Friday 12 April 2013

Windows XP hill (main wallpaper) history.

Have you ever wondered where is that most popular world hill?
I have collected some information on that wallpaper :D:

Name of the wallpaper: Bliss
Location: Sonoma County, California.
Photographer: Charles O`Rear 
Coordinates of the hill: 38.250124,-122.410817
Purpose of image: Trying to focus on Winemaking (at the time there were no grapevines). 
Year: 1996
Was Image anyhow modified?: NO (according to the photographer) .
The Image:















The Image after 10 years:  














Google Maps : PRESS HERE

FUN VIDEO: 















I have uploaded this video to show you how similar that hill looks like to original one, but I don`t think that It is original one, because of the trees in the back, and it should be vineyard.

Video made in: 2011 (At least uploaded to youtube at that time) 

1 comment:

  1. Hm intresting... never thought about that . cheers ;)

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