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50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

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When it comes to beauty nothing can beat the beauty of nature. Although we, designers, can derive inspiration from almost everything, nature often manages to provide us with beautiful eye-catching perspectives we would never have explored otherwise. We have collected hundreds of wallpapers already (see links below). In this post we would like to focus on wallpapers which emphasize the variety and beauty of nature.

This post showcases 50 remarkable nature desktop wallpapers. This post covers various themes and subjects; we have included both photographic and artistic (photo-manipulated) wallpapers. Hopefully, everybody will find something from himself / herself.

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the magic tree -wallpaper pack by =mpk

3 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

A Rorschach Morning

2 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Desktopography 2008

16 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

17 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

18 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

19 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

distraction – WP Pack Collab by =mpk

4 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Aker by *Kobhen

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June 15:crying grass. by *Cute-Sleepwalker
Only 1024×768px.

7 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Another 17 Fantastic Free Wallpaper Images @ Crestock.com Blog

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33 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Tower Bridge. by ~phyzer

9 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Fresh Water by ~norbi

10 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Autumn by ~sican

11 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Green Snake by ~elliquote

12 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Jeffrey Klassen photos

13 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Darkness To Light

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The Blue Jay

20 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Moody Waters

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Boone Hall Plantation

36 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Hilltop Mountain Skys

37 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Sea Sharks

38 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Snowy Peaks

21 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Sunset at the Bay

22 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Crashing Wave Wallpaper

23 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Sun ray in the woods

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Golden Tree

25 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Spot of Light

26 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Flowers Wide Screen

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Green leaf

29 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Planet Football by ~meatcar

30 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

The Running Horse

31 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Waterfall

32 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Hummingbird

34 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Another Day On The Terrace by Shane66.

Paisajes 28 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Yaquina Head Lighthouse "The Yaquina Head Light also known as Cape Foulweather Lighthouse, is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States. Built in 1873, it was automated in 1966 and is currently an active aid to navigation".

Paisajes 03 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Cloudy Day II "From a small boat harbour in Denmark".

Paisajes 04 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Garp Wallpaper by trenchmaker 1600×1200 px.

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Wafting 1600×1200, 1680×1050 and 1280×1024 px.

Paisajes 09 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Its All Tears.

Paisajes 19 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

THE RIGHT WAY by designed shilk 1680×1050 px .

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Eis.

Paisajes 29 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

lonely soul by werol 1024×768 px.

Paisajes 31 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Silence of The Storm by angelreich 1200×798 px.

Paisajes 32 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Day subsiding designed by memod.

Paisajes 33 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Golden Sea by tonyelieh.

Paisajes 34 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

Pacific City.

Paisajes 36 in 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers

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  1. 1
    Niki Brown
    July 11th, 2008 3:52 am

    ohhhhh I love the colors of the haybail one! thanks!

  2. 2
    Ben
    July 11th, 2008 5:01 am

    awesome collection. i love using wallpapers like these to randomly rotate on my desktop every day

    thanks smashing

  3. 3
    Jo
    July 11th, 2008 5:14 am

    This is the main reason I keep coming back to your site!! Amazing!

  4. 4
    Snob
    July 11th, 2008 5:52 am

    a little on the kitsch side…

  5. 5
    greven
    July 11th, 2008 5:56 am

    Hi, Smashingmagazine! Thanks a lot for the reference to my Website. :)

    Great collection, again! ;)

  6. 6
    Olivier
    July 11th, 2008 6:08 am

    Still waiting for a collection of stunning dual-monitor wallpapers!

  7. 7
    Ben jacob
    July 11th, 2008 6:48 am

    Wow ! Fantastic collection

  8. 8
    nikhil
    July 11th, 2008 7:16 am

    bloody hell!

  9. 9
    Jeff
    July 11th, 2008 7:31 am

    beautiful wallpapers thanks

  10. 10
    Alain
    July 11th, 2008 9:04 am

    I always wonder why everything has to be so high contrast !
    There are a few exceptions but geez we will soon need sunglasses to look at pictures !

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    ScreenRant.com
    July 11th, 2008 9:16 am

    Linkbait, but still a great post. Picked one out for myself as a matter of fact. :-)

    Vic

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    sunny beach
    July 11th, 2008 10:19 am

    I’ve seen this on digg.com somewhere?

  13. 13
    ericb
    July 11th, 2008 10:32 am

    Big thanks to you guys @ Smashing Magazine for this great collection! Love everything here especially the “Sunset at the Bay”. Good Job!

  14. 14
    fijis
    July 11th, 2008 11:00 am

    Terrific post.

  15. 15
    Rick
    July 11th, 2008 11:58 am

    I second the dual-monitor wallpaper request. I need some of those.

