What do you use for your computer background?

[Filip Larsen]

For a decade one of my favorites has been

from the freebie library at http://digitalblasphemy.com" .

For scientific attractiveness quite a few of the HST pictures (http://www.google.dk/images?q=hubble+space+telescope+background+image") are absolutely stunning, but I usually end up taking them down again when I find myself just sitting and stare at the background for too long.

Back when my primary OS was Linux, I used the dynamical rendered Xearth a lot:

Notice, that the above picture is generated on the fly showing where the sun is at the moment. See more at http://xearth.org/live.

Lately though, I have simply used black background, which I find is more relaxing to my eyes in a dual screens setup where one of screens most of the time shows nothing anyway.

 

[OmCheeto]

Typical guy stuff: Cars

home

work

The following was one of my old favorites.

 

[loseyourname]

I'm currently using the Gadsden flag:

http://fascistsoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/500px-gadsden_flag.gif

 

[ApexOfDE]

my current bg:

[PLAIN]http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8058/vistawallpaperaerowoods.jpg

 

[Dr Transport]

My kids...Years ago at Mount Rainier NP...

 

[bp_psy]

my current bg:

[PLAIN]http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8058/vistawallpaperaerowoods.jpg[/QUOTE]

This is awesome.

 

[Jamma]

Here's what I currently use:

I also like some of the images found on hubblesite.org or clever/funny images that aren't blurry when I set them as desktop backgrounds.

Hehe, mine is a fractal too, but yours seems nicer, so I may also steal it.

 

[PirateCrisp]

This is my current background. Plenty of h2o :)
[URL]http://70.181.179.184:81/images/waterfall_desktop_background-1600x1200.jpg[/URL]

 

[Saladsamurai]

Same as my Avatar: Death of Marat by David

 

[nucleargirl]

wow, these photos are amazing! This is mine - I took it on a flight from Germany :)

 

[nismaratwork]

The Hubble Deep Field image - a constant reminder of my place in the universe.

[PLAIN]http://harleyk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/HubbleDeepFieldL.jpg[/QUOTE]

Same here, but just for the unending capacity for it to be gazed at without boredom. That, and the predominantly black background makes for good contrast.

Sometimes I switch it out for The Winged Victory of Samothrace, both in sculpture and painting.

 

[TurtleMeister]

 

[Math Is Hard]

wow, these photos are amazing! This is mine - I took it on a flight from Germany :)

That's really nice. And perfect for a background. I love blue skies!

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

I put together an album of some of the neat images I use as backgrounds. I left out the NSFW ones. Unfortunately my favourite one is borderline and I decided to leave it out.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v470/thestatutoryape/backgrounds/

 

[theJorge551]

The pictures I take with my camera aren't usually of a high enough resolution to set as good wallpapers, but I do occasionally take one that isn't too bad. This is the one I've had up as of late, a picture I took in upstate NY:

http://quantummodulus.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2stv4z

I also make my own in Photoshop when I find a few hours of free time. (attached)