Icelandic horses, Iceland Mar 6, 2023

Icelandic horses, Iceland

The Icelandic horse is a small, unique breed that arrived alongside the first Norse settlers in this island country sometime between 860 and 935 CE. More than 1,000 years later, they remain purebred thanks to strict regulations prohibiting the importation of horses. And once exported, they can never come back—rules designed to stop the spread of disease.

© Rodrigo Lourezini/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Mar 6, 2018Celebrating National Dentist Day
Mar 6, 2019Dreaming of the Tyrrhenian Sea
Mar 6, 2020Hello, harbinger of spring
Mar 6, 2020Hello, harbinger of spring
Mar 6, 2021Here there be dragons
Mar 6, 2022Great cormorants
Mar 6, 2024Wahclella Falls, Oregon
Mar 6, 2025Desert bighorn sheep in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Mar 6, 2026The Wave, Vejle, Denmark

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 22, 2023World Water Day
Oct 28, 2022Frankenstein Friday
Jul 7, 2024Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
Oct 23, 2020Saskatchewan s spookier side
Aug 30, 2022Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy
Dec 13, 2020The view will stop you in your tracks
Jul 10, 2020Italy s submerged village
Mar 2, 2020And to think that I saw it in Cappadocia
Sep 18, 2019Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
Oct 29, 2018In search of a ‘great’ pumpkin
Sep 9, 2021Islands of the Salish Sea
Mar 11, 2021Welcome to the drainpipe of the Pacific
Aug 31, 2023Saguaro cacti, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona
Jan 3, 2022Lick Observatory
Feb 8, 2020Lanterns alight in Pingxi
Jun 19, 2022Father s Day
Jun 4, 2026Snowy egret preening, central Florida
Aug 14, 2022World Lizard Day
May 12, 2025An iris garden in Tokyo, Japan
Oct 28, 2024Pumpkin field, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Dec 31, 2022New Year s Eve in Sydney, Australia
Oct 29, 2026Standing stones at Avebury in Wiltshire, England
Jan 28, 2021Avatars of the Wolf Moon
Jun 25, 2026Buildings on Grand-Place Square in Brussels, Belgium
Aug 25, 2022National Park Service Founders Day
Mar 5, 2018Seattle Central Library, Seattle, Washington
Aug 15, 2020Celebrating the Acadians
Sep 18, 2026Winnats Pass, Peak District National Park, England
Sep 18, 2024Gujō Hachiman Castle, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Apr 15, 2018The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain