Turns out, not only was the Bliss hill real, that high-saturation image apparently wasn't even manipulated. The hill in question was located in Sonoma County, California. Indeed, it still is.

Today I stumbled upon Microsoft’s 4K rendering of the Windows XP wallpaper Microsoft Design site has a ton of attractive wallpapers, retro and otherwise.

Among the images on that site is a 4K rendering of the Bliss wallpaper. Related Stories This year’s ugly Microsoft sweater has a suggestion for you: It’s Clippy ...

Charles O’Rear, the photographer behind the iconic Windows XP ‘Bliss’ wallpaper, has expressed mixed feelings about the deal that made his image one of the most viewed ever. In 1996, while visiting ...

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 ...