Charles ‘Chuck’ O'Rear photographed a field in California - an image that would become world-famous thanks to Microsoft ...

Windows XP was the most blissful iteration of Microsoft's ubiquitous operating ... After all, it's arguably most famous for its signature "Bliss" wallpaper depicting a rolling green hill, deep ...

The photo you see above -- the default wallpaper for Windows XP -- is probably ... called Bliss, taken by Charles "Chuck" O'Rear in 1996, and then sold to Microsoft for an undisclosed sum (but ...

(Read: The story behind Windows XP's ‘Bliss,’ the most iconic wallpaper of all time.) Now, after a few stays of execution, and after mainstream support ended in 2009, Microsoft is finally ...

Microsoft purchased it in 2000. The picture known as "Bliss" soon became one of the most viewed photographs in the world when it was set as the default desktop background in Windows XP.

The world’s most viewed image in history is probably something that you’ve seen (I’m 100% sure) but you probably have never ...