Man discovers real life location of iconic Windows wallpaper

A Windows user blew people's minds when he managed to successfully track down the location of one of the system's iconic wallpapers.

Day in, day out, millions of people across the globe open up their laptops and switch on their computers to be faced with the same screensaver.

Some people try to personalize the screen with their own pictures, but often users just accept whatever wallpaper has been presented to them, and get on with their day.

Back in Windows' earlier days, it was the classic rolling fields and blue sky that people associated with the operating system, but over the years new images have been introduced, including one taken inside a cave.

The image shows the sun streaming in to the dark cave as it looks out on to a beach and the ocean, where two large rocks protrude from the water.

It looks like a gorgeously quiet and secluded beach, so you'd be forgiven for wanting to step right into the screen and enjoy the sun for yourself.

As it turns out, one man managed to do exactly that when he shared a video of himself on that very same beach.

The video shows the two recognizable rocks sticking out from the water, and he even treats people to a greater view of the sight by panning the camera to the back of the cave.

Bro found the windows 10 wallpaper pic.twitter.com/KHXjFKeKz4

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"Bro found the windows 10 wallpaper" one Twitter user wrote when the video was shared online.

A similar video was also shared on Reddit, where one person joked: "I don't recognize it without the activation watermark in the lower right corner."

You might not be able to see the watermark in real life, but if you do want to see more of the beach you can find it for yourself - you'd just need to take a trip to New Zealand first.

The now-infamous cave is located on the country's Wharariki Beach, at the northern tip of the country’s main southern island.

It's actually become a talking point for locals, as Glenda Kyle, the off-site booking and office manager for Wharariki Beach Holiday Park, told The Washington Post: "When people query where [our campgrounds] are, I ask them have they seen the start-up picture on Windows 10 of a beach."

Kyle explained that when people say they have seen the photo, she responds: "Well that is the beach [a 20-minute] walk from our park."