OS X Lion wallpaper missing a few astronomical bodies
Just like the default iPad wallpaper comes from a real lake called Pyramid Lake (which is supposed to be in Nevada, though I'm sure I pass signs for it every time I drive up to San Fran from here in LA), so too is the default Lion wallpaper based on a real picture of a real galaxy, specifically the Andromeda Galaxy. Boing Boing found a real image of the galaxy taken by astrophotographer Robert Gendler, and when it lined up the Lion image with the real thing, it found that Apple actually deleted a few stars and galaxies from the sky, just for Lion.
Don't worry -- Apple didn't actually delete the real stars (though with its market value, it could probably at least put a dent in them). Obviously, it was just a Photoshop job to make the wallpaper a little smoother and more pleasing to the eye.
But it is interesting that someone at Apple said, "You know, if that star weren't there, the universe would actually look a lot better!" What if we did have a universe designed by Cupertino?
[via MacStories]
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I just paid $22.87 for an iPad2-64GB and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $675 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, BidsGet.com
August 14 2011 at 10:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI just paid $22.87 for an iPad2-64GB and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $675 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, BidsGet.com
August 13 2011 at 12:57 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyThere are 2 'Pyramid Lakes' in the US, one in NV, one in CA.
August 12 2011 at 6:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"Astronomy" was a very hard class ha
August 12 2011 at 5:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyObviously photoshopped XD
August 12 2011 at 3:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhy the heck is this showing up everywhere? They removed some clutter (and the Samsung galaxy; model# M110) in order to make it a more viable, visually appealing background image. This is retarded.
August 12 2011 at 12:33 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyMike ---
The Pyramid "lake" that you are seeing signs for is a reservoir [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Lake_(California)] in SoCal just north of Santa Clara. THE Pyramid Lake is in Nevada, northeast of Reno, and is the outflow of the Truckee River, which drains Lake Tahoe.
A universe designed by Cupertino might be a little scary...Just Sayin.
August 12 2011 at 11:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyShouldn't that title say astrological and not astronomical?
August 12 2011 at 10:29 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyNo, astronomical is correct. Astronomical can mean "of or relating to astronomy" or "extremely large" amount. Astrological has to do with the movement and position of celestial bodies and how they influence our lives, or you know made up BS.
August 12 2011 at 11:01 AM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down ReplyI'm an astronomy PhD student and I hate it when people say I study "astrology". I don't read the sky and determine what your luck is today!
I can understand why Apple edit the photo to make it look "smoother", although I would much prefer the real-life version of the universe.
This is actually pretty interesting. Great story.
August 12 2011 at 7:55 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's sad that someone actually had the time and/or was paid to dig up the original photo.
Some people need to get a life.
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