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Whether mountains or midges, frogs or felines, for this month’s desktop wallpaper, nature rules!

Week 1

PAMIR PANORAMA
Marco Polo may have spent a year in Afghanistan at the foothills of the Pamir mountains to recover from illness.

Photograph by Michael Yamashita

Click your monitor size to download image:
- 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller
- 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger

Week 2

BUTTHEAD
Hoping to frighten predators, a frog in Brazil plumps its rump to stare down its enemies with fake eyes.

Photograph by George Grall

Click your monitor size to download image:
- 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller
- 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger

Week 3

FIRST STEPS
Following in the path of its predecessor, a young jaguar takes over the territory of an older cat recently—and illegally—shot.

Photograph by Steve Winter

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- 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller
- 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger

Week 4

CAVE CRITTERS
Millions of non-biting—and non-eating—midges swarm through Mexico’s Poisonous Cave.

Photograph by Stephen Alvarez

Click your monitor size to download image:
- 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller
- 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger

For Windows 95 or Higher

1. Determine which size is appropriate for your monitor.

2. Click the size you wish to download.

3. After the image appears in your browser, click the right-hand button on your mouse.

4. On the menu that pops up, select SET AS WALLPAPER.

For Macintosh

1. Determine which image size is appropriate for your monitor.

2. Click the size you wish to download.

3. After it appears in your browser, drag the image onto your desktop.

4. From the Apple Menu (at the top left of your screen) select CONTROL PANELS, then DESKTOP PICTURES or APPEARANCE. (If the new window reads APPEARANCE, select the tab that reads DESKTOP.)

5. If necessary, click REMOVE PICTURE to clear the current desktop picture.

6. Click SELECT PICTURE or PLACE PICTURE, then locate and click the image file.

7. Click OK or CHOOSE.

8. Finally, click SET DESKTOP.