Cordouan Lighthouse, France May 10, 2023

Cordouan Lighthouse, France

Built between 1584 and 1611, the Cordouan Lighthouse is France"s oldest working lighthouse and the only one in the country that is still inhabited by keepers. For centuries, this maritime marvel has watched over the Gironde Estuary, on France"s Atlantic coast, a treacherous area where shipwrecks were once common.

© FRTimelapse/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

May 10, 2018Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
May 10, 2019Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
May 10, 2020Happy Mother s Day
May 10, 2021An ancient sailing tradition takes to the water
May 10, 2022Gifford Pinchot National Forest
May 10, 2024Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
May 10, 2025Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 4, 2020A bull, some flowers, and a stratovolcano
Jul 12, 2023Nakupenda Beach Nature Reserve, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Apr 4, 2024Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Jul 25, 2021Illuminated Uluru
Jun 23, 2020Flowers by the sea
Mar 7, 2020Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
Mar 23, 2025World Meteorological Day
May 12, 2023Wild lupines
Apr 8, 2021I m here! Take a look at me!
Jan 20, 2019It’s Penguin Awareness Day
Apr 10, 2023Siblings Day
Jan 16, 2023Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Aug 17, 2019The buzz about bees
Apr 1, 2022April Fools Day
Sep 16, 2021A cry for independence
Aug 17, 2025International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
Jun 7, 2024World Oceans Day
Feb 26, 2025Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland
Jun 6, 2024The 80th anniversary of D-Day
Aug 24, 2018A new park with a new mission
Aug 30, 2024International Whale Shark Day
Mar 4, 2024Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
Jun 5, 2024World Environment Day
Jul 2, 2020All Rhodes lead to the beach
Nov 28, 2019Wild turkeys in repose
Jul 2, 2025Spine-cheeked anemonefish in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Jan 20, 2020A march toward a dream
Apr 8, 2024Total solar eclipse
Aug 22, 2020A monster view in Scotland
May 2, 2024Craters of the Moon centennial