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Windows Spotlight is a feature included by default in Windows 10 that downloads pictures and advertisements automatically from Bing and displays them when the lock screen is being shown on a computer running Windows 10. Users are occasionally given an opportunity to mark whether they wish to see more or fewer images of a similar type, and sometimes the images are overlaid with links to advertisements. In 2017, Microsoft began adding location information for many of the photographs.
Photo locations
For most of the images, no photo credits are available, but some do display information about where the picture was taken. Many are of well-known locations, or famous historical or natural landmarks, and therefore can be identified. Identified images include (alphabetical by continent):
Africa
- The White Desert (Sahara el Beyda) near Farafra, Egypt
- Sway bridge at The Palace of the Lost City, Sun City, South Africa
- Grand Anse Beach, La Digue Island, Seychelles
Antarctica
Asia
- Longsheng Rice Terrace, China
- Chateau Laffitte Hotel, Beijing, China
- Canola fields in Luoping County, China
- Dushanzi Grand Canyon, Dushanzi District, Karamay, China
- Yangshuo County, China
- Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park, China
- Hokkaido Island, Japan
- A lagoon in Semporna, Malaysia, Borneo
- El Nido, Philippines
- Rub' al Khali, Saudi Arabia
- Lake Baikal, Siberia
- Supertree Grove, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
- Hehuanshan Mountain, Taiwan
- Ko Tapu off Khao Phing Kan, Phang Nga Bay, Thailand
- Sam Pan Bok, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
- Ao Ta Lo Woo pier in Ko Tarutao, Tarutao National Park , Thailand
- Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
- Hong Kong skyline, People's Republic of China
- Quiapo, Philippines
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Europe
- Hallstatt, Austria
- Lake Gosau, Austria
- Devetashka Cave, Lovech Province, Bulgaria
- Rab Island coastline, Croatia
- Land's End, Cornwall, England
- Port Isaac, England
- Wastwater Lake, Lake District, England
- Lac du Pontet, Villar-d'Arêne, France
- Arles, France (ISS Photo)
- Nuuk, Greenland
- Tasermiut Fjord, Greenland
- The Baltic Sea in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Eibsee Lake in Bavaria, Germany
- Überseequartier Station in Hamburg, Germany
- Hohenzollern Castle, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Lüneburg Heath, Germany
- Diving bell at Zingst Pier, Zinnowitz, Germany
- Saxon Switzerland National Park, Germany
- Andros, Greece
- Lake Balaton, Hungary
- Seljalandsfoss, Iceland
- Jökulsárlón, Iceland
- Lakagígar, Iceland
- Burano, Italy
- Colza fields in Tuscany, Italy
- Antorno Lake w/Lavaredo Peaks in the Dolomites, Italy
- Seiser Alm meadow in the Dolomites, Italy
- Sunrise in Tuscany, Italy
- Selva di Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Italy
- Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland
- Lofoten Islands, Norway
- Grøtfjord, Troms County, Norway
- Hotel Durmitor, Durmitor National Park, Montenegro
- The Algarve coast, Portugal
- Neist Point, Isle of Skye, Scotland
- Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland
- Victoria Street and West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Lake Bled, Slovenia
- Delika Canyon waterfall, Nervion River, Spain
- Ronda, Spain
- Nervión River Falls, Basque Country, Spain
- San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Bermeo, Spain
- Archipelago of Gothenburg, Sweden
North America
- Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
- Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada
- Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
- Vancouver from Burnaby Mountain, BC, Canada
- Numa Falls, British Columbia, Canada
- Landing Lake in Manitoba, Canada
- Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
- Antelope Canyon, Arizona, US
- Cathedral Rock, Arizona, US
- The Wave, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, US
- Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California, US
- Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California, US
- Zabriske Point, Death Valley, California, US
- Bixby Creek Bridge, Big Sur Coast, California, US
- Griffith Observatory and Los Angeles, California, US
- Brasstown Bald, Georgia, US
- Kailua Pier, Hawaii, Hawaii, US
- St Joseph Lighthouse, Michigan, US
- Grinnell Point on Swiftcurrent Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, US
- Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico, US
- Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, US
- Bethesda Terrace and Fountain, Central Park, New York City, New York, US
- Vista House, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, US
- Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, US
- Teton Range, Wyoming, US
- Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US
Oceania
- The Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia
- Kiama Harbour, NSW, Australia
- Gordon Dam, Tasmania, Australia
- Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand
- Browns Island, New Zealand
South America
- Esquel, Argentina
- Laguna de Los Tres and Mount Fitz Roy in Patagonia, Argentina
- Rio de Janeiro from Sugarloaf Mountain, Brazil
- Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
Other pictures
- Red deer in Richmond Park, London
- Fauna in Madagascar
- Catamaran on the beach in Madagascar
- Butterflies in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
- Male black-naped monarch (bird)
- European hedgehog
- Greylag goose landing on lake
- Two egrets dancing in a lake, by Tahir Abbas from Pakistan
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