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For the curious, here is Red Moon Desert which, according to TFA, was almost used instead of Bliss but was rejected for looking too much like buttocks: https://

For the curious, here is Red Moon Desert which, according to TFA, was almost used instead of Bliss but was rejected for looking too much like buttocks: https://windowswallpaper.miraheze.org/wiki/Red_moon_desert https://windowswallpaper.miraheze.org/wiki/Red_moon_desert

s20n 5mo ago
The name didn't help much either, I suppose.
quietbritishjim 5mo ago
Buttocks aside, it's a nice picture - maybe more elegant then Bliss. But it's a lot less bright and happy. I'm glad they went with Bliss in the end, for whatever reason.
- mghackerlady 5mo ago
  Red Moon Dessert would've clashed with the clown colours XP had going on
  - bombcar 5mo ago
    It’d’ve been a great background for a red mars inspired alternate theme.
  - amelius 5mo ago
    Also the moon would be hidden between the icons, which always aligned on the left side by default.
garbawarb 5mo ago
Appropriately the photographer's name is O'Rear.
- throwup238 5mo ago
  (It’s the same photographer as Bliss)
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