Frozen image on desktop wallpaper Retina

On my MacBook Pro Retina there is something frozen on the desktop. I have a blue screen, as a wallpaper, and I can see the safari page, very very lightly, frozen in the middle of the screen (even though Safari is closed).
How can I get rid of it? It seems like burned.

Went to the Apple Store today. They are going to change my display.

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-Mike
==============================
Option Explicit
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wallpaper2="C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\TSC\Win 7 - 2560 x 1600 (16-10)TSC.bmp"
wallpaper3="C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\TSC\Win 7 - 2560 x 1920 (4-3)TSC.bmp"
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oShell.RegWrite("HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WallpaperStyle"), "6"
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    height = .document.ParentWindow.screen.height
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