# Cool NASA Wallpaper! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-nasa-wallpaper/192759 "2003-08-03T20:18:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-nasa-wallpaper/192759/1 "2003-08-03T20:18:34Z")
Some of the best looking NASA themed wallpaper I’ve ever seen can be found [here.](http://cph.ing.dk/tema/iss/aktiviteter/iss-tapeter.html) “To slip the surly bonds of Earth” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![CzechHistory411](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@CzechHistory411](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CzechHistory411)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-nasa-wallpaper/192759/2 "2003-08-03T20:57:51Z")
My wallpaper is currently the moonrise over the earth photographed from the last mission of Columbia. It’s both haunting and beautiful, really. I tried to find it online to post a link, but couldn’t find it. – CH ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-nasa-wallpaper/192759/3 "2003-08-03T21:09:22Z")
I get my pics at [Astronomy Picture of the Day](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html). ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-nasa-wallpaper/192759/4 "2003-08-03T23:42:31Z")
I also use APOD, and the (Nowegian, was it?) site is cool. I’ve been collecting most of my wallpaper images directly from the horse’s gallery for some time now - [NASA Human Space Flight Gallery search](http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html) And **Czech** - would that be [THIS PIC](http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-107/html/s107e05697.html)? (from the above NASA gallery site) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-nasa-wallpaper/192759/5 "2003-08-04T00:01:53Z")
I use hubble pictures. It’s still hard to believe that such beauty is just floating out there in space. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-nasa-wallpaper/192759/6 "2003-08-04T00:29:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVGuy \* > \*\*And **Czech** - would that be [THIS PIC](http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-107/html/s107e05697.html)? (from the above NASA gallery site) \*\* That photo, _alone_, IMHO, justifies every dime NASA gets. Forget that it was taken from _Columbia_, for the moment, and just look at it. Totally stunning. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-nasa-wallpaper/192759/7 "2003-08-04T01:47:50Z")
I’ve got one called ‘earthlights\_dmsp\_big.jpg’ that’s a composite of night shots from the shuttle, showing city lights all over the world. I was sure it was from NASA, but Google only finds copies elsewhere. They’re all quite a bit smaller than the original (2400x1200). ---
**Author:** ![CzechHistory411](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@CzechHistory411](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CzechHistory411)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-nasa-wallpaper/192759/8 "2003-08-04T02:59:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVGuy \* > \*\*And **Czech** - would that be [THIS PIC](http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-107/html/s107e05697.html)? (from the above NASA gallery site) \*\* That would be the one. – CH ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-nasa-wallpaper/192759/9 "2003-08-04T10:38:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjk \* > \*\*I’ve got one called ‘earthlights\_dmsp\_big.jpg’ that’s a composite of night shots from the shuttle, showing city lights all over the world. I was sure it was from NASA, but Google only finds copies elsewhere. They’re all quite a bit smaller than the original (2400x1200). \*\* [_Voila!_](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg) That was my wallpaper for a while. Now I have [_The Fabric of Space_](http://www.gregmort.com/fabricofspace_disp.html). What is the deal, anyway, with space themes and PC wallpaper? We’re all in cyber_space_, is that it?