Monthly Wallpaper

Decorate your desktop with some of the most intriguing pattern and perception images from the Exploratorium.

Snowy Bits

Photo by Amy Snyder

Melting snow and ice on a car windshield at Lake Tahoe.

Snowy Bits

 

Download:
 1024 x 768 (Medium Standard)
1280 x 800 (Medium Wide)
1280 x 1024 (Large Standard)
1440 x 900 (Large Wide)
320 x 480 (iPhone)


Instructions:
Click on an image from the gallery, choose the size you want, and use the instructions below to download to your PC, Mac, or iPhone.

Snowy Bits
Drip Chamber
Pepper Arc
Just Rust
Aeolian Landscape
Conch Shell
Illuminated Fog Exhibit
Beneath Pier 15
Apple Seeds
Eutrophic Lagoon
Flower Stamen
Sandstone
Moonrise
Glitter Path
Eroding Tree
Watermelon
Colors
Color Contrast
Black Sand
Gears
Floating Paper Clips
Circumzenithal Arc
Venus Flytrap
Cubatron
Ice Balloons
Onions
Pumpkin
Elodea
Reflections
Bacterial Garden
Waxy Tree Frog
Red Dahlias
Icy Bodies
Peacock Feather
Sun Painting
Vibrating Pinscreen
Watch Water Freeze
Ice Balloon
Bubble Array
Angel Caryatids


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Instructions
Click on an image from the gallery, choose the size you want, and use the instructions below to download to your PC, Mac, or iPhone.

PC Users
  1. Choose the size of your image (above).
  2. RIGHT-CLICK on the image after it appears in your browser.
  3. Select SET AS WALLPAPER or SET AS BACKGROUND.
  4. Make any adjustments needed to the DISPLAY in your CONTROL PANEL.

MAC Users
  1. Choose the size of your image (above).
  2. RIGHT-CLICK (control-click) on the image after it appears in your browser.
  3. Select SET AS DESKTOP BACKGROUND.
  4. Make any adjustments needed in SYSTEM PREFERENCES.

iPhone Users
  1. From your iPhone, click the size image you want to download.
  2. Hold your finger on the image until OPTIONS pops up.
  3. Choose SAVE IMAGE.
  4. Locate the image in your CAMERA ROLL.
  5. Select USE AS WALLPAPER.
  6. Make any adjustments in your SETTINGS.
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