I’ve lost count how many different Windows Vista Auroras I’ve seen but boy there’s something about translucent blue and green waves that makes me want more. Here is a very cool dark variation of the Aurora found in Steve Ballmer’s presentation slides at the “Expression around the clock” event in Zurich.
The highest resolution I could extract it at was 1500×1125, but it still makes a great wallpaper.
Comments for "Dark Aurora wallpaper"
Andre Da Costa
Is it me or does the Aurora Screensaver in Vista look really bad?
Chris
I said at a first glance that it’s cool but as a wallpaper? no no, not good. it’s doesn’t look right.
Albert
I agree, the Aurora Screensaver looks as bad as the screen returning from Hibernation.
Marcus
I like the screen you get when you return from hibernation, but the Aurora screensaver does look like crap.
Matt Sharpe
I’ve been using DreamScene since it was released in “final” form.
This wallpaper looks a little bit too dull.
And yes, I agree the aurora screensaver is really grim.
tino
Why not simply use real auroras? http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0710/aurora_kuenzli_big.jpg
And I agree: the screensaver is horrible. I hope that the designer/developer got fired. Ballmers speak doesn’t make any sense when Microsoft ships its most important product with such bad designed content.
car
I clicked on the link but the image is completely black!
jhumur
tino…lol. the real thing is always better
mik
where’s the wallpaper? I only see a black image
Albert
@Tino: That is a really nice photograph…
Dwight Silverman
I gotta say … It looks pretty good as the background on a 24-inch iMac!
mik
are you joking? I only see a completely black image. Where’s aurora? PLEASE GIVE ME AN ANSWER!
tino
@mik I guess your display brightness is too low? It’s a really dark aurora.
Imran
Nice wallpaper but its to dark
Rafael
It’s ridiculously too dark. Unless you’re a monitor brightness whore (aka Long), don’t bother.
david
I like it - it’s subtle. I imagine you do need to be looking at it on a decent screen.
Keeron
Can we get a dreamscene for this please
?
Julian
It looks better when you actually set it as your wallpaper.
Zeeshan
I think in my opinion, its not much of an aurora wallpaper image to me. I sure do know how aurora should look like. But not this. I those commented on this post. Think of something else otherwise.
Something like a river scenic with an evening blue sky nights streaming along of auroras. What do you think of that?
Jorky69
i think da pic was utterly unfathomable, as if i have seen better aurora pics in other sites. But anyway its nice seeing sum1 who appreciates true art. Hey, i mean it. I’m a pessisimist.
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