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Scientists Report Water In Gullies On Mars
Wallpaper Your Desktop With the Mars Water Discovery, Courtesy of SPACE.com
By SPACE.com

posted: 03:41 pm ET
22 June 2000

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At 8:03 p.m. on June 20, 2000, SPACE.com reported the discovery of evidence of water on Mars. Now you can preserve the historical moment by wallpapering your desktop with one of the new images. How to do it.

About the image: Mesas in the Gorgonum Chaos region of Mars' southern hemisphere show mysterious flows that originate on the edges of steep hillsides.

How to download the right image and install it

The wallpaper is available in four sizes:

Windows users: Select the screen size desired from the above choices, wait on the image to load, then click on the right mouse button to "set as wallpaper." To determine the resolution of your current screen settings, click on the START button within Windows; then go to Settings, then Control Panel. Then click the settings tab. In the area labeled Desktop area, select a resolution by moving the downward pointing arrow.

Macintosh users: Select the size desired, then hold down the mouse button until a pop-up menu appears allowing them to "save image to disk." When the image is saved, it can be loaded as a desktop picture through the Appearance Control Panel.

 

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