Orion NebulaI came across this stunning high resolution image of the Orion Nebula from the Hubble Space Telescope at the www.hubblesite.org web site this morning. So I downloaded the highest resolution version I could find, then trimmed it to fit a 1920x1200 computer desktop.

Yeah, I admit it, I love my Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" LCD monitor. The image looks wonderful on it.

Center of the Milky Way GalaxyA few days later (I'm writing this paragraph on the 14th of January), I ran into another gorgeous high resolution image, this one of the center of the galaxy. I trimmed it to 1920x1200 to try it out too.

Because the source images for these are in the public domain (see the hubblesite.org copyright page and the Spitzer Space Telescope Image Use Policy for more information), they can be freely distributed and derivitave works can be freely created.

To view or download the full-sized widescreen 1920x1200 desktop wallpaper images, click or right-click on the following links:

• The Orion Nebula (1920x1200).jpg
  Courtesy NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
  
• Center of the Milky Way Galaxy (1920x1200).jpg
  Courtesy NASA, JPL-Caltech, S. Stolovy (SSC/Caltech)

My many thanks go out to the many folks who worked to produce such marvelous images of the magnificent universe in which we reside.