One of these photos is the default background for Windows XP—a picture of a lush green hill and pleasant blue sky taken on what looks like a pleasant summer day.

Widely circulated photos of the Bliss hill on fire in 2017 were ultimately revealed as a hoax. ... Someone even has a collection of all the old Windows wallpapers from 2000 onwards, ...

"Bliss" hill, located in Sonoma, Calif. off Hwy 12, is the subject of one of the world's most viewed photos: Windows XP's default desktop wallpaper (above).

The hill in question was located in Sonoma County, California. Indeed, it still is. According to Instagram account Inside History , the Windows XP wallpaper image was taken in 1996 by photographer ...