Snowflake

snowflake, originally known as Snowflakes, is a user account picture included in Windows XP, licensed from Corbis. It was taken by Jim Zuckerman, who also took various other wallpapers used in editions of XP. It depicts a snowflake on a blue background. The original image features two more snowflakes present on the same background, while Zuckerman also took a similar one featuring more snowflakes and a darker blue background.

Along with butterfly and fish, it is one of the only user account pictures that was licensed under a rights-managed license for XP, as it originates from Westlight. It was briefly taken down from Getty Images in January 2020, along with many other photos, due to Getty discontinuing rights-managed licenses. However, it returned as a royalty free image, oddly being placed in The Image Bank collection along with other Westlight photos.