  16. 16
    Malcolm
    July 11th, 2008 12:49 pm

    Definately Smashing

    Thanks :)

  17. 17
    mpk
    July 11th, 2008 1:16 pm

    thanks for featuring two of my wallpapers :)

  18. 18
    Marc Dandoy
    July 11th, 2008 3:10 pm

    These are amazing! I love “distraction”

  19. 19
    ncus
    July 11th, 2008 5:07 pm

    perfect time for my wallpaper change :-)

  20. 20
    Tom
    July 12th, 2008 1:26 am

    Most of the wallpapers are incredibly beautiful, altough I think – as others mentioned here – that the contrast of the pictures in the last years immensively increases, what makes natural pictures a bit unnatural. This is of course also a product of the possibilities of digital environments and it’s usage. It is definitely different to analogue photography.
    However, this is a great list to choose one or more of my future wallpapers :)

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    André
    July 12th, 2008 3:39 am

    wow, some awesome pics!

  22. 22
    well well
    July 12th, 2008 3:41 am

    they are somehow too kitschy for me

  23. 23
    alex_pk
    July 12th, 2008 6:25 am

    very nice

    thx

  24. 24
    kebab
    July 12th, 2008 10:27 am

    *dropjaw* i was living in another land till 1st comments by Niki Brown’s snapped me back to reality. :o(

  25. 25
    Tristina
    July 12th, 2008 11:57 am

    Beautiful.

    The garp one reminds me of the forest spirits in Princess Mononoke…I love it.

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    Emanuel ( kobhen )
    July 12th, 2008 1:37 pm

    thanks for featuring Aker!! very nice selection :D

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    Anwar Vazquez
    July 12th, 2008 4:25 pm

    remarkable selection, realy wonderful. Thanks for share them.

  28. 28
    sikantis
    July 12th, 2008 6:19 pm

    You are right, nature is the best artist! The wallpapers are just amazing!

  29. 29
    Shah mehdi
    July 12th, 2008 7:36 pm

    nice . thank you .

  30. 30
    Angelie
    July 13th, 2008 12:17 am

    Though I usually love SM articles, I must admit that this review is quite deceiving. Being a environmental person, I have collected hundreds of nature wallpapers and the one presented here are mostly boring and/or common (all but both beautiful bird pic: the jay and the hummingbird).

    What about the National Geographic archive of pictures offered as wallpapers? These are some of the most stunning nature photographs you can get!

  31. 31
    nuLL
    July 13th, 2008 2:17 am

    Amazing wallpapers well done!

  32. 32
    blacksnoopy
    July 13th, 2008 2:59 am

    Awesome

  33. 33
    Alla
    July 13th, 2008 5:50 am

    enchanting beauty!

  34. 34
    gr8pixel
    July 13th, 2008 9:13 am

    I really like Vladstudio wallpapers. They are so awesome!! :D

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    danilo di moia
    July 13th, 2008 10:15 am

    WOW :-)

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    kayzah
    July 13th, 2008 11:55 am

    I don’t like one of these.
    The further collection was much better.

  37. 37
    NeoSheet
    July 13th, 2008 11:15 pm

    i love this one: distraction – WP Pack Collab by =mpk
    fresh and out of my imaginations, thanx Smashing ;)

  38. 38
    OverZero.it
    July 13th, 2008 11:34 pm

    GREAT!
    Thank you very much.

  39. 39
    Nathan Beck
    July 14th, 2008 12:32 am

    Yeh some absolutely amazin pics there. I particularly like the sun through the woods. It seems a lot of them look like they’re done with HDR which is getting pretty overused at the mo but does look really cool.

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    Rakesh.S
    July 14th, 2008 1:27 am

    This is fantastic.. Really inspiring.
    Keep posting.

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    Danyela
    July 14th, 2008 1:34 am

    Good choice!
    I like a lot! Dany

  42. 42
    iyeler
    July 14th, 2008 1:41 am

    very nice!

  43. 43
    Igor Klajo
    July 14th, 2008 1:44 am

    Fantastic wallpapers… Thanks

  44. 44
    dimas budiman
    July 14th, 2008 5:13 am

    wow… really cool picture!!

  45. 45
    benrulz
    July 14th, 2008 8:49 am

    Amazing collection..!!

  46. 46
    Kristian
    July 14th, 2008 3:16 pm

    I know waterfall wallpapers are becoming abit of a cliche but that one is AMAZING, the water looks so clear and perfect :O

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    Jurjen74
    July 14th, 2008 11:57 pm

    Mmm… most are HDR, I think…. Not that I don’t like HDR, but it isn’t nature anymore :)

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    Barend
    July 15th, 2008 2:06 am

    amazing

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    pieman
    July 17th, 2008 1:14 am

    blimey, i feel like it’s 1986 all over again and i’ve just walked into my local ‘athena’ cheesy poster shop…

  50. 50
    Min Thu
    July 20th, 2008 5:02 am

    Very beautiful wallpapers!

