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Beth Nicholls

The world's most recognisable desktop wallpaper looks very different now

Windows XP image .

I vividly remember when I got my very first computer growing up, and I was introduced to the internet. I must have been around four-six years old, and while I don't remember the make or model of our home computer (it was beige-coloured), I do remember the iconic Windows XP wallpaper that's been ingrained into the minds of many generations.

You know the one. The vibrant rolling green hill set against a beautiful array of white clouds, scattered across a sky the perfect shade of blue. Time has certainly passed since this image, "Bliss", was captured in 1996 by photographer Charles O'Rear – but I wasn't expecting the original scene to look quite as different as it does today. (See our guide to the best camera phones for top quality smartphone shooting.)

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