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  2. Bliss (photograph) - Wikipedia

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    Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is a photograph of a green rolling hills and daytime sky with cirrus clouds . Charles O'Rear , a former National Geographic photographer, took the photo in January 1998 near the Napa – Sonoma county line, California, after a ...

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  4. IC 2118 - Wikipedia

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    The nature of the dust particles, reflecting blue light better than red, is a factor in giving the Witch Head its blue color. Radio observations show substantial carbon monoxide emission throughout parts of IC 2118, an indicator of the presence of molecular clouds and star formation in the nebula.

  5. Cwm Idwal - Wikipedia

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    Llyn Idwal, Summer 2008. Cwm Idwal is a spectacular product of glaciation, surrounded by high crags, screes, moraines and rounded rocks, with a lake on its floor ().Cwm Idwal comprises volcanic and sedimentary rock which was laid down in a shallow Ordovician sea, and later folded to give rise to the distinctive trough-shaped arrangement of strata known today as the Idwal Syncline.

  6. Windows XP visual styles - Wikipedia

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    Because of the freeware nature of this package, it had also been available on software download websites, such as Softpedia at one time. [17] The wallpaper included with the package is different from the one that was included with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005.

  7. NGC 6872 - Wikipedia

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    The bright ultraviolet nature of this cluster indicates that it contains stars less than 200 million years old, which roughly coincides with the timeframe of the collision. [2] Mihos, et al. (1993), and Eufrasio, et al. (2014), suggest that prior to its interaction with IC 4970 , the galaxy's disk may have been non-uniform with an extended mass ...

  8. Nature - Wikipedia

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    Nature is an inherent character or constitution, [1] particularly of the ecosphere or the universe as a whole. In this general sense nature refers to the laws, ...

  9. Whitehaven Beach - Wikipedia

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    Whitehaven Beach is known for its bright white sand, which consists of 98% pure silica. As silica is not present in local rocks, it is surmised that the sand was brought to the beach by prevailing ocean currents over millions of years.