The photo you see above -- the default wallpaper for Windows XP -- is probably the most recognizable image in the world. What you probably didn't know is that it's a real photo, called Bliss ...

Microsoft introduced a new Bloom wallpaper with an OLED variant ... we included the iconic Bliss wallpaper from Windows XP).

Who hasn’t been lost in reverie staring at the default Windows XP wallpaper, dreaming of Middle ... rather than Ireland or New Zealand. According to a somewhat hazy estimate by The Sydney ...

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. O'Rear took the photo on film with a ...