Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain Nov. 5, 2025

Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain

Spain"s Aragon region isn"t exactly famous for its forests—it"s more "sun and scrub" than "shade and shuffle." And yet, climb the slopes of Moncayo and you"ll walk straight into a twist ending: a dense, whispering beech forest. The mountain is a climate roller coaster. At the bottom? Mediterranean shrubs. Midway up? Oaks and pines. Push further? Suddenly you"re in Peña Roya, a beech wonderland that seems to say, "Surprise, leaf it to me!"

© David Santiago Garcia/DEEPOL by plainpicture

palette

Today in History

Reflecting its stylish past today
Nov. 5, 2023Playa del Silencio, Spain
Nov. 5, 2024Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil
Nov. 5, 2024Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil

More Desktop Wallpapers:

The sea pool of Penzance
Jan. 1, 2024Happy New Year!
Oct. 9, 2025Space Week isnt over yet!
Meet an expert on the dog days of summer
In the tropics, land greets sea warmly
Widespread and long-eared
Jan. 23, 2024Maldives
Sep. 5, 2025Pacific Park, Santa Monica State Beach, California, United States
What’s your favourite colour?
Dec. 19, 2024Sibiu Christmas Market, Romania
Alps of the sea
Hiding in the woods
Feb. 29, 2024Leap Day
Aug. 25, 2025Colony of northern gannets in Quebec
Oct. 19, 2025Apples ready for harvest, Minnesota, United States
Oct. 6, 2025Anshun Bridge, Chengdu, China
The mystery of Stonehenge
May 22, 2025International Day for Biological Diversity
Will we be ready for the ‘big one?’
Unbe-leaf-able
Oct. 27, 2025Thick-billed raven, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
Aug. 31, 2025Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska, United States
A gorge-ous place to drop in
Nov. 20, 2025World Childrens Day
Family on parade
Sharks, just living their lives
Where are these spectacular peaks?
Mar. 6, 2024Wahclella Falls, Oregon, USA
Perfect, pastoral Palouse
Mar. 11, 2026Peach trees in Cieza, Murcia, Spain