The view will stop you in your tracks Dec 13, 2020

The view will stop you in your tracks

When it comes to beautiful winter scenery, Switzerland is hard to beat. We"re looking at the Gornergrat railway station with the peak of the Matterhorn in the background. One of the last great peaks of the Alps to be climbed by humans, the Matterhorn was finally summited in 1865, capping off the decade or so that"s been called the "golden age of alpinism." The iconic peak is a daunting pyramid of stone and ice, towering just inside Switzerland"s border with Italy.

© coolbiere photograph/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Dec 13, 2018Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
Dec 13, 2019Taking the scenic route
Dec 13, 2021Old Town Quito
Dec 13, 2022Hallstatt, Austria
Dec 13, 2023Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway
Dec 13, 2024Christmas market, St. Stephens Basilica, Budapest, Hungary
Dec 13, 2025Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Oct 26, 2019 FOR FOREST by Klaus Littmann
Aug 2, 2018The Aomori Nebuta Festival parade, Japan
Mar 15, 2024Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
Aug 13, 2025Corona Arch near Moab, Utah
Jan 18, 2024Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
Apr 20, 2024National Park Week begins
Sep 3, 2024Wilderness Act anniversary
May 15, 2020The last thing seen by Wile E. Coyote
Mar 2, 2026Harbor and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
Apr 27, 2023South Padre Island, Texas
Aug 28, 2020A prison fit for a count
Dec 2, 2022Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act marks 42 years
May 20, 2019The island fox’s incredible comeback
Mar 8, 2026Daylight Saving Time
Apr 29, 2020Spring comes to the Palouse
Mar 11, 2018Daylight saving time begins
Dec 12, 2021Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain
Apr 13, 2019Feelin groovy on Record Store Day
Dec 9, 2019Let s crack the code
May 22, 2023International Day for Biodiversity
Dec 12, 2022Poinsettia Day
Sep 12, 2019Astrotourism at its finest
Jul 15, 2025Perseid meteor shower over Nevada
Oct 24, 2023Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
Aug 20, 2022World Honey Bee Day
Mar 7, 2025Plum blossoms in China
Jun 9, 2024Bardenas Reales Biosphere Reserve and Natural Park, Spain
Dec 7, 2025Pearl Harbor Day
Jun 23, 2021Light show in the forest
Dec 13, 2021Old Town Quito