Azul

Azul, originally known as Sailing on the Blue Sea, is a wallpaper included in Windows XP, licensed from Corbis. It was taken by Bill Ross, who also took Tulips which was also included in XP. Like Bliss, it also came from Westlight, a small stock photo agency bought by Corbis in 1998. It depicts a boat next to a small island with a palm tree on turquoise water. Its Getty Images page does not specify where it was taken, but people have speculated that it was taken in the Caribbean. Some have also suspected the image of being a digital composite, akin to Red moon desert. However, it would later be confirmed it was taken at Aitutaki, Cook Islands.

History
Bill Ross was on a trip to the Cook Islands in 1991. As a full time stock photographer, he was looking to take tropical stock photos, so he arranged a private tour at Aitutaki, where he took Azul using Fuji 50 film. All of this info was provided during correspondence with Ross in late 2019/early 2020.