Say, hey, it’s Mt. Everest! You might have heard of it…this week’s free wallpaper is courtesy Jimmy Chin, who also shot the wallpapers from the summit of Everest and the Khumbu Icefall. It’s provided here in a full range of desktop sizes. And if you’d like to own this picture for yourself, it’s available in [...]
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This week’s free wallpaper is a shot of this mountain, it’s called, um, what was it again? Oh yeah, Mt. Everest. It’s provided here in a full range of desktop sizes. The photo is by Jimmy Chin, and you can purchase art-quality prints of it or any other of the amazing photos at Adventure Journal’s [...]
Wallpapers don’t get much fresher: This was shot last Friday morning on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon at Toroweap Point. Download away: 1280 x 800 1440 x 900 1680 x 1050 1920×1200 Photo by Steve Casimiro
The view through the window of an abandoned cabin in Star Valley, Wyoming, is this week’s free wallpaper, provided here in a full range of desktop sizes. 1280 x 800 1440 x 900 1680 x 1050 1920×1200 Photo Casimiro
The light in Southern California is predictably uniform, so when I’m shooting here I like to mix it up in a variety of ways. This shot of a long stretch of Huntington Beach dates back to around 1989 or so — it was taken on film, real film, using a Holga camera (not Instagram). It’s [...]
This week’s free wallpaper comes the royal palm tree plantation on Molokai. It’s provided here in a full range of desktop sizes. Enjoy! 1280 x 800 1440 x 900 1680 x 1050 1920×1200 Photo Casimiro
Mt. Shasta doesn’t get its due. This Northern California volcano has off-the-charts hiking, incredible mountain biking, and the best summer skiing in the Lower 48, but rarely do you hear it mentioned (and when you do, it’s usually in the context of crystals and vortexes). This shot of Shasta is from the west, with Heart [...]
Saturn is the most flamboyant of planets, showy and flashy, but never gaudy. A beautiful reminder of what else is out there. Thanks, NASA, for this week’s free wallpaper, provided here in a full range of desktop sizes. 1280 x 800 1440 x 900 1680 x 1050 1920×1200
This week’s free wallpaper was shot in Greenland at the toe of the icecap, near Kangerlussuaq. It’s provided here in a full range of desktop sizes. Enjoy! 1280 x 800 1440 x 900 1680 x 1050 1920×1200 Photo Casimiro
Early one more in spring 2010, I threw a leg over one of Vietnam’s ubiquitous motor scooters and headed out in the pre-dawn light. It was a typically hazy morning, the kind of soft sunshine that brings out the intensity of colors, as in this bright green rice with dew clinging to it. It’s provided [...]
This week’s free wallpaper comes is the iconic Ansel Adams photo of the Snake River and Teton Mountains in Wyoming, courtesy of the National Archives. It’s provided here in a full range of desktop sizes. Enjoy! 1280 x 800 1440 x 900 1680 x 1050 1920×1200
This week’s free wallpaper comes from the Escalante River drainage in southern Utah. It’s provided here in a full range of desktop sizes. Enjoy! 1280 x 800 1440 x 900 1680 x 1050 1920×1200 Photo Casimiro
This mind-blowing image of the Tarantula Nebula is a combination of data from three sources: the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Says NASA: “Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Tarantula Nebula is one of the largest star-forming regions close to the Milky Way. Chandra’s X-rays detect gas that has [...]
This week’s free wallpaper of a sparkling wave is provided here in a full range of desktop sizes. This shot is by Jason Murray, and you can purchase art-quality prints of it (with or without frames) through the Adventure Journal print store. 1280 x 800 1440 x 900 1680 x 1050 1920×1200
The Daily Bike, May 24, 2013
Boy Scouts to Allow Gay Members
The Daily Bike: Mountain Bike Enduro World Series Kicks Off
Overlandia: Driving a 1936 Rolls Royce Across India
15 Seconds: Driving Indian Creek, Utah
The Man Who Skied Down Everest Climbs it at 80
National Avalanche Legend Doug Abromeit Passes Away
Smokey Is Fighting Fracking and the Feds Don’t Like It
Prickly, Beloved Mountain Gazette Print Version Shut Down
Historical Badass: Alpinist Alex Lowe
Volunteer Fired at Saguaro National Park for Reporting Graffiti
Sierra Club Joins Lawsuit Against Mountain Bike Park
Driver Busted After Bragging on Twitter About Hitting Cyclist
The Daily Bike: Les Granges du Galibier, Giro d’Italia 2013
