Khao Sok National Park in Thailand Mar 5, 2025

Today, we are in a wildlife-packed wonderland with rainforests older than the Amazon—Khao Sok National Park in Surat Thani province, southern Thailand. Established in 1980, the park is home to diverse wildlife, including the Malayan tapir, white-handed gibbon, gaur and hornbill, making it an ideal destination for anyone ready to swap city noise for jungle sounds. And then there"s Cheow Lan Lake—a reservoir created for hydropower in 1982 when the Rajjaprabha Dam was built. Over time, the lake transformed the landscape into something you"d think was straight out of a movie, as featured in today"s image. The dam, originally known as the "Cheow Lan Project," was later renamed Rajjaprabha, meaning "light of the kingdom," a tribute to King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who ruled from 1946 to 2016.

© Peetatham Kongkapech/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Stop and smell the sakura
Mar 5, 2024Bangkok, Thailand
Mar 5, 2026Evening over Göreme, Cappadocia, Türkiye

More Desktop Wallpapers:

The beauty that lies below
Oct 2, 2023Gandhi Jayanti
Unbe-leaf-able
City of ice
Feb 21, 2025Champaka Sarasi, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
Feb 26, 2025Maha Shivaratri
Sep 14, 2024Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
Beauty all around
Jul 29, 2025International Tiger Day
Apr 30, 2025International Jazz Day
Mar 11, 2024Sleeping koala
Oct 7, 2023Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Sep 27, 2024Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
Sep 21, 2023International Day of Peace
May 16, 2024International Day of Light
Cascade in the City of Waterfalls
Sep 22, 2023World Rhinoceros Day
Apr 20, 2025Easter
Nov 5, 2025Guru Nanak Gurpurab
Chasing summer in the art world
Jan 15, 2026The fishing village of Reine, Norway
Jul 1, 2024Fisgard Lighthouse, British Columbia, Canada
Jun 11, 2024A group of Southern gemsbok in the savannah, Botswana
May 21, 2024International Tea Day
Feb 11, 2026Death Valley National Park, California, United States
Nov 4, 2023American bison
Feb 2, 2025Alappuzha, Kerala
Feb 2, 2026Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany
May 30, 2025Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States
Dec 2, 2024Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska, United States