  51. 51
    Nima
    July 20th, 2008 12:33 pm

    very nice picture , design and walllpapers
    tnx ;)

  52. 52
    cxian
    July 21st, 2008 5:02 am

    smash me more! :)

  53. 53
    Barida
    July 25th, 2008 1:44 am

    It was beautiful.i love them and also u very much thnks a lot

  54. 54
    LOKESH
    July 25th, 2008 1:45 am

    incredible scene, superv, nice to watch and allow the same to my dekstop everyday by changing any one of wallpaper.

  55. 55
    smit
    August 2nd, 2008 2:44 am

    Now thats MIND BLOWING

  56. 56
    viory
    August 3rd, 2008 1:46 pm

    here are some amazing dual wallpapers !

  57. 57
    code's
    August 4th, 2008 8:27 am

    thanks

  58. 58
    Balaji
    August 4th, 2008 9:40 pm

    Extraordinary pictures! Kudos to the photographer

  59. 59
    harry
    August 6th, 2008 3:18 am

    woww…thats is good art….i like it

  60. 60
    harry
    August 6th, 2008 3:20 am

    good choice

  61. 61
    sandeep singh
    August 7th, 2008 3:05 am

    these are very beautyful .so i have no words to comment on it

  62. 62
    Micaman
    August 13th, 2008 5:29 pm

    Great WPs!

  63. 63
    Odipo Brian Sospeter
    August 15th, 2008 1:59 am

    They were great wallpaperes

  64. 64
    jay
    August 30th, 2008 11:23 pm

    it is oosim. what wonderful collection………………!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  65. 65
    ZAWWAR
    September 4th, 2008 4:55 am

    EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL WALLPAPERS & NEEDS TO BE INCREASED IN QUANTITY

  66. 66
    praveen
    September 5th, 2008 10:30 pm

    mind blowing wallpapers

  67. 67
    Marius
    September 6th, 2008 1:58 am

    Hello friends, here you can find a set of unique high quality wallpapers easy to view and download, enjoy.

  68. 68
    komal sharma
    September 14th, 2008 1:33 am

    i always hang on your site n love to see wallpapers!you r superb,fantastic n…………………………….many more!

  69. 69
    f5n
    September 14th, 2008 10:45 pm

    wow…
    incredible post… :D

    thanks…

  70. 70
    sagar kolge
    September 17th, 2008 1:08 am

    nice collection

  71. 71
    rollan
    September 24th, 2008 12:32 am

    photos & photoshop…incredibly cool

  72. 72
    web templates
    October 10th, 2008 3:15 am

    Im putting its all tears on my computer!

  73. 73
    majbah
    October 18th, 2008 11:35 pm

    sir ur selection is so perfect.i really like ur imeges.ok sir best of luck.

  74. 74
    ahsan
    October 27th, 2008 11:38 am

    lovely site.i like all wall papers.thanks for u.

  75. 75
    ali
    October 28th, 2008 1:21 am

    nice pic!!!!!!

  76. 76
    Ricky
    November 5th, 2008 7:27 am

    very good wallpapers,liked most of them,thanx.

  77. 77
    Appeltree
    November 11th, 2008 4:57 am

    Its maeveles :))all of them

  78. 78
    ajith
    November 14th, 2008 11:28 pm

    these r the best wallpapers and this is the best website

  79. 79
    jawad
    November 28th, 2008 11:03 pm

    THESE ARE BEST AND GREAT WALLPAPERS.

  80. 80
    yasir
    December 1st, 2008 4:12 am

    i am speach less this is really mind-blowing keep it up and i think the credit goes to photographers much then the site administrators

  81. 81
    srikanth
    December 5th, 2008 11:58 pm

    very nice wallpapers

  82. 82
    rachel
    December 12th, 2008 2:42 pm

    hooo it`s so wonderful!
    i like thet picture`s very much!
    =]..bad away..I`M from Israel..and i glad to see hwo English…(or British..) are talking..=]
    have wonderful day…

  83. 83
    Kevin
    December 28th, 2008 9:04 pm

    Next time, please offer a Zip so that we can download them all at once!!!

  84. 84
    MEHUL PATOLIYA
    December 29th, 2008 12:48 am

    I like very much this collection

  85. 85
    emilia tokes
    December 31st, 2008 1:10 pm

    Breath taking !! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing this :D and I wish you the very best for 2009 *hug*

  86. 86
    davaa
    January 3rd, 2009 2:40 pm

    very nice wallpapers :)

  87. 87
    www.siti-web-bologna.net
    January 5th, 2009 1:30 am

    Wow! Amazing! ;)
    Here an other Set of Beautiful Nature Photo for Webdesigner Inspiration > http://www.webair.it/blog/2009/01/05/hd-nature-photo-set/

  88. 88
    rotello
    January 7th, 2009 7:50 am

    WOW, very good collection, thank you!!!

