Installed on the recently released OS X Mountain Lion is a breathtaking image of an aquamarine pond with trees growing out of it. We previously gave you the impressions of the photographer Kent Shiraishi, but now we went straight to the real Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido to see if it lives up to the photo.
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We Head to the Location of OS X Mountain Lion’s Desktop, “Blue Pond” and Soak In the Mysterious Beauty First Hand
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Master Blaster
Aug 2, 2012 - Tweet
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The Story Behind the Beautiful Photo of the New MacBook ‘Mountain Lion’ OS
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Danielnishina
Jun 20, 2012
One of the MacBook Pro desktop backgrounds featured on Apple’s website shows an astoundingly exquisite azure pond with bare trees coming out of the water, covered in snow. It will be one of the backgrounds included with OS X Mountain Lion, to be released this July. We’ve found out a bit about the photographer responsible for this particular work… Read More
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- (Apple • Biei • Hokkaido • Kent Shiraishi • macbook • mountain lion • National Geographic • OS X • photo • photography)
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