Writing bmp in C

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>

//define pixelformat of windows bitmap, notice the unusual ordering of colors
typedef struct {
    unsigned char B;
    unsigned char G;
    unsigned char R;
} pixel;

//supply an array of pixels[height][width] <- notice that height comes first
int writeBMP(char* filename, unsigned int width, unsigned int height, pixel** pixels) {
    int fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC,S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IWGRP|S_IROTH|S_IWOTH);
    static unsigned char header[54] = {66,77,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54,0,0,0,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,24}; //rest is zeroes
    unsigned int pixelBytesPerRow = width*sizeof(pixel);
    unsigned int paddingBytesPerRow = (4-(pixelBytesPerRow%4))%4;
    unsigned int* sizeOfFileEntry = (unsigned int*) &header[2];
    *sizeOfFileEntry = 54 + (pixelBytesPerRow+paddingBytesPerRow)*height;
    unsigned int* widthEntry = (unsigned int*) &header[18];
    *widthEntry = width;
    unsigned int* heightEntry = (unsigned int*) &header[22];
    *heightEntry = height;
    write(fd, header, 54);
    static unsigned char zeroes[3] = {0,0,0}; //for padding
    for (int row = 0; row < height; row++) {
        write(fd,pixels[row],pixelBytesPerRow);
        write(fd,zeroes,paddingBytesPerRow);
    }
    close(fd);
    return 0;
}