Microsoft releases Earth Day photo contest winners as beautiful Windows 7 theme pack

We (or some of us at least) celebrated Earth Day last month. As the name suggests, it's all about inspiring both awareness and appreciation for our beloved blue-green planet Earth. Bing, of course, celebrated the day in the only way it knows how... lots and lots of pretty photos!

Microsoft has compiled the winners from four age groups (seriously, some of these photos are taken by 5-year-olds!) and produced a theme pack of 12, high-res (1920*1200) wallpapers. As IntoWindows says, it's probably the best theme pack available.

Two other theme packs have also been made available: there's an EA Sports World Cup theme with lots of (real) football photos, and there's also 'Bing's Best 3', which is a collection of Bing background images.

Those links are all direct downloads: check out the Windows Personalization Gallery if you want to browse around. In the meantime, here's another photo from the Earth Day theme pack -- I'm only singling this one out because it reminds me of one of my own photos!

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