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In this photo looking northwest from the Adler Planetarium, the tallest building on the left is the Sears Tower, and the tallest building on the right is the Aon Center, formerly the Standard Oil Building. The line of trees below the buildings are in Grant Park. The sailboats are in Monroe Harbor.

Method

I took this photo of the Chicago skyline from the Adler Planetarium on July 15, 2004. You're welcome to download this image and set it as your desktop's wallpaper. I resized the image in Photoshop to fit on this page, so don't worry about it not being large enough to span your desktop - it's plenty big. The wavy lines on some of the buildings are just an artifact of resizing, and don't show up when the image is viewed at full size.

Instructions

For PC users -

1. Right click on the photo and select "Set as Background" from the menu.

For Mac users -

1. Right click on the photo and select "Download Image to Disk" and save the photo to your desktop, or simply drag the photo with your mouse to the desktop.
2. Then, right click on the desktop and select "Change Desktop Background". A window should pop up that says "Appearance". Click the button that says "Remove Picture" which will change to "Place Picture".
3. Navigate to the file named "chicago_skyline.jpg" and select "Open". Then click the button that says "Set Desktop".

Note: A larger size (2048 x 1536 pixels) of this image, more appropriate for printing, is available for $25. Please contact me, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , for more information.