Of all the camera-wielding luminaries who"ve snapped this eastward view of Yosemite Valley, few can hold a "candela" to Ansel Adams, born this day in 1902. The legendary photographer of Western landscapes was given his first camera here in Yosemite as a boy. The national park was his favorite place in the world, and he returned every year for the rest of his life.
An enduring vision
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
-
Happy Star Wars Day!
-
Mardi Gras
-
Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
-
Traditional red fishermens cabins, Reine, Norway
-
It’s Canada’s national day
-
Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
-
Fish River Canyon, Namibia
-
An historic forest
-
Bournemouth beach huts
-
A circular celebration
-
Spreadsheet Day
-
Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
-
Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
-
Tall, taller, tallest
-
A national icon
-
Wilderness Act anniversary
-
Who created the Easter Bunny?
-
Mount Rainier National Park
-
Green sea turtle on World Oceans Day
-
Upstate autumn
-
Yosemite National Park, California
-
National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
-
A legend and a legendary home
-
1934 Labor Day parade, Gastonia, North Carolina
-
Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
-
World Octopus Day
-
Adorable activism
-
Is this Minecraft headquarters?
-
Patriot Day
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

