Wikipedia picture of the day on January 1, 2018:
Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on January 1, 2018:
Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 30, 2017:
A juvenile green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) from The Gambia.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 29, 2017:
Rotring S0214750 bow compass with Rapidograph 0.5 mm technical pen drawing 1.5–15 mm diameter circles
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 28, 2017:
2 x Saab JAS-39 Gripen and 2 x Aero L-159 of the Czech Air Force, based at AFB Čáslav, inflight.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 27, 2017:
Snowboarder Sergey Lapushkin at Slopestyle LG/FIS World Cup 2012, Stoneham ski resort, Quebec, Canada.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 25, 2017:
Nativity of Christ at the winged altar of the parish- and pilgrimage church Kefermarkt, Upper Austria. Anonymous master (Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece), around 1497.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 23, 2017:
Sculpture “Zwei Pferde für Münster” (Stephan Huber, 2002) at the LVM building, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyThe second horse is inside the building and in the background from this angle.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 22, 2017:
Inside the Agra Fort, India
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 21, 2017:
Aurora australis dancing over an LED illuminated igloo giving a blue tinge to the color of snow.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 20, 2017:
Barbed wire of a fence, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 19, 2017:
Sand lizard female (Lacerta agilis). Ukraine
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 18, 2017:
Main reredos of the Chapel of the Rosary in St Domingo church in the Historic Center of Quito, Ecuador. The catholic temple was constructed between 1540 and 1688 following the plans of architect Francisco Becerra. The baroque chapel, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, is the most featurable in the church and was painted by priest Pedro Bedón at the beginning of the 17th century.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 17, 2017:
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis), Bryce Canyon, Utah (USA).
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 15, 2017:
Fog and frost on the Lysekil railway at Gåseberg in Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. The railway was inaugurated in 1913 and is still in use.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 13, 2017:
Two Soviet MiG-29 aircraft en route to an air show in British Columbia, Canada, are intercepted by F-15 Eagle aircraft of the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing. The Soviet MiG-29s are, for the first time, traveling to the Abbotsford International Airshow in Abbotsford, BC, Canada, to participate in the August 1989 airshow. The USAF F-15 Eagle interceptors actively guarding North American and United States of America’s airspace are with the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing, headquartered at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, USA.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 12, 2017:
Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) on Lake Baringo, Kenya. To celebrate Jamhuri Day which marks Kenya’s establishment as a republic on 12 December 1964.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 11, 2017:
Night view of Berlin Hauptbahnhof (English: Berlin Central Station), main railway station in Berlin, Germany. The station came into full operation in May 2006 and is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, which was opened in 1871 as the terminus of the railway linking Berlin with Lehrte (location near Hanover), which later became Germany’s most important east-west main line. In 1987, it was extensively renovated to commemorate Berlin’s 750th anniversary, and again in 2006 to its current appearance.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 10, 2017:
X-ray crystallography is a tool used for identifying the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal. The movement of the machine during 80 second scan can give different view on how relatively slow scientific measurements can look frozen in time by shutter speed of 90 seconds.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 7, 2017:
HMS Belfast (C35) ship on the River Thames and Tower Bridge in London before sunrise
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 6, 2017:
Panoramic view of Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 3, 2017:
Phacelia tanacetifolia in Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Wikipedia picture of the day on December 2, 2017:
Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii, feeding the offspring.
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