Has the location of windows classic wallpaper changed after 24 years?

The location of windows classic wallpaper has really changed after 24 years. Windows XP has been retired for nearly 6 years, but netizens seem to be obsessed with the classic wallpaper with blue sky, white clouds and green grass. Recently, a foreign netizen posted a video on the forum, comparing the current situation with the current situation of wallpaper shooting.

This blue sky and white clouds wallpaper was released together with Windows XP in 2002, and now more than 654.38 billion people have seen it. If you are interested, you can use Google Maps to search for the coordinates of this place: 38.966,-1208.50080.00000000106

Windows XP classic wallpaper was shot by American photographer Charles Aurell at 1996 in Sonoma County, California. Twenty-four years later, the blue sky and white clouds are still there, but the endless green grass has become a vineyard. It is understood that all the photos were taken at that time, but due to insect pests, the locals uprooted all the vines and laid fallow for several years.

It happened that the photographer took this classic photo during his leisure time. Later, Microsoft bought the copyright of this photo from the photographer as the default wallpaper on Windows XP. There are rumors that the photo is the second most expensive in the world, but Microsoft signed an agreement with the photographer not to disclose the price. In addition, many people may not know that this photo is the original without any PS processing.