For the next four weeks we’ll decorate your desktop with a selection of images from this month’s stories, including a hidden Valentine. Week 1 MOTTLED MARS Mars’s red face shows up in a map made from a mosaic of images and laser altimetry. Image by Michael Caplinger and Michael Malin, Malin Space Science Systems; Data from NASA/JPL Mars Global Surveyor Mission and MOC and MOLA Science Teams Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger Week 2 SEA OF LOVE Happy Valentine’s Day from Heart Reef, a naturally formed part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef made from living coral. Photograph by David Doubilet Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger Week 3 RHEBOK AT REST Common images in San (or Bushmen) rock art, rhebok probably represent shamans in the spirit world. Photograph by Kenneth Garrett Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger Week 4 GOLDEN BOY More than 90 percent of Chrysina strasseni are silver, but this one—a male—represents the unusual gold form. David Hawks believes uncommon color forms are at least partly caused by changes in environmental conditions, such as variations in humidity and temperature, during the pupal stage. Photograph by David Hawks 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 For Macintosh 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 (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, then locate and click the image file. 7. Click OK or CHOOSE. 8. Finally, click SET DESKTOP.

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