Commons:Picture of the day
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 View during the blue hour of the Dom Luís I Bridge and the city of Porto, Portugal. The bridge, built between 1881 and 1886 spans the Douro River to connect Porto with Vila Nova de Gaia. Change image |
English : View during the blue hour of the Dom Luís I Bridge and the city of Porto, Portugal. The bridge, built between 1881 and 1886 spans the Douro River to connect Porto with Vila Nova de Gaia.
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.jpg) Bullet traces (vandalism) in the watchtower in the former arsenal in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Bullet traces (vandalism) in the watchtower in the former arsenal in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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.jpg) Cooling tower of unfinished second stage of CHP photographed from above. Lavriki, Vsevolozhsky district, Leningrad oblast, Russia. Change image |
English : Cooling tower of unfinished second stage of CHP photographed from above. Lavriki, Vsevolozhsky district, Leningrad oblast, Russia.
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| Dew on glass illuminated by the sun Change image |
English : Dew on glass illuminated by the sun
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 Bell tower (belfry), front view, upper part, at Wat Phra Kaew, Temple of Emerald Buddha, within the precincts of the Grand Palace, in Bangkok, Thailand. Today is Chakri Memorial Day in Thailand. Change image |
English : Bell tower (belfry), front view, upper part, at Wat Phra Kaew, Temple of Emerald Buddha, within the precincts of the Grand Palace, in Bangkok, Thailand. Today is Chakri Memorial Day in Thailand.
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 Mural painting, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Anderson was published on this date in 1837. Change image |
English : Mural painting, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Anderson was published on this date in 1837.
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 Jaesil for Sejong the great. It was built in 1469 but demolished under Japanese rule. It was reconstructed in 1970. Sejong the Great died on 8 April 1450. Change image |
English : Jaesil for Sejong the great. It was built in 1469 but demolished under Japanese rule. It was reconstructed in 1970. Sejong the Great died on 8 April 1450.
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.jpg) Detail of a Eucomis (crested lily). The crest develops from the beautiful mottled stem. Focus stack of 16 photos. Change image |
English : Detail of a Eucomis (crested lily). The crest develops from the beautiful mottled stem. Focus stack of 16 photos.
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 Gatehouse on the bridge over the Main river in Miltenberg Change image |
English : Gatehouse on the bridge over the Main river in Miltenberg
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 Blind accordion player, Patzcuaro, Michoacán, México Change image |
English : Blind accordion player, Patzcuaro, Michoacán, México
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 A view of the Kali Gandaki valley overlooking the village of Thiri, Nepal. Today is Bisket Jatra in Nepal. Change image |
English : A view of the Kali Gandaki valley overlooking the village of Thiri, Nepal. Today is Bisket Jatra in Nepal.
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 Children in a boat on the Shari-Goyain River in Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh. Today is also Bengali new year. Change image |
English : Children in a boat on the Shari-Goyain River in Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh. Today is also Bengali new year.
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,_Old_Faithful_Geyser_--_2022_--_2599.jpg) Eruption of the Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, USA Change image |
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_01.jpg) buds of a Allium senescens glaucum. Focus stack of 71 photos. Change image |
English : buds of a Allium senescens glaucum. Focus stack of 71 photos.
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_in_its_funnel_web_(2).jpg) Change image |
English : Hippasa holmerae (Lawn wolf spider) in its funnel web, seen in Don Som (Si Phan Don), Laos
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 A female adult little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) searching for food in shallow water. Taken in Limburg (Netherlands). Change image |
English : A female adult little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) searching for food in shallow water. Taken in Limburg (Netherlands).
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 Burgos Cathedral was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on October 31, 1984. It is the only Spanish cathedral that has this UNESCO distinction independently, without being linked to the historic center of a city. Change image |
English : Burgos Cathedral was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on October 31, 1984. It is the only Spanish cathedral that has this UNESCO distinction independently, without being linked to the historic center of a city.
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.jpg) The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image of Federal District, Brazil on August 21, 2001. It contains the country's capital, Brasília, founded on this day in 1960. Change image |
English : The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image of Federal District, Brazil on August 21, 2001. It contains the country's capital, Brasília, founded on this day in 1960.
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 View of Cholatse (6,440 metres (21,129 ft)), Ama Dablam and other Himalayan peaks in Chola Valley south of the Great Himalayan Range in Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, Himalayas. The first documented ascent of Cholatse was made on April 22, 1982 by a team of US climbers. Change image |
English : View of Cholatse (6,440 metres (21,129 ft)), Ama Dablam and other Himalayan peaks in Chola Valley south of the Great Himalayan Range in Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, Himalayas. The first documented ascent of Cholatse was made on April 22, 1982 by a team of US climbers.
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_solidaginis_caterpillar,_Niitvälja_bog.jpg) Golden-rod Brindle (Xylena solidaginis) caterpillar feeding on Dactylorhiza russowii. Niitvälja Bog, Northwestern Estonia. Change image |
English : Golden-rod Brindle (Xylena solidaginis) caterpillar feeding on Dactylorhiza russowii. Niitvälja Bog, Northwestern Estonia.
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 Harmonia axyridis var. succinea in Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge, Quebec, Canada Change image |
English : Harmonia axyridis var. succinea in Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge, Quebec, Canada
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 Israeli popular vocal group "Hakol Over, Habibi" Change image |
English : Israeli popular vocal group "Hakol Over, Habibi"
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 Detail of the Church of the Assumption of Mary in Lychivka, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. Today is World Design Day. Change image |
English : Detail of the Church of the Assumption of Mary in Lychivka, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. Today is World Design Day.
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 Western side of Taj Mahal at the golden hour, Agra, India Change image |
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_-2.jpg) Photomontage - Composite of 16 different photos which have been digitally manipulated to give the impression that it is a real landscape. Software used: Adobe Photoshop Change image |
English : Photomontage - Composite of 16 different photos which have been digitally manipulated to give the impression that it is a real landscape. Software used: Adobe Photoshop
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