Classic NASA

rating: [78]
votes: [290]
downloads: [99253]
date: 18.01.06
author: NASA
website: NASA - Astronomy Picture of the Day

A quite staggering shot of a tropical storm taken from the crew deck of Atlantis while it was docked with Mir (seen in the foreground). Credit: NASA. It makes a very impressive desktop wallpaper

The Corcovado overlooking the City of Rio de Janeiro

rating: [72]
votes: [76]
downloads: [84121]
date: 29.07.04
author: Yann Arthus Bertrand
website: Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Tropical Paradise

rating: [72]
votes: [100]
downloads: [71733]
date: 26.09.06

Tropical Islands

rating: [73]
votes: [163]
downloads: [66352]
date: 17.10.06

A cluster of tropical islands

Paradise Lagoon

rating: [80]
votes: [191]
downloads: [59205]
date: 18.01.06
author: Devon
website: incommon

This is an excellent wallpaper of a lagoon on Phuket island, Thailand (Maya bay?). It looks like quite a magical place to visit.

Lauterbrunnen valley

rating: [79]
votes: [300]
downloads: [57687]
date: 26.10.07
author: Paul Gerritsen
website: Paul's image gallery

In the Lauterbrunnen valley near Stechelberg - Switserland.

Maldives

rating: [66]
votes: [107]
downloads: [53279]
date: 19.02.06

Big Ben at Night

rating: [71]
votes: [91]
downloads: [49345]
date: 02.01.05
author: Joe Price
website: joeprice.co.uk

A night time shot of Big Ben and the houses of Parliament from across the thames. Taken with a 30 second shot exposure at ISO100 F22 with a Canon EOS 300D digital camera

Rock Face

rating: [76]
votes: [309]
downloads: [48510]
date: 31.07.07
author: Mike
website: Mike's Desktop Wallpapers

Rockface - Yosemite Nat'l. Park original photo by Vernon Rousseau

A Sense of Distance

rating: [76]
votes: [176]
downloads: [48391]
date: 10.10.07
author: James
website: James' Image Gallery

The view looking roughly east from Dyrholaey, the bird sanctuary on Iceland's south coast near to Vik.