Nazaré Lighthouse Jan 7, 2022

Instead of Surfin" USA, today we"re Surfin" Portugal—though if you shout a reverential "cowabunga" at these colossal waves, we"re sure the locals will get your meaning.

© Richard A Lock/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jan 7, 2019An avian predator built for the snow
Jan 7, 2020Jupiter and the Galilean moons
Jan 7, 2021Of balloons and lost pantaloons
Jan 7, 2023Yarn for Distaff Day
Jan 7, 2024Old Rock Day
Jan 7, 2025Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
Jan 7, 2026Old Rock Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 26, 2020It s Republic Day in India
Nov 4, 2022A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
Oct 2, 2025Oxbow Bend on the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Aug 30, 2023International Whale Shark Day
Nov 11, 2025Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Virginia
May 2, 2019Making it work—in Norway
Jun 20, 2021Happy Father s Day
Jan 6, 2026Nuuk, Greenland
Apr 25, 2026World Penguin Day
Jan 7, 2020Jupiter and the Galilean moons
Jan 10, 2022Ski touring in Austria
Feb 26, 2020 The Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic
Feb 22, 2026Mam Tor, Derbyshire, England
May 25, 2024Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
May 30, 2020Meandering through Patagonia
May 12, 2019The parenting of a piping plover
Aug 28, 2025A great white egret in Hungary
Sep 23, 2018Ahh-tumn
Feb 12, 2025Celebrating Charles Darwin
Feb 25, 2024Black History Month
Nov 20, 2024World Childrens Day
Jan 5, 2024International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
Mar 2, 2018Satellite image of sand and seaweed in the Bahamas
Nov 17, 2025National Take a Hike Day
Mar 14, 2026Celebrating Pi Day
Apr 3, 2018The village of Castelluccio above the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
Oct 23, 2018Of moles and liquid nitrogen
Nov 11, 2022Veterans Day
Sep 18, 2023Fall Astronomy Week
Mar 30, 2021Best fronds forever