Carved by the Colorado River, nearly 2 billion years of Earth"s history are exposed in the layers of the Grand Canyon. While geologists continue to debate parts of the formation story of the canyon, recent studies suggest the river carved its path through the region about 5 to 6 million years ago. Since then, the river has been deepening and widening the canyon while sculpting its dramatic geographical features.
Zoroaster Temple, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Saguaro cacti, Windgate Pass, Arizona, United States
-
Spiralling upward...
-
Underwater underground
-
Chital, Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh
-
Heri es-Swani in Meknes, Morocco
-
Rabindra Jayanti
-
Tour de France
-
Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
-
Eastbourne Pier, East Sussex, England
-
World Elephant Day
-
Where fire and water meet
-
Rolling hills of the Palouse, Washington, United States
-
Angel of the sea
-
When being in a rut is OK
-
International Day of the Tropics
-
Coral Reef Awareness Week
-
Shark Awareness Day
-
Aerial view of land and ocean, Victoria, Australia
-
Ring of fire solar eclipse
-
Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, United States
-
Everglades National Park, Florida, United States
-
Meet an expert on the dog days of summer
-
Dare to tread through the fairy flower?
-
Lake Fyans, Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia
-
Ammonite fossils from the Jurassic Period
-
Coyote Buttes, Arizona, United States
-
Market Square from the Witches Bridge, Wroclaw, Poland
-
Why is this cliffside ablaze?
-
Whale shark, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
-
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

