Westerheversand Lighthouse Dec 30, 2021

Westerheversand Lighthouse

Even in the places most altered by humans, nature seems to slip through, like the Milky Way shown here peeking between light beams from Germany"s Westerheversand Lighthouse. This beacon lies along the Wadden Sea, which forms the world"s largest tidal flat along the Dutch, German, and Danish coasts.

© Sandra Bartocha/Minden Pictures

palette

Today in History

Dec 30, 2018Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
Dec 30, 2019Sky island views
Dec 30, 2020Winter in the Wild West
Dec 30, 2022White Desert National Park, Egypt
Dec 30, 2023Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
Dec 30, 2024Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Dec 30, 2025Whooper swans, Kotoku Pond, Japan

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Dec 11, 2021Everest s shadow on the Himalayas
Mar 14, 2018Happy Pi Day!
Aug 8, 2020It s ∞ Day!
Nov 28, 2019Wild turkeys in repose
Nov 13, 2019Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré
Nov 23, 2023Happy Thanksgiving!
Oct 8, 2022World Octopus Day
Apr 12, 2025International Day of Human Space Flight
Aug 19, 2024National Aviation Day
Apr 22, 2023Earth Day and National Park Week
Jul 17, 2021Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
Jan 30, 2026St. Michaels Mount in Marazion, Cornwall, England
Apr 4, 2018Mexican giant cardon cactus
Aug 13, 2018Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
Apr 19, 2018Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
Jul 18, 2020The moth wonderful time of the year
Jan 26, 2019Visiting a Maratha fortress
Jan 10, 2018Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
Apr 15, 2025World Art Day
Sep 15, 2021It s National Hispanic Heritage Month
Feb 11, 2019There’s a dog in there somewhere
Oct 24, 2022Diwali lights in Guwahati, India
Oct 15, 2023European hedgehog
Feb 17, 2018Infant Sumatran orangutan, Indonesia
Feb 19, 2020Flocking together in the Antarctic
Feb 4, 2025Golden Bridge, Bà Nà Hills, Da Nang, Vietnam
Jan 18, 2020Sands of time
May 2, 2020Morocco in bloom
Jun 3, 2018Travel Sunday: Liverpool
May 17, 2018Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day