Windows XP默认壁纸拍摄地：田园风光

译者 火凤凰evan

One of the most famous wallpaper images is undoubtedly the default Windows XP image showing a blissfully relaxing vista of green rolling hills and a bluer than blue sky. The wallpaper, probably one of the most viewed images of all time, is aptly named ‘Bliss.’ Do a Google image search for just the word ‘bliss,’ and the first result is the Windows wallpaper.

世上最出名的壁纸毫无疑问是Windows XP系统默认壁纸，其间充满了幸福、轻松，山势起伏，比蓝天更青。这个名为“幸福”的壁纸被视作任何时期都受欢迎的壁纸。在谷歌图片中搜索幸福，这个图片会第一个蹦出来。

For Dutch Windows users however, the name of the image is Ireland, which has mistakenly led many to believe that that’s where the image was taken.

对于荷兰微软用户来说，这个壁纸却名为爱尔兰，这使得很多人认为这张图片取材自爱尔兰。

Have you ever stopped to wonder where the image was taken, or who took it? In fact, the image is so crisp you might have assumed it wasn’t real at all.

那么你有没有想过这个图片是哪儿呢？或者谁拍的？实际上，这个图片如此舒爽，你很可能认为不是真实的。

The man behind the camera  is American photographer Charles O’Rear. Don’t let his name fool you into thinking that the photo was in fact taken in Ireland. Bliss, as it turns out, is in California. In Sonoma County to be exact.

这个图片背后的作者是美国摄影师查尔斯·奥瑞尔。不要看到他的名字你再次认为这个图片拍自爱尔兰。幸福这张图片实际上是拍自加利福尼亚州。确切的说是索诺玛村。

The photo was taken in 1996, years before Windows XP launched, and before the area was converted into a vineyard. In fact, a photo taken 10 years later from exactly the same spot where Bliss was shot, shows a disappointingly, dreary view:

图片是1996年拍摄的，那时Windows XP还没有问世。后来那个地方被种上了葡萄。10年后从同样的角度拍的照片，结果让人大失所望。

The image has since made its way off of users’ computer and can be spotted in some of the most unexpected places. O’Rear himself has seen the image in the window of a restaurant in a Thai village and in the background of a TV interview with the Venezuelan president.

这张图片自从成为电脑用户的壁纸后，也出人意料的出现在其他地方。奥瑞尔发现这个图片在泰国一个村庄的饭店橱窗上挂着，作为委内瑞拉总统接受采访的背景。

So how much did O’Rear get for taking what is considered one of the most famous photos of all time? A non-disclosure agreement prevents him from revealing the actual figure, but according to Napa Valley Register, O’Rear stated that it was:

奥瑞尔费了多少劲儿才拍得被认为最出名的照片的呢？一份保密协议封住了他的嘴巴，不过根据纳帕谷的记录，奥瑞尔曾经说过：

“extraordinary” and second only to that paid to another living, working photographer for the photo of then-President Bill Clinton hugging Monica Lewinsky.

非凡的图片，仅次于付费给摄影师去拍克林顿总统与莫妮卡·莱温斯基的图片。

Taken with a medium format camera, the most surprising fact about the image is that O’Rear claims that it wasn’t digitally manipulated.

最令人惊奇的是，奥瑞尔手中拿的照相机还不是数码操作的。

Either way, the present day reality is a far cry from the idyllic image that Windows abandoned with the advent of Windows Vista.

现在大相径庭的是，Windows Vista已经摒弃了这幅田园图景。

JW Van Wessel found the exact coordinates of the location, and thanks to Google Street View, you can get a 360 degree view of the area, and see exactly how it looks today:

JW 韦塞尔发现了这个地方，利用谷歌街景，你可以看到这个地方，看看现在是什么样子。

Behind where O’Rear stood, you can see more vineyards:

在奥瑞尔身后，你可以看到更多的葡萄园。

While to the left and right is little else but endless highways:

左右两侧除了高速路，再无其他。

To give it a try yourself, just go to Google Maps and enter the following coordinates: 38.248966, -122.410269.

你可以登录谷歌地图，寻找以下坐标：38.248966, -122.410269，亲身体验下吧。