Valentines Day 14 Feb 2024

Love is in the air as Valentine"s Day arrives! This holiday is often associated with various romantic symbols, such as Cupid or Romeo and Juliet, the famous star-crossed lovers of William Shakespeare. Symbols of love can also be found in nature, such as red-crowned cranes, seen today in the reed marshes and frozen lakes of Hokkaido Island, Japan. These graceful birds engage in captivating mating dances to strengthen their lifelong bond—and symbolise good fortune, longevity and fidelity in Japanese culture. These gentle creatures even inspired a traditional paper craft, the origami crane; according to legend, folding a thousand cranes can grant wishes.

© Steve Bloom Images/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Love is in the snow
14 Feb 2025Happy Valentines Day!

More Desktop Wallpapers:

16 Aug 2025The Isle of Wight Garlic Festival
15 Jul 2025Perseid meteor shower over Nevada, United States
Crystal clear
27 Jan 2025Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States
22 Apr 2025Earth Day
22 Apr 2024Earth Day
27 Aug 2025World Lake Day
12 Dec 2023Reed bunting
22 Jan 2025Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
2 Apr 2025Sandstone formations in the badlands near Caineville, Utah, United States
29 Jan 2025Porto, Portugal
17 Nov 2024Red deer stag in Glen Affric, Scotland
1 Jun 2025World Reef Awareness Day
Look up, incoming…
10 Dec 2024Lands End, Cornwall, England
20 Feb 2025Red deer, Canada
16 Dec 2024Salzburg, Austria
20 Dec 2023Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy
26 Sep 2023Venice Skatepark, Los Angeles, California
25 Jan 2024Burns Night
1 Jan 2025Happy New Year!
Aug 21, 2023Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
19 Sep 2024International Talk Like a Pirate Day
1 Nov 2025Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
25 May 2024Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
16 Jun 2025World Sea Turtle Day
14 Jul 2025Shark Awareness Day
Where is this ethereal mountain?
3 Sep 2024Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington, USA
12 Apr 2024Arches National Park, Utah, USA