Mam Tor, Derbyshire, England Feb. 22, 2026

Mam Tor, Derbyshire, England

"Shivering Mountain" is a dramatic nickname, but Mam Tor has earned it over hundreds of years. Rising above Castleton in England"s Peak District, it lies within the United Kingdom"s first national park, which spans 1,438 square kilometres. This landmark takes its name from Old English, "mam" meaning "mother," a nod to the smaller hills it appears to cradle. Yet this "mother mountain" is famously unstable. Its layers of shale and sandstone have caused landslips for centuries, including a collapse that permanently closed the A625 road in 1979.

© john finney photography/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

A modern recreation
Feb. 22, 2024Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Australia
Feb. 22, 2025Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Beauty by the bay
Feb. 16, 2024Great Backyard Bird Count
Winter wonderland for your wallet
A butterfly’s best friend
Sep. 22, 2024Autumn equinox
A pink moon over Arizona
Jul. 21, 2024Kendwa village, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Nov. 6, 2025Celebrating Yi Peng
Sep. 11, 2023French River, Ontario
Apr. 18, 2026World Heritage Day
Jun. 4, 2025Cala Luna beach, Sardinia, Italy
Nov. 8, 2023West Indian manatees, Crystal River
The other continent down under
May 30, 2024Everglades National Park, Florida
Oct. 7, 2023Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA
Fragrant fields as far as the eye can see
Best views tower
Oct. 28, 2025The Gothic Gate in the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, Czechia
Feb. 25, 2024Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island
Oct. 29, 2023Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Dec. 5, 2025Maya site of Copán
Aug. 23, 2025St. Barbaras Cathedral, Kutná Hora, Czechia
May 13, 2025Yoho National Park, British Columbia
Apr. 23, 2024World Book Day
Dec. 8, 2024Notre-Dame reopens
Feb. 19, 2025European river otter
Oct. 29, 2024Great horned owl
Books are mans best friend
When just a pinch of salt won’t do
Aug. 7, 2025Monoliths of the Mingan Archipelago, Quebec