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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Hassam Nasir

30 years later, the iconic 'Bliss' green hill from Windows XP is still thriving — lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in 'super rare' event

Windows XP Bliss Wallpaper.

For the release of Windows XP, Microsoft picked out a default wallpaper featuring a then-random rolling green hill and named it "Bliss." Almost immediately, it became a worldwide sensation, largely due to the operating system's prevalence, turning common terrain into an icon. Decades later, it's hard to find that hill in the same condition because it's usually covered in dead grass, but one lucky Redditor managed to capture it at the perfect time of the year.

windows from r/windows/comments/1r8iper/windows_xp_bliss_hill_looking_almost_identical_to
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