Whenever Windows desktop images are mentioned, I'm reminded of the Flickr guys who Microsoft commissioned to shoot a few images to use for Vista's desktop images. This guy made his entire shoot free for download on Flickr and many of the images are amazing:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwishh/sets/72157594510047657/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwishh/sets/72157594510047657...</a>
This has inspired a minor quest of my own (though it probably isn't going to be as epic as his). Who said "Nobody with a decent map needs rainbows."?<p>Google returns 3 hits, all of which are that article.
I have a theory that the default XP theme 'Bliss' is a still from The Phantom Menace, with the yellow clone troop carriers just cresting the hill at the right.<p>It would be easy enough to test this theory, but it involves watching the wretched thing again...