Desktop Wallpapers

Here's an even dozen collection of 800x600 wallpapers and another dozen 1024x768 wallpapers to decorate your computer's desktop (definition). All are in .jpg format. These are not meant for web pages as the images are really large and slow-loading, so please don't use these images for that purpose.

Click on any thumbnail below to view the full-sized wallpaper in a new window. On each page, there are instructions for installing the wallpaper. Or you can download a zip file of all 12 800X600 wallpapers or 6 each of the 1024 wallpapers. Scroll below the thumbnails for the zip files.

Wallpapers Page 2 - continues the space theme in three sizes
Wallpapers Page 3 - contains wallpapers with other subjects
Wallpapers Page 4 - wallpapers in variety of themes; three or four sizes
Wallpapers Page 5 - continues variety of themes, in four sizes 

800x600 Desktop Wallpapers
Spiral Galaxy	Galactic Collision	Solar System
Tarantula Nebula	Butterfly Nebula	Earth and Moon
Orion Nebula	Stingray Nebula	Carina Nebula
NGC 3603 (nebula)	Ring Nebula	Cygnus Loop
Can't decide? Download all 800x600 wallpapers in this handy zip file! (767KB) To use, open the zip file into a folder in hard drive or on desktop. Use your browser to open an image, then use right-click or hover menu to set image as desktop wallpaper.
1024x76X Desktop Wallpapers
Bubble Nebula 85KB	Eskimo Nebula 68KB	STS 96 over Indian Ocean 102KB
STS 29 over Earth 107KB	NGC 3314 92KB	Earthrise as seen by Apollo 8 73KB See also next page which has slightly different design and comes  in four sizes
Download a zip file of all 6 of the above 1024x76X wallpapers! (515KB file size) To use, open the zip file into a folder in hard drive or on desktop. Use your browser to open an image, then use right-click or hover menu to set image as desktop wallpaper.
Hubble Telescope 92.5KB	Lagoon Nebula 85.1KB	NGC 3603 115.9KB
Solar System Montage by Voyager Alternate wallpaper with text at bottom right (not in zip) 172.4KB	Astronaut Neil Armstrong Steps on the Moon 161.4KB	Composite Image of Global Biosphere 117.4KB
Download the above 6 1024x76X wallpapers in one zip! (736KB) To use, open the zip file into a folder in hard drive or on desktop. Use your browser to open an image, then use right-click or hover menu to set image as desktop wallpaper.

All were created using Paint Shop Pro 6 or 7, wonderful images from NASA's GRIN ("Great Images in NASA") website at http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/, and the following fonts: Amelia BT by Bitstream; Georgia by Microsoft; Nasalization and Neuropol Medium by LarabieFonts; Quantum Round BRK by Aenigma Fonts; Times New Roman by The Monotype Corporation; Verdana by Microsoft; and Futura Medium by Bitstream Typography.

For more space images including desktop wallpapers, screensavers, AIM buddy icons, and e-cards, visit NASA's own download page. Also see stunning images taken by the Hubble Telescope and other space images as well as wallpapers at Space.com.

Copyrights to the images belong to NASA and associated agencies or companies. No link back to me is necessary. But if anyone asks where you got the wallpaper, sending them to my website at http://www.arride.com is appreciated!

Not for use as web page backgrounds
unless you want to annoy and drive away your visitors!!!

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wallpapers 1
wallpapers 2
wallpapers 3
wallpapers 4
wallpapers 5
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Desktop wallpaper changers from Download.com:
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For Mac OS X ($5)