About this wallpaper
STS068-228-081 (30 September-11 October 1994) --- This northwest-looking view shows central Algeria with an unusual amount of cloud cover, responsible for one of the infrequent bouts of rain in the Sahara Desert. The lope-shaped, red sand dunes mass in the center of the view is one of the most prominent features in the Sahara as seen from the Space Shuttle Endeavour. It is known as the Tifernine Dunes. The Atlas Moun Cropped from the original for use as a wallpaper.
Best use cases
- Desktops where you are fine with the image being cropped slightly to fill the screen.
- 4K monitors and TVs at native resolution; it also scales down cleanly to QHD and Full HD.
- Any other screen size: the Crop & Scale tool on this page exports the image at a custom resolution.
Resolution and display compatibility
This image is 4035 × 2690 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 48% of the original | Crops about 16% from the top and bottom |
| QHD (1440p) | 2560 × 1440 | Sharp: scaled down to 63% of the original | Crops about 16% from the top and bottom |
| 4K UHD | 3840 × 2160 | Sharp: scaled down to 95% of the original | Crops about 16% from the top and bottom |
| 16:10 laptop (WUXGA) | 1920 × 1200 | Sharp: scaled down to 48% of the original | Crops about 6% from the top and bottom |
| 16:10 QHD+ | 2560 × 1600 | Sharp: scaled down to 63% of the original | Crops about 6% from the top and bottom |
| Ultrawide QHD (21:9) | 3440 × 1440 | Sharp: scaled down to 85% of the original | Crops about 37% from the top and bottom |
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Download information
- The download is the original JPEG file, 4035 × 2690 pixels, 2.0 MB, with no recompression.
- The file is saved as
sahara-desert-algeria-4035x2690.jpg. - No account is needed to download.
Source and license
- Author: NASA JSC.
- Source: not specified for this wallpaper.
- License: Public domain (NASA) ↗
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