I Found the Windows XP Wallpaper

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I visited the location where the Windows XP default wallpaper Bliss was taken. The photo is said to be the most famous photo ever taken #WindowsXP #Microsoft
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First

[@roelofstoelwinder9961]

Your videos are so damn good

[@valdemargranic3506]

You're a so underrated! Your content is AMAZING and everybody should enjoy it!

[@VinOnline]

Hey I'm from Washington.

[@parshvapatel8484]

Hey plz bring the list of everywhere you have visited 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@eduardomunhoz1581]

it's weird how window's wallpaper doesn't even seem like a real photo, I don't know why but something about it always seemed way too fake for me

[@ANDREWLEVITT]

You're not alone in that thought! There have been countless conspiracy theories about the photo

[@radianzero]

When you've seen a photo like this for so long it feels surreal after a while.

[@occhee]

I think it's because of the specific position of the clouds. It was a cloudy day, that's why you can see an unusual shadow on the grass.

[@MrMaponya]

same goes for me

[@UnrealMatter]

It's maybe because of the clouds and that it is so saturated but yeah seems fake xD

[@MegaLukas]

to be honest.... I always thought that photo was fake lol

[@loveplane737]

haha me too

[@micahbell4774]

Always felt surreal to me. Feels weird knowing it's actually real.

[@elirchi9214]

@Corbex11 Nope. The picture was taken in 1996 and access to photographic filters back then was harder to obtain. It was taken on a bright, sunny day, and the grass was so green because of the winter rains.

[@irmarobinson4102]

@Corbex11 I own a copy of the original which is the full resolution it was shot at on the photographer's camera and can say besides the photo being cropped a bit it is 100% natural.

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

@@irmarobinson4102 What a flex.

[@PotatoJet]

Oh the Nostalgia from that one photo.

[@dingus6276]

Nice seeing you here!

[@DesmondCleaver]

Its Potato!

[@BijayaonYouTube]

Guy from the UP is here wow

[@WorldViralDaily]

U mean the blue screen lmaoo

[@datacticalsoldier]

998th like

[@antonk5414]

I felt shocked when these guys said "this photo is from 1996! it's even older than we are!"... and I'm 33... fml. XD

[@Jonaontheradio]

Hahahaha. Some of us are twice that!

[@bizzleboy240]

One of those numbers are wrong lol

[@Chimera_Photography]

@@bizzleboy240 no they’re not. Read it again, pay close attention to the location of the “quotes”.

[@Ziotic]

Math isn’t addin up

[@HumanBeing...]

bruh. that means you are older than this photo. If you are 33 then you are approximately 6-7 years older than this photo.

[@Youthure]

The hill also was a vineyard before the photo was taken. A wildfire had destroyed it, so the vineyard wasn’t replanted yet at the time the photo was taken

[@IsaacNicholls]

It was actually pulled out because of a phylloxera infestation, not a wildfire

[@nix3l_]

@@IsaacNicholls a misconception within a misconception nice

[@jagmannenarbrand8373]

@@IsaacNicholls It was actually a strawberry field, and the land was sold so they pulled out the bushes to make way for the vineyard. The photo was taken once the field was cleared but before the vineyard was in place.

[@giovinis]

@@IsaacNicholls it was actually an pot field but bob marley pass by and smoke everything and at the time the photo was taken only grass remained

[@josheco4]

which of those are even real

[@thomastullie]

I mean that's what happens when the land isn't owned by Microsoft

[@aidanhunter6195]

Underrated 😂

[@TecnoloGeex]

😂😂😂

[@emmanuelwestra6524]

They should have bought it

[@irmarobinson4102]

It's in wine country what do you expect. you bought land and especially expensive California land better put it to use.

[@InnoVintage]

Yet

[@artistjoh]

The bliss view is actually an anomaly. This hill had always been a vineyard, but a fungus infection had ravaged the vines, so they were removed, and then the land left fallow to recuperate and for the soil be treated with anti-fungal agents before replanting new vines. The bliss photograph was shot during that brief period of being a grassy hill. I suspect that it was so unusual to see the grass that it was part of what drew the photographer, O’Rear’s attention to it, as he would have been used to seeing the vineyard. He said he was on the lookout for fresh green grass due to a storm in the area earlier, so he was primed to see it.

[@A.Netizen.Since.2010]

..Great info brother ! 👌🏼👍🏼

[@forcommentpurposes]

Yea taking pics after a storm feels surreal, it's has if someone increased saturation.

