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Bliss (photograph)

Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is a photograph of green rolling hills and daytime sky with cirrus clouds. Charles O'Rear, a former National Geographic photographer, took the photo in January 1996 near the Napa–Sonoma county line, California, after a phylloxera…

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Owner
Microsoft
Location
Sonoma County, California, United States
Artist
Charles O'Rear
Medium
Landscape photography
Year
January 1996

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Bliss (photograph)

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples13
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
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related to External links · 5
Bliss (photograph) → Bliss, Charles O'Rear, Media, Wikimedia CommonsOfficial, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Location · 2
Bliss (photograph) → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…, Sonoma County, California, United States
Artist · 1
Bliss (photograph) → Charles O'Rear
Medium · 1
Bliss (photograph) → Landscape photography
Owner · 1
Bliss (photograph) → Microsoft
Year · 1
Bliss (photograph) → January 1996

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microsoft photograph o'rear windows bliss xp said image green wallpaper used napa hill hills since sonoma also clouds release photo

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bliss (photograph)ArtistCharles O'Rear1.00infobox
Bliss (photograph)LocationSonoma County, California, United States1.00infobox
Bliss (photograph)Location.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Bliss (photograph)MediumLandscape photography1.00infobox
Bliss (photograph)OwnerMicrosoft1.00infobox
Bliss (photograph)YearJanuary 19961.00infobox
Adobe Photoshopinstance ofDespite being widely believed that the photograph was manipulated or created with software0.80text
O'Rear said that he did not digitally enhance or manipulate the photograph in any wayinstance ofDespite being widely believed that the photograph was manipulated or created with software0.80text
Bliss (photograph)related to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Bliss (photograph)related to External linksMedia0.60section
Bliss (photograph)related to External linksBliss0.60section
Bliss (photograph)related to External linksWikimedia CommonsOfficial0.60section

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