Like Windows XP itself, Microsoft's 'Bliss' image of rolling green hills has aged, and evolved. Here's its story— and what the real-world site looks like today.

The original photo was taken with what's described as a "medium-format" camera. It's an analogue photo originally, captured on film. A full-resolution version of Bliss can be seen here , clocking ...

Yes, “Bliss” is a real photo. O’Rear, who is sometimes known as Chuck, took it using a Mamiya RZ67 camera with color Fuji Film and a tripod in Napa Valley, north of San Francisco, in 1996.

Charles O'Rear is the photographer behind Bliss, the Windows XP image that went on to grace millions of desktops around the world. He discusses the iconic photo and how it will live on as XP fades ...

The photo you see above -- the default wallpaper for Windows XP -- is probably the most recognizable image in the world. What you probably didn't know is that it's a real photo, called Bliss ...

Windows’ Iconic Wallpaper Created in 90’s, ‘Bliss’, Gets a Sequel Twenty-one years after giving us the iconic wallpaper Bliss, Chuck O'Rear is back with a sequel ...

For people who can't get enough of Bliss or other '90s- and 2000s-era Microsoft stuff, the company has also released a few retro-themed high-resolution wallpapers on its Microsoft Design site.

The original Windows XP photo, named "Bliss," was shot in 1998 by National Geographic photographer Charles O'Rear, according to PC World.

St. Helena photographer Chuck O’Rear with the original print of ‘Bliss,’ the default photo in the Microsoft Windows XP program, which he shot in 2002.