Today, let us take you to Guadalupe Mountains National Park in western Texas. The park, officially established in 1972, covers around 350 square kilometres today. Here, the Guadalupe Mountains rise over the salt dunes of the Chihuahuan Desert. At 2,667 metres, the highest point of the mountain range—and of Texas—is the Guadalupe Peak. Another outstanding landmark, often used as a waymark for travellers, is the 2,464-metre-high El Capitan—not to be confused with the more famous, but shorter, El Capitan in California—limestone cliff, seen in the image. If not in the near future; there are plenty of days in the year to visit America"s abundant natural splendour.
El Capitan in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
The envy of postcards and snow globes
-
Molokini crater, Maui, Hawaii, USA
-
Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
-
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
-
Trullo buildings in Alberobello, Apulia, Italy
-
El Capitan in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA
-
Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
-
Death Valley National Park, California, United States
-
Leaf-peeping Southern style
-
Urban planning never stops
-
Bardenas Reales Biosphere Reserve and Natural Park, Navarra, Spain
-
Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
-
What are they celebrating?
-
Bring the king cakes
-
The Coast of Death
-
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA
-
Keel-billed toucan, Costa Rica
-
Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
-
Get ready for the blood moon
-
African elephants in Namibia
-
Mid-Autumn Festival
-
Methoni Castle, Messinia, Greece
-
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
-
A very public display of affection
-
Sossusvlei sand dunes, Namib desert, Namibia
-
World Water Day
-
When life imitates art
-
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
-
Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
-
40 years of recovery
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