[@triple7marc]

@@forcommentpurposes The film he used to shoot the photo oversaturates colors.

[@beanpasteposts]

WALLPAPER LORE

[@TylerCenci]

This due seems to live right next to literally every cool place where wallpapers where taken😂😂😂

[@skylarsa]

Seems like the majority of wallpapers are just in California lol

[@TylerCenci]

Yup

[@gfgnickname_not_chosen2598]

@@charliebingaman571 also Apple and Microsoft are both in San Francisco. Aka California.

[@Azarashi.]

@@gfgnickname_not_chosen2598 Ah yes, San Francisco also known as California.

[@gfgnickname_not_chosen2598]

@@Azarashi. SF is in Cali, yes

[@LKonstantina915]

not many people know this but the windows xp background was actually still a grape field, just not grown enough

[@AxleGrinder]

It was always a grape field, but it happened to be in the middle of a cull due to diseased plants if I'm not mistaken, which is one of the things that caught the photographer's attention

[@y6018y]

I like grapes

[@escapefr0mslender]

@@y6018y same bro

[@benculhane]

I was thinking the whole time that they needed to go back when it actually has leaves. It might actually look even better. Grapes get cut way back every year

[@minfei.]

@@y6018y I'm literally eating grapes rn

[@naveenkrishna7103]

Americans: its very hard to cross a two lane road. Indians: crossing an twelve lane road just by showing hand😂🤣

[@harjindr2.0]

True that... 😂😂

[@vaaninawade4892]

@@RRareGaming ikr, no suicidal sheet but i don't even care if they hit me while i cross the road

[@paklekj4429]

Yeah we dont even cross the road on the zebra cross in indonesia even if there are zebra cross 2 feet from us

[@echoptic775]

@@vaaninawade4892 wow ur edgy

[@no_rubbernecking]

What are you talking about?!? Americans are intimidated by the thought of crossing any road? I mean seriously?

[@maxwasson2000]

Bliss should be on the National Register of Historical Places

[@gavinthecrafter]

I know right? As one of the most recognizable pictures ever taken, it's cultural significance is extremely important. It should be preserved and protected. It's more than just a wallpaper.

[@MichaelHall8]

Dang it’s crazy how different that looks! And I would have never thought that picture was next to a busy road!

[@torak_34]

Imagine driving on that road when the photo was taken

[@elirchi9214]

@@torak_34 That's actually how the photographer of the wallpaper discovered it. He was driving to his girlfriend's. The hill looked gorgeous because it was just after the winter rains, so he snapped a pic.

[@Skilan506]

I remember back in the late 00s early 2010s I thought that my grandpa had taken that picture because I somehow never saw it anywhere else and it looked really similar to the landscape in the part of Germany he lives in.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

It's such a common hill

[@LongTailCat3]

XD i thought my mom made the default roblox avatar for me

[@whynotanything]

That thumbnail isn’t us being dramatic 🤣 that is actually the original photo before Taylor did his magic editing it

[@okokok0399]

First of all the original photo was taken by Charles (something) in 1996 and was not edited until 2001 which was when Microsoft changed it a bit not much at all it was still the photo on the left but in 2006 it was turned into are vine yard and now this is the shit we see today.

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

@@okokok0399 a wildfire also responsible for it

[@tristan6509]

@@okokok0399 it was a vineyard, they paused production because of some infestation or something and then resumed it when it was over

[@brando3465]

Guys be careful. When he collects all of the wallpapers, he’ll be able to wipe out every custom wallpaper with the snap of his fingers.

[@DEV-rw7eu]

"Gonna catch them all"

[@Herib104]

He hearted it *oh no*

[@brando3465]

@@Herib104 why are people replying after 4 months

[@Herib104]

@@brando3465 because yes

[@Herib104]

@@brando3465 its on recommendation line

[@skylarsa]

Omg just hearing that piano chimes at the beginning and with the background brings back so much nostalgia

[@shainmathew204]

Exactly 💯

[@infectious_yt]

Lyrics (0:00) "What the f-" *Windows XP shuts down*

[@esheahen]

I love how one of their cars has a sticker that says “Student Driver” lol

[@Lizuma]

Windows XP is so nostalgic for me! I remember that wallpaper so well from when I was really little and first being introduced to a computer. I really miss when we had a Windows XP desktop, I loved looking at the beautiful photo of that hill and listening to its start up sound. And I loved the office assistant cat named Links on the old Word, I would always go to that desktop to visit that cat. I miss that too.

