Apr 23, 2012 21:00:00 The 'grassland' wallpaper on Windows XP is not CG, but a real landscape that actually exists in the real world. The wallpapers included with Windows Vista were taken by ...

After all, it's arguably most famous for its signature "Bliss" wallpaper depicting a rolling green hill, ... the Windows XP wallpaper image was taken in 1996 by photographer Charles O’Rear.

The picture known as "Bliss" soon became one of the most viewed photographs in the world when it was set as the default desktop background in Windows XP. ... Today, the iconic landscape is used to ...