There are also nature patterns, images of the cosmos, and aerial photographs. These images include gorgeous photographs from National Geographic, and more. They’re actually in a folder on your Mac, and the screensaver just reads them and uses them to save your monitor from suffering burn-in. Those images aren’t “baked into” the screensaver. If you’ve ever mucked around with the screensavers, you’ve likely noticed that quite a few of them use images to rotate and alternate on your screen to prevent burn-in.
Great wallpaper is hidden in plain sight on your Mac The Images Used by Apple’s Screensavers