[@brandonlee9791]

U Tell them Lizuma 4 months ago that we need XP towers back & windows 7 Medion Tower or laptops version.

[@chrisak49]

3:20 No guys. Rudy Giuliani was not governor at the time. He was just NYC mayor.

[@ANDREWLEVITT]

lol ooops

[@stilgarfifrawi7155]

@@ANDREWLEVITT Also it was always a vineyard: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_(image)#History

[@MrMACornwell]

@@ANDREWLEVITT The field was actually an vineyard before AND after the photo was taken. 6:30

[@BuildHousing]

He was never governor of NY state

[@0rganfarmer]

@@ANDREWLEVITT Hate to say it but it's a massive mistake. Giuliani's legacy is awful in NYC and abroad.

[@lordkarinwhiteford2472]

I was about to ship an idea that you guys should recreate the Google Pixel live wallpapers, they are the most aesthetic wallpapers ever made, but then I realized it's freaking impossible to do that. These wallpapers are just on a whole another level.

[@AlbertHenriques]

I love how you’re trying to convince them with the good old “I bet you can’t...” and then hope they’ll do it:)

[@robzrapid3166]

Seeing that Bliss wallpaper always gives me a huge sense of nostalgia.

[@cardioandfriends]

I kinda really like how it’s grown different, grown older with its user base over the years.

[@JontyLevine]

Now do Red Moon Desert (if you can IDK if the sand dune is there anymore, which is a shame as it was the best XP wallpaper). Azul might be a fun one to recreate if you're willing to go across continents. Oh, and Autumn was another of my favourites. If anything, I'd love just to know where they were taken.

[@elnico5623]

Autumm was also taken in the usa actually, california if i'm not mistaken, as of red moon that was in africa and dunes are really short lived, the landscape will look completely different

[@A.Netizen.Since.2010]

..Yes...Red Moon Desert & Autumn...2 other most loved xp backgrounds after Bliss... .

[@julian2978]

After the Instagramstory I was really excited for this video to come and now I’m even more excited to see what’s coming next! This wallpaper might even be the one I had for the longest I ever had a wallpaper, that’s so crazy and makes me feel really old even though I’m younger than the original photo of the hill.

[@CAliR-be7it]

Wow, I would literally pass by this almost every day and never knew. Yet, I always found myself looking in that direction because of how beautiful it looked.

[@A.Netizen.Since.2010]

..But you live in China !

[@CAliR-be7it]

@@A.Netizen.Since.2010 12:30 am to eat the coffee

[@lmathews8356]

Quick correction on the vid you said governor instead of mayor of NYC when referring to Rudy Giuliani at 3:20

[@Jonaontheradio]

LOL--I didn't realize they hadn't said "mayor". I was more focused on remembering how mentally with-it Giuliani was back then when you see him 25 years ago.

[@CityLifeinAmerica]

@@Jonaontheradio Sad he turned crazy Trumpet

[@crow6563]

"After *20-30* years, The time when houses are built here we are going to get shocked by this photo." "Time never comes back."

[@KaiTiura]

This is my neck of the woods. I work here and drive by this spot constantly and never knew this was the place. I always thought it was closer to Sears Point, frankly. Looking forward to the next video on this.

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

Back when XP first came out, there was a lot of fierce debate where it was taken. In the Dutch language version release, the picture was called "Ireland", so a lot of people thought it was taken there. Most thought it was taken in the region of Tuscany, Italy.

[@leroyyau5]

Seems like I’m early to observing a masterpiece

[@valdemargranic3506]

You're so underrated! The content is Amazing and I don't know why there aren't more people enjoying it!

[@UltimatePerfection]

While it's a common knowledge now that this is a real photo, for some time I've thought it was a 3d render done by some guy at Microsoft. You just don't come across THAT saturated views IRL, with grass that looks like a 2d texture mapped to a surface.

[@deadturret4049]

Yeah, the original negative was caught on a high saturation film

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

This picture's grass and sky are so bloody perfect that it looks like CGI

[@uknowwhoiam5982]

Whenever you post a video, it makes my day a hell of a lot better..

[@Taksheel]

Your one of my favourite KZbin channels I look forward to that one upload every few months the quality is so high!

