Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico Mar 9, 2024

Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico

Time is the great transformer, changing the world and all of us. For instance, this New Mexico badland—the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness—was once a lush, tropical forest. Nearly 70 million years ago, instead of twisted terrains and towering spires, this place was home to an array of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs, including armored Ankylosaurs, duck-billed Hadrosaurs, and mighty Tyrannosaurs. Today, the area is filled with wonders of a different kind, rock formations that look more like sculptures than natural phenomena. Bisti/De-Na-Zin is named after Navajo words: Bisti means "among the adobe formations," and De-Na-Zin means "standing crane," a reference to nearby rock carvings of the bird. Visitors to the Four Corners region shouldn"t miss out on this otherworldly landscape of shale and sandstone.

© Ian Shive/Tandem Stills + Motion

palette

Today in History

Mar 9, 2018The Door County Coastal Byway in Wisconsin
Mar 9, 2019Let the harvest begin
Mar 9, 2020This grizzly has Napping Day down
Mar 9, 2021Spring comes to the Diablo foothills
Mar 9, 2022Flower of Life symbol drawn in snow
Mar 9, 2023Waimea Canyon and Waipoo Falls, Kauai, Hawaii
Mar 9, 2025Daylight saving time begins
Mar 9, 2026Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jun 14, 2019A perfect day to fly your flag
Aug 3, 2018Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
Nov 3, 2022International Day for Biosphere Reserves
Jul 26, 2025International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
Feb 26, 2020 The Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic
Dec 11, 2021Everest s shadow on the Himalayas
Dec 5, 2025Maya site of Copán
Apr 12, 2025International Day of Human Space Flight
Jan 31, 2021A glittering diamond in the rough
Nov 14, 2022Castle ruins on the island of Halki, Greece
Aug 22, 2021A wild, craggy corner of the United States
Nov 1, 2018Celebrating the Day of the Dead
Jan 22, 2022Martinique
Jan 9, 2024Balloon Ascension Day
Nov 24, 2019Autumn in the cypress swamp
Apr 1, 2018Happy Easter from the ‘peeps’ at Bing
Jan 22, 2026Karlovy Vary, Bohemia, Czechia
May 1, 2019Purple flowers and Golden Week
Mar 11, 2019You re feeling sleepy
May 12, 2022International Nurses Day
May 3, 2022Teacher Appreciation Day
Aug 22, 2025Rolling hills of the Palouse, Washington
Jan 16, 2023Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mar 27, 2021Blink and you ll miss it
Jul 7, 2024Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
Oct 20, 2018Moody skies over Valletta
Mar 3, 2019Fin whales: A success story
May 15, 2024The Blue City of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Aug 23, 2022Menton, France
Nov 21, 2023Gray seal pup, Norfolk, England