Commons:Picture of the day
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_in_flight.JPG) Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) in flight over Cuba Change image |
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_deborando_un_búfalo_africano_negro_(Syncerus_caffer_caffer),_parque_nacional_de_Chobe,_Botsuana,_2018-07-28,_DD_94-96_PAN.jpg) Pack of lions (Panthera leo) devouring an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Chobe National Park, Botswana Change image |
English : Pack of lions (Panthera leo) devouring an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Chobe National Park, Botswana
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 Khairdeen, also known as Pritam, was the watchman of village Jandali, district Ludhiana, Punjab, India for over 70 years. Change image |
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 Adoration of the Magi, painted between 1440 and 1460 by the masters Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi Change image |
English : Adoration of the Magi, painted between 1440 and 1460 by the masters Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi
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English : Winter morning in the Gorgany mountain range, Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
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_-_Indian_Nawab.jpg) Close wing mud-puddling position of the common nawab (Charaxes bharata, C.& R. Felder, 1867) Change image |
English : Close wing mud-puddling position of the common nawab (Charaxes bharata, C.& R. Felder, 1867)
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_10.jpg) Delleboersterheide, nature reserve of the It Fryske Gea. Pinus sylvestris. Change image |
English : Delleboersterheide, nature reserve of the It Fryske Gea. Pinus sylvestris.
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_–_Blue-striped_Mime_(Male).jpg) Close wing position mud-puddling and peeing activity of male Blue-striped Mime (Papilio slateri, Hewitson,1859) Change image |
English : Close wing position mud-puddling and peeing activity of male Blue-striped Mime (Papilio slateri, Hewitson,1859)
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English : Zoophilia from the base of Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
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_-_Jewelled_Nawab.jpg) Sucking of fluid from dead fly in close wing posture by jewelled nawab (Charaxes delphis, Doubleday, 1843) Change image |
English : Sucking of fluid from dead fly in close wing posture by jewelled nawab (Charaxes delphis, Doubleday, 1843)
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 Lake Baskunchak, Baskunchak nature park: Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Wooden pillars were used for salt production – a net attached to the pillars was lowered into the very salty (the salinity is about 300 g/l) lake water. After that it was raised and the salt crystallized. Change image |
English : Lake Baskunchak, Baskunchak nature park: Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. Wooden pillars were used for salt production – a net attached to the pillars was lowered into the very salty (the salinity is about 300 g/l) lake water. After that it was raised and the salt crystallized.
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 Bernard Lake near Fraser, British Columbia, Canada Change image |
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 Bridge at Kakesbeck Castle in the Bechtrup hamlet in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Bridge at Kakesbeck Castle in the Bechtrup hamlet in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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_in_een_prachtig_landschap._Locatie,_natuurgebied_Delleboersterheide_–_Catspoele_03.jpg) Solitary birch (Betula) in a beautiful landscape. Location, nature Delleboersterheide - Cats Poele, in the Netherlands. Change image |
English : Solitary birch (Betula) in a beautiful landscape. Location, nature Delleboersterheide - Cats Poele, in the Netherlands.
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 First live record of a gynandromorph colour sergeant (Athyma inara, Westwood, 1850) found at Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India. Change image |
English : First live record of a gynandromorph colour sergeant (Athyma inara, Westwood, 1850) found at Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India.
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 A Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas), about 12 cm (4.7 in) long, with two smaller oysters and a barnacle (Chthamalus sp.) attached to it Change image |
English : A Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas), about 12 cm (4.7 in) long, with two smaller oysters and a barnacle (Chthamalus sp.) attached to it
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English : An owner of an old book selling store in Kolkata
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English : Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela hybrida). Taken by the Mulde in Eilenburg, Saxony, Germany.
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English : Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv, Ukraine. Today is the Day of Unity of Ukraine.
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 Two panels of earthenware tiles painted with polychrome glazes over a white glaze. Iran 19th century first half Change image |
English : Two panels of earthenware tiles painted with polychrome glazes over a white glaze. Iran 19th century first half
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 Portrait photo of Danish composer Carl Nielsen Change image |
English : Portrait photo of Danish composer Carl Nielsen
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 View from the organ loft towards the altar of Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford University, California. On January 25, 1903, the church was dedicated in memory of Leland Stanford, former governor of California and founder of the university. Change image |
English : View from the organ loft towards the altar of Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford University, California. On January 25, 1903, the church was dedicated in memory of Leland Stanford, former governor of California and founder of the university.
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 Gothic Bridge in Kłodzko Change image |
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 Aerial view of Somapura Mahavihara, Bangladesh. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Change image |
English : Aerial view of Somapura Mahavihara, Bangladesh. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
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 Lemon – whole and halved Change image |
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 Church of St. Mary's Nativity in the Suzdal Kremlin, Russia Change image |
English : Church of St. Mary's Nativity in the Suzdal Kremlin, Russia
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