[@maiafleming]

The sound PAM will never leave my mind. The soundtrack to so many lost school papers ❤

[@helloworldstein]

Its kind of wild how something so simple was for a time one of the most iconic part of our culture. Would be cool to see what it would look today without the vineyard equipment back up.

[@victordegroot]

Solid video! I’d like to see them preserve the hill and keep it the same as it did in the photo.

[@creepyjimcrowjoebiden9293]

7:38 looks like a perfectly good wallpaper

[@richies_lens]

I'm actually from Sonoma where bliss was taken and I find it so so wrong that they turned the location of the the most famous photograph ever taken into a vineyard. That location would have so much more value if they got rid of the vineyards and maybe added a little stand with text describing what Bliss is. Nice video.

[@ExtremeWreck]

Well I mean, a vineyard was originally there, but a wildfire burned them. They're restoring the original artifacts that were there before the Windows XP background.

[@mike8055]

It was such an obscure place for Charles Rear to take the original photo...

[@Chris_P_Bacon]

You guys are amazing, I really don’t know why your videos don’t have millions of views

[@corriedotdev]

this in itself in an incredibly provocative image 7:33 Seeing what man has done to the enviornment. Great work!

[@gavinthecrafter]

We need to start a petition to make Bliss Hill a protected cultural landmark so it will look like it used to

[@mrsgraceestores]

it was a vineyard before this pic was taken

[@gannielukks1811]

They will even clear the skies

[@osdever]

That would ruin someone's business though

[@kebab_hill]

@@osdever still, being a Hill from the most popular photo ever should be protected.

[@the_matchless]

Oh my God and I thought it was a computer generated image. Wow, thanks guys you are awesome 👍🏽

[@commandcube1156]

Some could say that this picture perfectly captures what the internet is. I'd argue that this photo was so monumental that it set the tone for the internet.

[@kindesgedanke]

Another wallpaper video. PERFECT. THOSE ARE MY FAVORITES.

[@quinnwylie8228]

What an entertaining video! I am stunned that you only have 114k, keep it up man

[@undersc0r]

I just went there a month ago. Absolutely legendary

[@amitpatange311]

This video is so well produced!

[@EbisHernandez]

I love this! I have been following photos I love to recreate from instagram for the last few years, been an amazing adventure, I can’t wait to catch up on your content. Found this cause my lady said, babe let’s go visit the windows background! lmfao. Keep up the great work fellas.

[@DaedalusYoung]

3:00 "This photo is older than you" I was 16 in 1996! Well thank you very much for making me feel old!

[@Lucky5111]

You’ve gotta do a remake of the windows 10 background (yes it is made of glass).

[@jetjames2309]

You deserve way more views on some of your videos. I really respect the amount of work you put into these. Keep it up. And comment to defeat the KZbin Algorithm!

[@Its_Pritam_]

8:18 seeing CS condition zero, minecraft, virtual bus and all other familiar icons, makes me nostalgic af! Those were the days!

[@pieciak32]

This is a Polish desktop and Polish programs like Gadu-Gadu and Filmy folder. So nostalgic :)

[@ccateni28]

You guys are insane to do this, and I love every second of it!

[@chocomallows2559]

3:51 Ladies and gentlemen, Stink RIP Closed Captioning 😂

[@huaiwei]

Lol!!!! I was waiting to see if anyone else noticed. :D

[@scott0001]

Amazing as ever!

[@richardpavlikan8038]

AMAZING VIDEO! Already waiting for another one.

[@chasethomas6241]

So cool! Looking forward to the next vid about this!!!

[@toyg9376]

The minecraft photo, When you see , *singleplayer* , *multiplayer* you know...

[@Taksheel]

That outro slapsss

[@mokongthe3856]

4:20 Yep I do remember and will always remember... Opening your computer in the morning just to play games, aahhh good times.

[@GulfamHussainNoor]

Wow the music at last is amazing.... "The Error MUSIC" love it.

[@bradymonteith5169]

every video you post is a certified banger

[@LiamApilado]

Something about that makes me feel so sad

[@SuperSight]

Great video idea! A familiar concept (popular image), yet a neat real idea based on it. You hit gold with recreating the Apple Wallpapers. Windows XP for the win! You’ve got some awesome videos! 18 May 2021 3:15pm NZST

[@billjohnson69]

I live like 20 minutes from the Bliss hill and have made this drive literally thousands of times and never knew this was the Bliss hill. Thank you for pointing out this! Of course, it is spoiled by grapes, like much of Sonoma County

[@punkwarlord]

7:28 welcome.

