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Night-scene wallpapers where the clock stays readable

Among the night-scene wallpapers, these 58 have a clock band darker than 80. Night scenes lean dark as a group, but photos with signs or floodlit buildings near the top still compete with a white clock. What remains here are compositions where the top is sky or dark structure and the lights gather lower down. Sorted darkest first.

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San Francisco's golden night skyline reflected in the bay with a lit Transamerica Pyramid.

Ember Coast 05·28

Golden San Francisco Skyline

A coastal city at night from the International Space Station: orange city lights spreading along a black sea.

Ember Coast 04·02

San Diego's Coastline at Night, from the ISS

Many colorful fireworks bursting over a dark waterfront with distant city lights.

Cyber Reef 14·05

Grand Fireworks over Water

Photograph from the International Space Station: a band of green aurora glowing along Earth's limb beneath black, star-filled space.

Neon Forest 11·03

Aurora over the Night Side of Earth, from the ISS

A multicolored firework bursting against a black night sky.

Cyber Reef 14·08

Colorful Fireworks Burst

Photograph from the International Space Station: green aurora glowing along Earth's limb beneath black space and stars.

Neon Forest 11·02

Earth at Night with Aurora, from the ISS

A vertical night photo of a traffic light and car light trails by a lit street behind an iron fence.

Ember Coast 04·29

Traffic Lights at Night

A vertical night photo of the illuminated Houses of Parliament and Big Ben across the Thames.

Cyber Reef 05·13

Westminster at Night

A suspension bridge strung with golden lights spans a deep blue night sky, reflected in the water below.

Tide Hollow 11·04

Bridge Lights under Blue Night

A vertical photo of a lone pine tree under the Milky Way above snow-streaked mountains.

Cyber Reef 08·12

Lone Pine and Milky Way

A colorful star cloud low in a black sky with tree silhouettes and a purple border.

Cyber Reef 06·11

Framed Galaxy Bokeh Night

New Delhi at night from the International Space Station: a starry sky and band of airglow above, blazing white city lights below.

Ember Coast 04·03

New Delhi's Night Lights under a Starry Sky, from the ISS

A vertical long-exposure photo of circular star trails above a dark mountain ridge.

Cyber Reef 14·12

Circular Star Trails

An aerial dusk view of Paris with the lit Eiffel Tower amid sprawling city lights.

Cyber Reef 08·11

Paris City Lights

A bright moon in a dark blue night sky over a calm sea and a pebbled shore.

Cyber Reef 08·09

Moonlit Seashore

A city at night from the International Space Station: dense white and yellow lights on black ground.

Ember Coast 05·03

Night Lights around Hamburg, from the ISS

Night view of a floodlit green garden and footbridge reflected in water beside dark city towers.

Cyber Reef 13·10

Illuminated Garden by Night

A mountain range at night from the International Space Station: snowy ridges pale in the moonlight, with orange town lights strung along the valleys.

Glass Tundra 00·02

Moonlit Snow around Mont Blanc at Night, from the ISS

A downtown skyline at night under a purple sky, its lights reflected in the harbor.

Cyber Reef 12·09

Purple Night Waterfront

A wet park path curving among bare trees at night with street lamps flaring into starbursts.

Ember Coast 03·19

Street Lamps on a Night Avenue

Aerial view of Manhattan at night with a glowing red-orange band along the horizon.

Velvet Bay 00·11

Skyscrapers under a Red Horizon

A vertical photo of a glowing carved jack-o'-lantern by a wooden shed and candle at night.

Ember Coast 00·31

Glowing Halloween Pumpkin

Dense night skyline with countless windows lit in blue-green and orange under a dark sky.

Cyber Reef 10·04

Glittering City Night

The New York skyline lit along the bottom under a large cloudy sky, toned deep blue.

Cyber Reef 12·13

Blue Nighttime Skyline