Monthly Wallpaper
Decorate your desktop with some of the most intriguing pattern and perception images from the Exploratorium.
Photo by Amy Snyder
So close and yet so far away! Above is a close-up view of a lily’s stamen. At the tip of each stamen is a pollen-coated anther. Pollen must move from the anther to the stigma on the pistil (seen here as a blurry structure in the lily's center) so the flower can reproduce—but how? Bees do the job as, attracted by the scent of nectar, they flit from flower to flower. The powdery pollen gathered on their furry legs drops onto the sticky stigma, beginning the fertilization process. .
Flower Stamen
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Instructions:
Click on an image from the gallery, choose the size you want, and use the instructions below to download to your PC, Mac, or iPhone.
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- Gears
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- Pumpkin
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- Icy Bodies
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- Ice Balloon
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- Angel Caryatids
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
PC Users
- Choose the size of your image (above).
- RIGHT-CLICK on the image after it appears in your browser.
- Select SET AS WALLPAPER or SET AS BACKGROUND.
- Make any adjustments needed to the DISPLAY in your CONTROL PANEL.
MAC Users
- Choose the size of your image (above).
- RIGHT-CLICK (control-click) on the image after it appears in your browser.
- Select SET AS DESKTOP BACKGROUND.
- Make any adjustments needed in SYSTEM PREFERENCES.
iPhone Users
- From your iPhone, click the size image you want to download.
- Hold your finger on the image until OPTIONS pops up.
- Choose SAVE IMAGE.
- Locate the image in your CAMERA ROLL.
- Select USE AS WALLPAPER.
- Make any adjustments in your SETTINGS.
