Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand Jan 7, 2025

Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand

Although rocks are common, few of us take the time to consider how amazing they are. Forged in volcanoes or moulded by millennia of pressure, these solid masses of minerals hold the key to understanding how our planet formed. Rocks can also contain fossils, the remnants of long-extinct organisms, which give scientists clues about what creatures and plants have lived on Earth during its 4.5-billion-year history.

© Douglas Pearson/eStock Photo

palette

Today in History

Jan 7, 2024Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Australia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 27, 2025Tank Lakes, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington, United States
Jun 19, 2025Beach in Santa Catarina, Brazil
May 11, 2025Leopard mother grooming her cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana
Sep 18, 2025Dunquin Pier, County Kerry, Ireland
Mar 15, 2025The Temple of Saturn, Rome, Italy
Jul 13, 2024Fairy chimneys and cave dwellings in Cappadocia, Türkiye
Sep 10, 2023Walruses in Svalbard, Norway
Nov 5, 2025Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
Dec 20, 2024Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
Aug 26, 2024Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Nov 5, 2023Playa del Silencio, Spain
Jan 7, 2024Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Australia
Jan 13, 2024Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii, USA
Oct 2, 2024Wind River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
Dec 1, 2025Natural arch carved in an iceberg, Antarctica
Oct 20, 2025Hoffmanns two-toed sloth
Nov 22, 2023Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
Jan 23, 2024Maldives
May 29, 2025Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
Aug 26, 2023Berlin Cathedral and Museum Island, Berlin, Germany
Jun 10, 2025Everglades National Park, Florida, United States
Dec 11, 2024Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
Feb 28, 2025Taktsang Palphug Monastery, Bhutan
Nov 16, 2023Athens and the Acropolis, Greece
Sep 23, 2024Sea otter, Alaska, USA
Feb 23, 2025Mount Fuji, Lake Kawaguchi, Japan
Dec 29, 2023Oud-West neighbourhood, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 6, 2024Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
Sep 18, 2024Gujō Hachiman Castle
Aug 15, 2025Spotted eagle rays