Can't find my desktop photo

I have a photo I took as my desktop photo on my account on one of the home iMacs.  I can't find that photo anythere.  It isn't in my iPhoto library.  It isn't in the folder with all of the standard OS X desktop photos. Yet there it is as my desktop photo.  I also can't find the safari folder that older OS X versions keep photos, thinking it might be there.
Any idea where I can hunt for this photo

Open Terminal, type (or copy/paste) this command at the flashing prompt and press return:
defaults write com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text -bool TRUE
Next, type this command and press return:
killall Dock
This will show the location of your Desktop picture in the middle of the image on your Desktop. Note the location, and find the image. After you've found it, you can return your Desktop to normal by entering this command in Terminal, then pressing the return key:
defaults write com.apple.dock desktop-picture-show-debug-text -bool FALSE
And, again, enter the following in Terminal and press return:
killall Dock

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