Jagged pinnacles and spires, monoliths and unusual caves—welcome to Pinnacles National Park in central California, United States. It all began in 1908 when then-US President Theodore Roosevelt designated the area as a national monument. Later in 2013, Pinnacles earned its status as a national park. This land owes its formations to an ancient volcanic eruption that occurred 23 million years ago. The fiery beginnings made towering spires, cliffs and talus caves—created by falling boulders wedged into narrow canyons. Over millennia, tectonic forces shifted the landmass northward, leaving the park far from its volcanic birthplace. Talk about a journey!
Pinnacles National Park, California, United States
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
The Moon
-
Cheetah in Maasai Mara
-
Coyote Gulch, Glen Canyon Recreation Area, Utah
-
Alte Brücke Bridge, Frankfurt, Germany
-
Reticulated giraffes
-
Scotts Bluff National Monument
-
Pont St-Pierre across the Garonne River, Toulouse, France
-
Gujō Hachiman Castle
-
Eurasian red squirrel
-
Pyrrhuloxia bird
-
Bee tending a honeycomb
-
Palazzo Zuccari, Rome, Italy
-
Ancient til trees in Fanal Forest, Madeira, Portugal
-
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States
-
Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
-
Gaztelugatxe islet at sunset, Basque Country, Spain
-
Milky Way over the Elbow River, Alberta, Canada
-
Two red-crowned cranes in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
-
Wat Phra Ngam, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand
-
Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii, USA
-
Polar bear cub, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
-
Zion National Park, Utah, United States
-
Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
-
Plum blossoms, China
-
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, USA
-
Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
-
Ocean City, Maryland, USA
-
Skipper butterfly on an Echinacea flower
-
Adélie penguins, Antarctica
-
La Geria wine region, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