[@DaneReidVoiceOver]

Guiliani was never the governor. He was the outgoing mayor at the time of launch of XP

[@apprehensivegoat]

the shots and photography and transitions *chef's kiss*

[@Tsirkon]

I hope like out of nowhere , someone would buy the land and save it by making it identical like how it was and maybe as a "museum" or something? This would be cool for tourists or basically everyone

[@Chris_P_Bacon]

For the algorithm! Also isn‘t "Bliss" the most expensive image ever sold?

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

It's rumored that it's the second largest sum ever paid for a photograph. Charles signed an NDA so he can't confirm the exact amount.

[@irmarobinson4102]

@@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_ It was part of Charles entire catalog which was paid for over 1mill+

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

@@irmarobinson4102 citation needed.

[@irmarobinson4102]

@@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_ My point being more than 20% of that entire price which I thought you knew was just that photograph.

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

@@irmarobinson4102 citation still needed.

[@ItsTbig]

I'm witnessing the birth of a viral video.

[@nnndddzzz1]

Those who grew up in the early 2000s...the old xp photo lives on in our hearts not the one with vineyards😢😢

[@limethelime9029]

it was always a vineyard, just when the photo was taken the grapes had a disease or something

[@coyotesluck27]

I love how the background music is from Layup, such a good band :)

[@speakingquitefrankly]

Andrews version looks better.

[@sungminlee4491]

0:36 Can someone explain this? (Talking about D-Day by the way)

[@eagex427]

It is a recreation, you can see the picture was taken in 1948 not 1945

[@sungminlee4491]

@@eagex427 Ah, okay. Cheers

[@yourewrong154]

I live in Sonoma, drove by this all the time, only found out it was Bliss like a year or two ago

[@abAbhi105]

I always like your video even before watching it because i know you make awesome content . Eagerly waiting for next part

[@aidanm5194]

I smell a banger video

[@DGBAntho]

Daily dose of internet 💪

[@sloppypancake6656]

I used to live only about a 15 minute drive away from here. Carneros Highway, Hwy 12, was a frequent drive for me as a kid. Sonoma is such a beautiful town.

[@psajgal]

What we really need is a 4k rescan of the original film roll it was shot on. I know microsoft has it tucked somewhere, they should make it happen.

[@tilmannkgl1231]

Didn't even watch the whole video an I know it's gonna be great👌

[@deltaray3]

The most famous photo ever taken that nobody will care about in 10 more years.

[@DFwire]

Nostalgia lives on forever

[@chrisclownie5899]

I'm really excited for the Washington episode! I have no idea how you will recreate the wallpaper in a entirely different location, but it sounds interesting.

[@Darchmare]

I assume that they’re going to the Palouse region (in eastern WA). I grew up not far from there. Bliss is a very Palouse-like scene. Do a Google image search for “Palouse” to see.

[@AsaFletcher]

dude, that ending really sealed it all together!!

[@astrojack9220]

I've been waiting for this!

[@floriankreppner]

I was waiting for this!

[@77PacerStudios]

CLASSIC!!! It shows how the Bliss photo location has changed over a period of 25 years!

[@chaos.corner]

I think the vineyard actually looks pretty neat. One in the snow might be cool (if it ever snows there).

[@karunbaral349]

Love your work guys. Recreating something fascinates me pretty much. Btw is there any chance I can download your recreated 'bliss' for my wallpaper?

[@mohedaicebear]

this is amazing photography. great art. this is similar to your apple wallpaper. and the cinematography is top notch. 🤗

[@mtrps_]

tbh most scenes of the surrounding area is still just stunning with the right settings. and i'd actually use that Bliss recreations as a background lol

[@calmingcorner5597]

I am just surprised at how smaller the hill is than i imagined. To me it always seemed like a huge field. Pretty cool though!

[@printf3833]

Thanks for the video. I really feel nostalgic. I remember i was just 3 when i first saw the "Bliss" photo in my windows xp. Fun fact: At the time I thought the photo was artificial.

[@si2k7801]

I'm amazed that this video hasn't blown up yet... Great video!

[@MCE422G]

This one specific image, Bliss, is literally what Windows XP was famously known for. Great job Microsoft! Im proud of you.

[@AlexSAdventures]

I love your videos, your adventures are so badass!