021Whale hello there!
May 30, 2020Meandering through Patagonia
Mar 16, 2020I ll call for pen and ink
Jan 26, 2020It s Republic Day in India
Nov 19, 2025Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
Jul 31, 2022Noctilucent clouds
Apr 10, 2019Siblings that play together…
Jul 2, 2022Halfway Day
Feb 23, 2019A view from the top
Mar 25, 2024Happy Holi!