International Kissing Day Jul 6, 2023

International Kissing Day

This photograph captures a heartwarming moment between two southern rockhopper penguins, the perfect image for International Kissing Day. Why do we kiss? Well, dozens of cultures don"t kiss on the lips at all. For those that do, theories range widely, from the chemical reactions in the brain, to ancient ancestral parents chewing food for their children, to simply smelling each other. Of course, no scientific explanation can capture the magic of a shared kiss. Perhaps that"s why artists including Prince, Faith Hill, and Hall & Oates have all had chart-toppers about lip-locking; they have found a way to put an indescribable feeling into words.

© Tony Beck/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jul 6, 2018Pandas pucker up for International Kissing Day
Jul 6, 2019Racers pushing past sunflowers in the 2018 Tour de France
Jul 6, 2020Welcome to the Ring of Fire
Jul 6, 2021The most Instagrammable bird?
Jul 6, 2022Kissing Day
Jul 6, 2025Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 18, 2020Women s suffrage at 100
Feb 25, 2018Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Oct 7, 2022Berlin Festival of Lights
Sep 19, 2024International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Dec 25, 2018Happy holidays!
Dec 5, 2022Saint Nicholas Day in Verbier, Switzerland
Nov 8, 2024Glacial rivers in Iceland
Sep 24, 2019With leaves this tasty, who cares about a view?
Aug 14, 2025Cable car station, Graubünden, Switzerland
Jun 13, 2021Bear watching in the Finnish forest
Jan 8, 2025National Take the Stairs Day
May 31, 2019Mysterious prairie mounds abound
May 16, 2025Endangered Species Day
Jul 22, 2023National Hammock Day
Jun 22, 2023World Rainforest Day
Dec 31, 2023Happy New Years Eve!
Mar 25, 2021There was gold in them there hills…
Jun 18, 2025Pollinator Week
Nov 18, 2025Male hooded merganser, Oregon
Oct 14, 2022Río Arazas in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain
Feb 27, 2022International Polar Bear Day
Aug 26, 2018From pirate port to nature preserve
Oct 4, 2021Hey neighbor, it s World Space Week!
Jun 15, 2018Ready for takeoff
Oct 19, 2024International Archaeology Day
Sep 1, 2021It s National Mushroom Month!
Mar 24, 2020Springtime in the Mediterranean
Jan 7, 2021Of balloons and lost pantaloons
Aug 15, 2023Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
Sep 29, 2024West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut