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Bliss (Photograph)

25 pointsby cainxinthlast Friday at 2:31 AM11 commentsview on HN

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NoboruWatayatoday at 11:38 AM

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

theandrewbaileytoday at 10:59 AM

I work in the refurb department of an e-waste recycling company. I take pictures of monitors and TVs showing Bliss, and I test printers with it. It has bright spots, dark spots, it's colorful, and has plenty of fine detail, making it a decent test picture. Bonus points for being familiar to most people.

Ironically, I only run Linux at work.

mikae1today at 10:39 AM

High-res version for your modern desktop:

https://archive.org/details/bliss-600dpi

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aletoday at 10:58 AM

I would love to see the actual negative and the other shots he took at that location.

ranger_dangertoday at 10:41 AM

Isn't there debate in the community that this photo was actually altered and that he has been lying about it?

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