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. All three happen to originate from images that feature multiple of the thing being depicted. 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, before being taken down again at some point in 2022.