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High-resolution desktop wallpaper Rainforest Trail by mark greenfield
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Rainforest Trail

February 7th, 2016

Taken near Schooner Cove in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Vancouver Island, BC. October 2014.

Adobe Photoshop 6.

Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM.

Photo Settings: 26mm, f/8, 1/30 second, ISO 1000.

Map: 49.0731, -125.7859

High-resolution desktop wallpaper Colorful Masterpiece by NASA, ESA, T. Megeath (University of Toledo) and M. Robberto (STScI)
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Colorful Masterpiece

February 8th, 2016

The magnificent masterpiece shows the Orion nebula in an explosion of infrared, ultraviolet and visible-light colors. It was "painted" by hundreds of baby stars on a canvas of gas and dust, with intense ultraviolet light and strong stellar winds as brushes.

At the heart of the artwork is a set of four monstrously massive stars, collectively called the Trapezium. These behemoths are approximately 100,000 times brighter than our sun. Their community can be identified as the yellow smudge near the center of the composite.

The swirls of green were revealed by Hubble's ultraviolet and visible-light detectors. They are hydrogen and sulfur gases heated by intense ultraviolet radiation from the Trapezium's stars.

Wisps of red, also detected by Spitzer, indicate infrared light from illuminated clouds containing carbon-rich molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. On Earth, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are found on burnt toast and in automobile exhaust.

Additional stars in Orion are sprinkled throughout the image in a rainbow of colors. Spitzer exposed infant stars deeply embedded in a cocoon of dust and gas (orange-yellow dots). Hubble found less embedded stars (specks of green) and stars in the foreground (blue). Stellar winds from clusters of newborn stars scattered throughout the cloud etched all of the well-defined ridges and cavities.

This image is a false-color composite, in which light detected at wavelengths of 0.43, 0.50, and 0.53 microns is blue. Light with wavelengths of 0.6, 0.65, and 0.91 microns is green. Light of 3.6 microns is orange, and 8-micron light is red.

Credit: NASA, ESA, T. Megeath (University of Toledo) and M. Robberto (STScI)

High-resolution desktop wallpaper Clear Skies with a Chance of Proton bombardment by alfrfrey
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Clear Skies with a Chance of Proton bombardment

February 9th, 2016

The aurora forecast was low last night, but I took my chances and went out anyway - I was pleasantly surprised!

Taken in Longyearbyen - Svalbard, Norway.

Nikon D610.

Photo Settings: 20mm, f/1, 15 seconds, ISO 1250.

High-resolution desktop wallpaper Tanjung Aru Sunset by Daniel Jiang
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Tanjung Aru Sunset

February 10th, 2016

Located on Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort is a man-made beach resort that gives a very great view of sunsets every single day. Shot on the rocky side of the small private beach provided by the resort over-viewing the Sunset Bar in the vicinity.

Adobe Lightroom.

Nikon D750, Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED.

Photo Settings: 18mm, f/8, 1.6 seconds, ISO 100.

Map: 5.9576, 116.0411

High-resolution desktop wallpaper The Helix Nebula's Iridescent Glory by NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), and T.A. Rector (NRAO)
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The Helix Nebula's Iridescent Glory

February 11th, 2016

Planetary nebulae like the Helix are sculpted late in a Sun-like star's life by a torrential gush of gases escaping from the dying star. They have nothing to do with planet formation, but got their name because they look like planetary disks when viewed through a small telescope. With higher magnification, the classic "donut-hole" in the middle of a planetary nebula can be resolved. Based on the nebula's distance of 650 light-years, its angular size corresponds to a huge ring with a diameter of nearly 3 light-years. That's approximately three-quarters of the distance between our Sun and the nearest star.

The Helix Nebula is a popular target of amateur astronomers and can be seen with binoculars as a ghostly, greenish cloud in the constellation Aquarius. Larger amateur telescopes can resolve the ring-shaped nebula, but only the largest ground-based telescopes can resolve the radial streaks. After careful analysis, astronomers concluded the nebula really isn't a bubble, but is a cylinder that happens to be pointed toward Earth.

Credit: NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), and T.A. Rector (NRAO).

High-resolution desktop wallpaper Manly Sunrise by yatoya
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Manly Sunrise

February 13th, 2016

Sunrise at Manly beach in Sydney during low tide.

Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.

Photo Settings: 23mm, f/16, 1/2 second, ISO 400.

High-resolution desktop wallpaper Crashing in Kauai by jdphotopdx
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Crashing in Kauai

February 15th, 2016

Waves crashing on the shore of Kauai, Hawaii.

Adobe Lightroom CC.

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM.

High-resolution desktop wallpaper Piazza San Marco - Acqua Alta by Robert_Schoeller
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Piazza San Marco - Acqua Alta

February 17th, 2016

Got up early and got my feet wet for this shot. Acqua Alta (about 30 cm) on Piazza San Marco in November 2014.

Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Macphun Creative Kit.

Nikon D800, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/11, 4 seconds, ISO 800.

Map: 45.4337, 12.3373

High-resolution desktop wallpaper Sunrise of Baishi Mountain by bingham009
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Sunrise of Baishi Mountain

February 22nd, 2016

Baishi Mountain is located in Taiyuan county, west region of China's Hebei province. Its main ridge line is over 7,000 meters long and the highest peak is 2,096 meters high. The fog at high altitudes make the mountain a fairyland on Earth.

Adobe Photoshop CC.

High-resolution desktop wallpaper Timeless Bond by Destin
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Timeless Bond

February 24th, 2016

Although there is certainly a poetry to the world when it's alive and full of people, there is simply nothing that can possibly compare to that same world when no one else is around. It is stripped of the extraneous energy and second hand emotion that occurs when you're lost in a crowd (even if that crowd is small). You're seeing it raw… bare. It's an otherworldly experience to say the least.

Now add sunrise to the mix. That's the time when the earth itself wakes up. Shades of understated grey give way to hues of lilac, violet, and lemon that simply don't exist later in the day. It is the visual equivalent of listening to an orchestra tuning up just before the performance of a lifetime.

This shot features a private boathouse along the main river of Perth. (If you've visited the area, you may know it well!)

At sunrise on this crisp winter morning, it appeared wise… knowing. A loan witness to this beautiful world at this extraordinary time of day, there at the end of that simple, weathered pier.

Camera: GX617; Film: Velvia 50 Slide; Scan: Heidelberg Tango; Post-processing: None.

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