Nature's power, permanence, and fleeting moments dominate your desktop as this month's wallpaper. Week 1 Chin Up A whale's gargantuan, barnacled jaw juts out of the water near the photographer's kayak off Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska. Photograph by Duncan A. Murrell Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger Week 1 Stealth Recon Coming in low across a Manitoba, Canada, clearing, a great gray owl's quiet wingbeats and ultrasensitive ears help it scan for prey beneath the snow. Photograph by Daniel J. Cox Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger Week 2 Rugged Fortress This jagged point in Yemen forms part of a mountain range between Marib and Bayhan al Qisab. For centuries smugglers and others have sought cover in this unforgiving terrain. But not all succeed. In 2002 a CIA Predator drone blew up a truck carrying al Qaeda operatives. Photograph by George Steinmetz Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger Week 3 Frondless Down to their last withered leaves, palm trees stand waterlogged and skeletal in the overflow of the Salton Sea. Photograph by Gerd Ludwig Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger Week 4 Larger Than Life Camels cast long shadows under the late-day sun as they search for grass in Oman. Photograph by George Steinmetz Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger For Windows 95 or Higher 1. Determine which size is appropriate for your monitor. 2. Click the size you wish to download. 3. After the image appears in your browser, click the right-hand button on your mouse. 4. On the menu that pops up, select SET AS WALLPAPER or SET AS BACKGROUND. For Mac OS X 1. Determine which image size is appropriate for your monitor. 2. Click the size you wish to download. 3. After it appears in your browser, drag the image onto your desktop. 4. From the Apple menu select SYSTEM PREFERENCES. 5. Select DESKTOP. 6. In the pull-down menu marked "Collection," select CHOOSE FOLDER. 7. Locate desired image file and double-click it. For Mac OS 9 or Lower 1. Determine which image size is appropriate for your monitor. 2. Click the size you wish to download. 3. After it appears in your browser, drag the image onto your desktop OR click and save the image to your desktop. 4. From the Apple Menu (at the top left of your screen) select CONTROL PANELS, then DESKTOP PICTURES or APPEARANCE. (If the new window reads APPEARANCE, select the tab that reads DESKTOP.) 5. If necessary, click REMOVE PICTURE to clear the current desktop picture. 6. Click SELECT PICTURE or PLACE PICTURE. A new window will pop up. 7. In the new window, use the pull-down menu at the top and select DESKTOP. Find the desired image in the file list and double-click it. The window will close. 8. In the APPEARANCE window, select SET DESKTOP.

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