About this wallpaper
iss071e014284 (April 20, 2024) -- Lake Tahoe, situated in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and straddling the border of California and Nevada, was photographed as the International Space Station orbited 258 miles above.
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- Desktops where you are fine with the image being cropped slightly to fill the screen.
- 8K displays at native resolution; it also scales down cleanly to 4K, QHD and Full HD.
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Resolution and display compatibility
This image is 8256 × 5504 pixels (3:2). The table shows what happens when it is scaled to fill common screens, calculated from those dimensions.
| Display | Resolution | Sharpness | Framing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full HD (1080p) | 1920 × 1080 | Sharp: scaled down to 23% of the original | Crops about 16% from the top and bottom |
| QHD (1440p) | 2560 × 1440 | Sharp: scaled down to 31% of the original | Crops about 16% from the top and bottom |
| 4K UHD | 3840 × 2160 | Sharp: scaled down to 47% of the original | Crops about 16% from the top and bottom |
| 16:10 laptop (WUXGA) | 1920 × 1200 | Sharp: scaled down to 23% of the original | Crops about 6% from the top and bottom |
| 16:10 QHD+ | 2560 × 1600 | Sharp: scaled down to 31% of the original | Crops about 6% from the top and bottom |
| Ultrawide QHD (21:9) | 3440 × 1440 | Sharp: scaled down to 42% of the original | Crops about 37% from the top and bottom |
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Source and license
- Author: NASA JSC.
- Source: not specified for this wallpaper.
- License: Public domain (NASA) ↗
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