The final day of National Park Week brings us to Ruby Beach, a coastal destination named for its sparkly sand, at Washington’s Olympic National Park. Here on the Olympic Peninsula you’ll find rugged beaches, glacier-topped mountains, and temperate rainforests that receive upwards of 12 feet of rainfall per year. All that rain feeds the mosses, lichens, and ferns that lend the forests a unique, jungle-like quality. Thanks for exploring national parks with us for the past week–it’s been fun!
National Park Week: Olympic National Park, Washington
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
International Rock Day
-
Earth Day
-
Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
-
Eurasian red squirrel in Northumberland, England
-
An inland ocean
-
Bowling Ball Beach in Mendocino County, California
-
Groundhog Day
-
It s Census Day—make it count
-
Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
-
Taughannock Falls State Park
-
Kendwa village, Zanzibar, Tanzania
-
The ‘Night of Nights’
-
Hohenzollern Castle near Stuttgart, Germany
-
World Wildlife Day
-
Homeward bound
-
Mute swan
-
Happy World Photography Day!
-
A path lain with petals
-
Mackerel forming a bait ball to avoid predators
-
Maya site of Copán
-
World Lion Day
-
What s cuter than nuzzling rhinos?
-
Celebrating National Panda Day
-
Blackbird in Essex, England
-
Great on so many levels
-
Aspens in the White River National Forest, Colorado
-
The puffin-rabbit connection
-
World Migratory Bird Day
-
The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
-
Manatee Awareness Month
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

