据《悉尼先驱晨报》报道，随后他把这张照片卖给了比尔盖茨的公司Corbis，该公司把它作艺术收藏用。

　　It then caught the eye of Microsoft.

　　接下来，这张照片就吸引了微软公司的眼球。

　　Carriers wouldnt accept the liability of transporting the original photograph because of the undisclosed value Microsoft put on it, so the company eventually sent ORear a plane ticket so he could deliver it in person.

　　由于微软公司对此照片估值不菲，运输公司不敢轻易运送那张最初的照片，所以微软最终不得不给奥利尔寄送飞机票，以便他能够亲自把照片送上门。

　　I had no idea where it was going to go, he said.

　　他说，我当时不知道这张照片会有怎样的前景。

　　In the clip, ORear shares that a group of Microsoft engineers had a bet going about where the photograph was taken and whether it was Photoshopped (he says it wasnt).

　　在视频中，奥利尔和大家分享了一个故事：当时有一群微软工程师打赌猜测这张照片的拍摄地，以及是否有过PS图片处理(奥利尔说没有PS过)。

　　He also talks about seeing the image everywhere from the White House to the Kremlin.

　　他还说，从白宫到克里姆林宫，到处都能看到这张图片。

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