Nomads of the Gobi Jul 17, 2019

Nomads of the Gobi

The Gobi Desert stretches across 500,000 square miles, covering parts of northern China and southern Mongolia. Due to the Gobi’s high elevation and high latitude, it’s a cold desert. And while we tend to think of deserts as endless sand dunes, most of the Gobi’s topography is exposed rock.

© Patrick Baz/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jul 17, 2018Is there a bug-egg emoji for this?
Jul 17, 2020Let s face it: It s World Emoji Day
Jul 17, 2021Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
Jul 17, 2022The Wave at Coyote Buttes
Jul 17, 2023Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
Jul 17, 2024Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany
Jul 17, 2025Lavender fields in Plateau de Valensole, France

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Dec 16, 2020Beethoven s 250th
Sep 22, 2018Time for brass bands and beer
Jun 12, 2021In Texas, even the riverbend is big
Nov 21, 2023Gray seal pup, Norfolk, England
Oct 4, 2024World Space Week begins
Sep 19, 2019Fall for birding
Aug 23, 2023Skógafoss waterfall, Iceland
Nov 9, 2025Carl Sagan Day
Jan 20, 2021Penguins can t fly!
Mar 14, 2019Rocky mountain pi
Nov 11, 2020Honoring our veterans
Mar 15, 2023Agüero, Huesca province, Spain
Feb 7, 2022Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa, Canada
Aug 11, 2023Edinburgh Art Festival
Apr 11, 2024Churún Merú waterfall in Venezuela
May 12, 2018It’s World Migratory Bird Day
Nov 24, 2019Autumn in the cypress swamp
Aug 12, 2021Haven t you herd? It s World Elephant Day!
Sep 7, 2022200th anniversary of Brazilian independence
Jan 13, 2023Giant kelp in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Dec 5, 2023Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles, Bavaria, Germany
May 5, 2020A courtyard scene from Spain
Jan 26, 2024Northern hawk-owl
Jul 18, 2022Marine Day in Japan
May 1, 2025Lei Day in Hawaii
Feb 12, 2025Celebrating Charles Darwin
Mar 26, 2021The wild heart of Tasmania
Oct 22, 2020Moving as one
Aug 25, 2024National Park Service Founders Day
Mar 1, 2019Forward-thinking women of history