Ah‑Shi‑Sle‑Pah Wilderness, New Mexico, United States Aug 7, 2026

Nature has a knack for balancing the impossible. In New Mexico"s Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness in the United States, towering hoodoos perch hefty rock caps on slender stems. Wind, water and ice have spent roughly 75 million years sculpting these remote badlands into an open-air gallery that feels more alien than terrestrial.

© Westend61/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

One on land, a million in space
A small but mighty guardian
Aug 7, 2024St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights, Michigan, USA
Aug 7, 2025Malshej Ghat, Maharashtra

More Desktop Wallpapers:

A grove glows green
May 20, 2026World Bee Day
Mar 3, 2026Celebrating Holi
Oct 6, 2025Anshun Bridge, Chengdu, China
May 1, 2024Maharashtra Day
Jan 23, 2024Maldives
Feb 1, 2026Colourful house in Olinda, Brazil
Apr 16, 2024Union Square, Manhattan, New York, USA
Apr 26, 2024Mangrove islands near Kundapura, Karnataka
Apr 3, 2025Thiruvalluvar Statue, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Oct 27, 2024Polar Bear Week
Jul 28, 2025World Nature Conservation Day
Mar 29, 2025Superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, United States
Aug 23, 2026Brown bear, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States
Aug 24, 2026Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, United States
May 17, 2025A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
Aug 22, 2026Common blue butterfly
Nov 1, 2024Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
Jun 21, 2025International Day of Yoga
A day for the worlds Indigenous populations
Feb 4, 2026Red kite in snow
Nature, art, and...math?
Jun 29, 2025International Day of the Tropics
Nov 5, 2025Guru Nanak Gurpurab
Jul 4, 2026Kaysersberg, Alsace, France
Jun 2, 2025Telangana Day
Sep 8, 2025International Literacy Day
Oct 22, 2024Palazzo Zuccari, Rome
Jun 24, 2025Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, United States
Aug 25, 2025Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States