Beautiful baobabs Jun 26, 2020

Beautiful baobabs

Today we celebrate the island nation of Madagascar, located off the southeast coast of Africa, which became independent of France 60 years ago today, in 1960. Madagascar"s national tree is the stately baobab—impossibly tall and imposing, but a little silly at the same time. In fact, its nickname is the "upside-down tree," since it looks like it was planted with its roots in the air. Six of the world"s nine baobab species are native to Madagascar. The trees we"re looking at today are Grandidier"s baobabs, the largest of them all, lining the Avenue of the Baobabs near the western coast.

© Thomas Marent/Minden Pictures

palette

Today in History

Jun 26, 2018Celebrating Madagascar on its Independence Day
Jun 26, 2019Get amped for Glastonbury
Jun 26, 2021Spectacular views below!
Jun 26, 2022Pride 2022
Jun 26, 2023Château de Villandry, France
Jun 26, 2024Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone
Jun 26, 2025Horse Head Rock, New South Wales, Australia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Feb 23, 2025Mount Fuji Day
Feb 15, 2026World Whale Day
May 16, 20193,000 years of history
Sep 18, 2024Gujō Hachiman Castle, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Feb 19, 2018Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC
Jan 3, 2019How do ladybugs winter?
May 25, 2024Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
Feb 9, 2025Alstrom Point, Lake Powell, Utah
Dec 31, 2021New Year s Eve
Jun 18, 2022International Surfing Day
Oct 27, 2018Don’t get lost in there
Jan 31, 2020Dance of the egret
Nov 14, 2025Manatee Awareness Month
Apr 28, 2025Impala in Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Oct 2, 2018North Cascades National Park at 50
Aug 20, 2022World Honey Bee Day
Nov 29, 2023Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting
Jan 28, 2022Short-eared owl
Jun 14, 2021A Flag Day tradition
Mar 6, 2020Hello, harbinger of spring
Jan 26, 2023Heavens Gate Cave, Tianmen Mountain National Park, China
Apr 9, 2022Light show at the skatepark
Apr 4, 2025National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
Jul 28, 2024Bathing huts in Skåne County, Sweden
Dec 2, 2018Winter in Old Nuuk
Mar 26, 2021The wild heart of Tasmania
Jan 15, 2019A personal collection becomes an institution
Jul 29, 2020Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
May 24, 2023Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
Feb 24, 2025Group of giant cuttlefish, Whyalla, South Australia