Steven Kan's Desktop Picture Page

Links to Cool Pictures (They all work now. I tested them on 8/10/97)

In the interests of making desktops around the globe more interesting, I've collected a list of links to pictures that you might find interesting. All are of proportion, resolution and color balance that make them suitable for desktop use. MacOS 8 supports desktop pictures already, but if your Mac needs a utility for displaying pictures on your desktop instead of patterns, you may want to follow this link to Décor. Deskpicture works, too, except that I don't think it supports JPEGs yet. The file sizes and file formats follow the name of each picture.

Space

Earthrise--32K bin-hexed pict. The earth rising over the moon. Resolution is so-so.
Live Earth Shots!--20K-180K jpeg. Updated every half-hour via satellite! Small files indicate a crescent earth; large files are gibbous or full earth shots.
Eclipse--637K gif. Full eclipse against a very dark background. Huge file, but very cool.
Starborn--40K bin-hexed pict. From the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
Sun--203K jpeg. Showing off a huge solar flare.
USA--545K gif. Radiometric photo mosaic of the 48 states.

Landscapes

Crater Lake--144K jpeg. From Kodak's digital archives. Don't let the file size fool you--resolution on Kodak images is fantastic.
Yosemite Valley--144K jpg. From Kodak. Good shot of El Capitán from valley floor.
Yosemite Tree--120K jpg. From Kodak. Gnarled tree with Half Dome in the background.

Dali

Metamorphosis of Narcissus--72K jpeg. The background picture for this page.
Coming Soon!--More works from everyone's favorite surrealist, Salvador Dali.

Please note that I'm just supplying links, not the actual images. If one of the providers removes an image before I've had a chance to update the page, the link may fail. I browse the various photo archives of the net frequently, so I'll update this list as I find other interesting stuff. For more info about image compression and file formats, follow this link.

Feedback? Additions? Want to hire me? Mail me @ steven@kan.org

Last updated: 5/19/96

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