Yosemite National Park, California, USA Oct 1, 2024

There"s a reason why famed American photographer Ansel Adams fell in love with Yosemite National Park in the United States: vistas like today"s image of Half Dome. Located in central California"s Sierra Nevada mountain range, the park has been a popular destination for artists, mountaineers, settlers and nature lovers since the mid-1800s. To preserve the area and protect it from logging and overgrazing by cattle, the US Congress designated Yosemite a national park on this day in 1890. It"s one of the most visited parks in the United States, with annual attendance exceeding 3 million, and it"s a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

© Adam Burton/Alamy Stock Photo

palette

Today in History

Spirit of the Puffing Wind
Oct 1, 2023Lake Bled, Slovenia
Oct 1, 2025Maha Navami

More Desktop Wallpapers:

May 30, 2025Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States
Nov 17, 2023Copper Falls State Park, Wisconsin, USA
Sep 19, 2025Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, USA-Canada border
Pretty in pink
Dec 27, 2023Kirkjufell, Iceland
Apr 30, 2025International Jazz Day
Feb 10, 2024Chinese New Year
Jul 27, 2025Barracudas at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Feb 3, 2024Grand Canal with Santa Maria della Salute Basilica, Venice, Italy
The festival of joy and happiness
Sep 25, 2025Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan
A mountaintop cultural wonder
Jul 18, 2025Turquoise waters of the Bahamas
Mar 18, 2024Elephant Rock, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
Monsoon awakens the sleeping mountains
A time-worn medieval marvel
A pair of high achievers
Aug 27, 2024Young black caiman, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Dec 19, 2024Sibiu Christmas Market, Romania
Mar 12, 2024Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
This island is more than a mile high
Where is this historic hotel?
Aug 24, 2024Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, United States
Dec 14, 2023Boreal owl
Feb 23, 2025Mount Fuji Day
Sep 21, 2024Munich, Germany
Mar 8, 2024International Womens Day
Apr 4, 2024Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Nov 9, 2023Birch trees, Drammen, Norway
Oct 21, 2025Happy Diwali!

Yosemite National Park, California, USA Oct 1, 2024

© Adam Burton/Alamy Stock Photo

Today in History

More Desktop Wallpapers:

© Adam Burton/Alamy Stock Photo