Once upon a midafternoon dreary… Nov 13, 2020

Once upon a midafternoon dreary…

To the superstitiously inclined, this flock of ravens—pictured battling a snowstorm in Finland—is nothing short of a bad omen, while to others it"s just a bunch of beaks. Likewise, today is just another flip of the calendar to some, while Friday the 13th consigns others to a day of dread—or at least one of relative inactivity to avoid potential mishaps.

© Frans Lemmens/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Nov 13, 2018Autumn’s swan song
Nov 13, 2019Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré
Nov 13, 2021Ronda, Spain
Nov 13, 2022River Quoich in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Nov 13, 2023Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Spain
Nov 13, 2024Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
Nov 13, 2025Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 1, 2018Let the games begin
Jan 14, 2021Summer huts in winter
Mar 6, 2024Wahclella Falls, Oregon
Jun 4, 2025The beach at Cala Luna, Sardinia, Italy
Nov 24, 2024Sonoma Coast State Park, California
Oct 20, 2021Feeling lazy? Today s your day.
Jul 1, 2024Canada Day
Oct 7, 2019From the mind of Frank Gehry
Apr 30, 2022International Jazz Day
Jun 21, 2020Grab onto the handlebars, kid
Jun 25, 2019Sutherland Falls in Fiordland National Park
Nov 6, 2021World Numbat Day
Apr 5, 2025Gaztelugatxe at sunset, Basque Country, Spain
Jan 23, 2024Atolls in the Maldives
Jun 15, 2018Ready for takeoff
Jul 17, 2021Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
Dec 10, 2024Lands End, Cornwall, England
Sep 5, 2025Pacific Park, Santa Monica State Beach, California
Oct 10, 2023Mount Sopris, Colorado
Jan 7, 2024Old Rock Day
Sep 29, 2018Vietnam’s new bridge deserves a big hand
Apr 9, 2025Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
Apr 14, 2021Nothing plain about it
Feb 23, 2021Giants of the avian world
Mar 29, 2023Manatee Appreciation Day
Mar 19, 2021Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
Aug 5, 2020Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
Feb 1, 2023Black History Month
Nov 19, 2020That bill s just not going to fit
Sep 13, 2019The moon rises for Mid-Autumn Festival