  89. 89
    uday
    January 12th, 2009 12:50 am

    really really – what i can say – wonderful

  90. 90
    Nirmal
    January 13th, 2009 11:38 pm

    superb

  91. 91
    Kinia
    January 14th, 2009 10:16 am

    Those are some of the coolest, most beautiful wallpapers I’ve ever seen! AMAZING work!

  92. 92
    PREET SHARMA
    January 22nd, 2009 12:46 am

    THIS DISTRACTION IS SO BEAUTIFULL
    SO BEAUTIFUL

  93. 93
    Amit
    January 22nd, 2009 5:57 am

    hey this is awesome collection of nature wallpaper.

  94. 94
    ashkan khodayar
    February 3rd, 2009 2:07 pm

    only say nice :X :D

  95. 95
    INDEEVAR
    February 4th, 2009 2:46 am

    HAVE NO WORDS TO DEFINE.

  96. 96
    Karine
    February 5th, 2009 6:30 pm

    I want to say that me i really like it.
    This is really beautifull.
    Just look at once in thi picture you will love it.

  97. 97
    mani
    March 4th, 2009 4:06 am

    pls send this photos in my mail

  98. 98
    juan
    March 5th, 2009 7:18 pm

    WOOOW!!!!!! THESE ARE GREATE…………….

  99. 99
    Dewed
    March 12th, 2009 10:53 am

    I couldn’t help but notice the “Another Day on the Terrace” … That’s an excellent CD from Sunlounger … especially the Chilled disc.

  100. 100
    Sunilbhai
    March 13th, 2009 11:21 pm

    Very Very Nice, Beutiful

  101. 101
    anakkabicar
    April 22nd, 2009 7:25 pm

    you’r the best artist.

  102. 102
    Amarjyoti Goswami
    May 5th, 2009 2:43 am

    Wow ! Fantastic collection.

  103. 103
    abhishek
    May 10th, 2009 10:20 am

    amazing!!
    just i can not tell more than this bcz words r less to express the beauty of nature.

  104. 104
    ANDRE
    May 21st, 2009 1:35 pm

    THESE PICS seem to put one in an” altered state” -so dreamlike, so imagination provoking. Sends the mind soaring. BRAVO!

  105. 105
    ANDRE
    May 21st, 2009 1:37 pm

    Thought provoking, and dreamlike,…….Bravo! Added a second comment, because did”t think the first went through, but worthy of many comments.

  106. 106
    pavansandya
    May 29th, 2009 2:08 am

    exlent pictures, i like to see this type pictures in my desktop

  107. 107
    madhumitha
    June 11th, 2009 4:58 am

    very nice wallpapers thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

  108. 108
    SAMIRA
    July 15th, 2009 12:18 am

    so beautiful pictures
    thanks a lot

  109. 109
    Saurabh
    July 22nd, 2009 5:53 am

    Beautiful, I downloaded all and I am Truly happy

  110. 110
    krazzy
    July 29th, 2009 12:19 am

    I love all the pic that was smashing…….thankxxxxxxx

  111. 111
    Mudassar Hanif
    August 9th, 2009 1:48 pm

    WOW WOW WOW
    SUPERB…………….. Once again …..WOW

  112. 112
    anasuya doddavaram
    August 14th, 2009 12:28 am

    oh! fentastic and marvellos, how beaty they are

  113. 113
    sunita
    August 17th, 2009 11:26 pm

    wow…Really all wallpapers are incredible…:)

  114. 114
    mehdi
    September 5th, 2009 5:44 am

    hi wallpapers are best
    Thank you

  115. 115
    jalendra
    September 12th, 2009 6:00 pm

    it’s a amazing nature wallpapers

  116. 116
    Priyanka Mukherjee
    September 17th, 2009 10:57 pm

    Wow..Amazing site.

  117. 117
    meidy
    October 17th, 2009 1:38 am

    what a beautiful view,i like them all!!!!

  118. 118
    rohit
    October 19th, 2009 8:40 pm

    really superb and amazing pictures.

  119. 119
    Vishal Verma
    October 25th, 2009 9:15 pm

    First Nature scenes ever seen, a few are really remarkable!

  120. 120
    shana
    November 8th, 2009 5:11 am

    awesome picturisation,very v.v nice nature collection….

  121. 121
    amal
    November 14th, 2009 3:16 am

    best pictures

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