Extraterrestrial Culture Day Feb 8, 2022

Extraterrestrial Culture Day

Evidence of ancient aliens? Nah, more likely the etchings of a prankster hiker. Though Pueblo peoples here in northern New Mexico made pictographs in this style several centuries ago, there"s no evidence they were depicting extraterrestrials. But don"t get us wrong: We want to believe.

© Scott Warren/Cavan

palette

Today in History

Feb 8, 2018The Cordillera de la Sal in the Cordillera Domeyko Range of Chile
Feb 8, 2019A winter light show
Feb 8, 2020Lanterns alight in Pingxi
Feb 8, 2021A hero for the 21st century
Feb 8, 2023Uredd Rest Area, Norway
Feb 8, 2024Mount Hood, Oregon
Feb 8, 2025Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
Feb 8, 2026Corfu at night, Greece

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 8, 2021Take this for a spin...
Feb 14, 2019Cue up the tango music
Feb 2, 2025Groundhog Day
Dec 11, 2025International Mountain Day
Mar 22, 2021Honoring some real heroes of World War II
Jan 7, 2020Jupiter and the Galilean moons
Apr 26, 2022Landscape Architecture Month
Nov 17, 2018A bird of beauty
Apr 3, 2024Find a Rainbow Day
Jul 10, 2024Collared aracari in Costa Rica
Aug 21, 2022International Lighthouse Weekend
Jul 11, 2026Port de Saint-Goustan, Auray, Brittany, France
Oct 15, 2025National Mushroom Day
Nov 18, 2019Swimming with the sea cows
Apr 11, 2026Papagayo Beach, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Jul 17, 2023Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
Nov 1, 2024Native American Heritage Month
Apr 25, 2026World Penguin Day
Mar 24, 2024Silvereyes in South Korea
Jun 23, 2018Commemorating peace in Antarctica
May 1, 2019Purple flowers and Golden Week
Jun 16, 2025World Sea Turtle Day
Apr 9, 2025Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
Sep 26, 2020Wandering Watkins Glen
Jan 31, 2022Incense making, Vietnam
Jun 24, 2018The Twin Cities celebrate Pride
Aug 13, 2018Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
May 13, 2021Hues of Hokkaido
Sep 18, 2024Gujō Hachiman Castle, Gifu prefecture, Japan
May 8, 2025World Donkey Day