Background Images

The following are a bunch of images I use for backgrounds on my desktop. They are all in JPEG format. The size is in () after the image.

All these images come from Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). The images are cropped and scaled in GIMP. For image credits, see the APOD Archive.

Hurricane Winnie (1023x766) (1600x1200)
Radar image of Venus (1024x768)
Sun in LEO from STS 82 (1600x1200) (1152x768)
January, 2000 eclipse in three exposures 1152x630)
Bubble nebula imaged by HST (1152x864 1024x768)
Eskimo nebula images by HST (1152x1152)
Horsehead nebula (1152x1152)
Keyhole nebula (1600x1200) (1152x743)
Milky Way (1152x904)
NGC 1365 (1152x864)
NGC 4261, as seen from a local planet (1152x864)
Rosette Nebula in false color (1152x864)
Supernova 1987a (1152x864)
Mercury above the horizon ( 1600x1200) [APOD credit]
Apollo 16 exploring Plum Crater ( 1600x1200)
Apollo 8 Earthrise (1600x1200)
Trifid Nebula (1600x1200)
Artist's conception of a Saturn-sized planet around 79 Ceti (1600x1200) [APOD credit]
View of Earth from composited GOES imagery (1600x1200) [APOD credit]
Perseid meteor with aurora (1600x1200) [APOD credit]
Apollo 12 picture of Alan Bean, by "Pete" Conrad (1600x1200) [APOD credit]
Milky Way above the horizon (854x1200 1600x1200) [APOD credit]
Earth at night (1600x800)
USA at night (B&W) (1280x1024 1600x1200)
Moon, southern polar oblique view (1024x768)
Himalaya skyline, with 7th highest peak, from ISS (200 nm up) (1600x1200) (1024x768) [APOD credit]
Artist's rendering of a spinning black hole (1600x1200) [APOD credit]
Picture of Columbia's launch of 1 March 2002 (1600x1200) [APOD credit]
ISS truss member maneuvering into position (1833x1200) [APOD credit]

The following images are from a variety of sources. Original copyrights are at the linked locations. Images have been scaled in GIMP.

Storm over Kansas ( 1600x1200) (1152x864) - from Webshots, a very nice program for Win32. This image is ©The Image Bank, with more information here.
Olympus Mons (1600x1200) - image is from orbit, and taken from a BlackBox theme; image is almost certainly from NASA.
Hawaiin coast from a cliff (1600x1200) - A shot of the coast of a Hawaiian island from a high vantage. Taken by Patrick Tullmann, with a digital camera. (C)2000 Patrick Tullmann
Hogsback on Mt Hood - the steep part of the standard route (1600x1200) - Photo by me, on a climb, with a disposable camera
Artistic rendering of blue sky (300x300) - works best if tiled. Created in Photoshop.
Landsat image of Salt Lake City, UT (1600x1200) (1024x768) [credit lost]