It's one of the background choices for Linux Mint. I tried doing a reverse Google image search and found this website, but it doesn't say where it was taken.
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27This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time. (My suspicion: they've enriched the colours)– Golden CuyCommented Oct 10, 2017 at 23:09
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3@AndrewGrimm most photos are 'shopped' that way, even those that aren't– clabacchioCommented Oct 12, 2017 at 12:12
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The photographer had left an answer here, but now it's been deleted? I wonder what happened, I thought his response was a really neat addition to this thread!– nukeguyCommented Oct 13, 2017 at 20:06
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2You're not the only person to wonder that. See this meta question for the answer.– MadHatterCommented Oct 14, 2017 at 6:15
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You can eventually follow the link you sent out to the photographer's Flickr website:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shontzphotography/15169016487/in/album-72157645951788784/
In the discussion area, it looks to be from an area in Te Mata Peak in Havelock North, New Zealand.
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50Never fails: is it too gorgeous to possibly be a real place on Earth? Then it's in Middle-Earth, ahem, sorry, New Zealand. :)– MarthaCommented Oct 10, 2017 at 21:23
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8It is a nice area, actually nicer once you take away all the garish photoshopping that made me as a kiwi, not recognise it. Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 12:07
Here's a similar view from Google Earth (you can see the exact coordinates in the lower right corner). It looks like the photographer used a wide angle lens and the sunrise really brings out the contours of the valley floor.
answered Oct 10, 2017 at 21:51
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32Looks almost as good as the original!– user68518Commented Oct 11, 2017 at 2:57
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