Maybe we should be looking up Jul 27, 2021

Maybe we should be looking up

When it first flicked on the projector lights in 1930, the Adler Planetarium in Chicago was the only one in the Western Hemisphere, and it featured an innovative new lens imported from Germany. But the American public"s fascination with stars and distant worlds, it turned out, was skyrocketing. By 1934, the Adler had welcomed over a million visitors.

© Amazing Aerial Agency/Offset by Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Jul 27, 2018Composite image of a lunar eclipse
Jul 27, 2019Longer days mean warmer sand
Jul 27, 2020A stunning sight in Mexico s wilderness
Jul 27, 2022Mada in Saleh, Saudi Arabia
Jul 27, 2023Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Louvre Pyramid
Jul 27, 2024Vineyards in the Mosel Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Jul 27, 2025Barracudas at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Oct 8, 2025World Octopus Day
Aug 9, 2023International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
Oct 19, 2023Mekong River Delta, Long An, Vietnam
Apr 11, 2020Think deep thoughts
Sep 24, 2021The crossroads of empires
Mar 13, 2018Wayag Islands in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia
Sep 17, 2020Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
Nov 22, 2025Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan, China
Feb 27, 2022International Polar Bear Day
Nov 3, 2021World Jellyfish Day
Feb 16, 2026Presidents Day
Dec 8, 2025Christmas lights in Domaso, Lake Como, Italy
Jan 2, 2024Prayer flags in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan
Jun 29, 2025International Day of the Tropics
Jul 11, 2024World Population Day
Sep 16, 2019The mighty, mighty mushroom
Jun 24, 2020Midsummer in Sweden
May 5, 2019Celebrating Mexico in a Cultural Capital
Nov 10, 2022Badlands National Park turns 44
May 8, 2019’Chess on ice’
Nov 7, 2023Kirkilai lakes, Biržai Regional Park, Lithuania
Apr 2, 2018Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
May 26, 2019Racing toward history
Sep 11, 2018Inside the Oculus
Sep 30, 2020All eyes on moths
Oct 1, 2018It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
Feb 10, 2021A throng of ice and spires
Jun 20, 2022Pollinator Week
Dec 15, 2024Lake Misurina, Dolomites, Italy
Aug 12, 2025World Elephant Day