Commons:Picture of the day
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 The twelve stained-glass windows of the Església Santa Margalida (Santa Margalida, Majorca, Spain) depicting twelve saints. Today is All Saints' Day. Change image |
English : The twelve stained-glass windows of the Església Santa Margalida (Santa Margalida, Majorca, Spain) depicting twelve saints. Today is All Saints' Day.
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 Saint-Charles Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Quebec City. Today is All Souls' Day. Change image |
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,_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-15,_DD_45.jpg) Orange-lined triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus), Red Sea, Egypt. This demersal triggerfish has a maximum body size of about 30 centimetres (12 in) and is found across the Indo-western Pacific East Africa, Red Sea and Japan, typically in coral reefs ecosystems, coral lagoons, and external reef slopes within this area. Within coral reefs, the orange-lined triggerfish are more versatile than other triggerfish species and can be found at depths up to 50 metres (160 ft), although studies have found that they prefer depths of 2 to 8 metres (6 ft 7 in to 26 ft 3 in). It's an omnivorous feeder that can, because of its strong and heavy teeth, tackle a variety of benthic prey like cnidarians, molluscs, ctenophores, crustaceans, other fish, algae, and echinoderms. This species in particular, given its broad diet and distribution, is a crucial component in coral reef ecosystems through top-down control and especially through consumption of sea-urchin. Change image |
English : Orange-lined triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus), Red Sea, Egypt. This demersal triggerfish has a maximum body size of about 30 centimetres (12 in) and is found across the Indo-western Pacific East Africa, Red Sea and Japan, typically in coral reefs ecosystems, coral lagoons, and external reef slopes within this area. Within coral reefs, the orange-lined triggerfish are more versatile than other triggerfish species and can be found at depths up to 50 metres (160 ft), although studies have found that they prefer depths of 2 to 8 metres (6 ft 7 in to 26 ft 3 in). It's an omnivorous feeder that can, because of its strong and heavy teeth, tackle a variety of benthic prey like cnidarians, molluscs, ctenophores, crustaceans, other fish, algae, and echinoderms. This species in particular, given its broad diet and distribution, is a crucial component in coral reef ecosystems through top-down control and especially through consumption of sea-urchin.
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 Swing into books. Book week, November 1-7, 1964. Change image |
English : Swing into books. Book week, November 1-7, 1964.
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 Dune landscape with fingerpost (to the wreck) in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park, Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany Change image |
English : Dune landscape with fingerpost (to the wreck) in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park, Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany
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English : Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis) juvenile on Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia
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_10.jpg) Aekingerzand Drents-Friese Wold National Park. Pinus sylvestris on the sand drift. Change image |
English : Aekingerzand Drents-Friese Wold National Park. Pinus sylvestris on the sand drift.
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English : Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis orientalis) couple in Keoladeo National Park, India
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 Panoramic view of the Kumaon Himalaya as seen from Ranikhet in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Himalayan giants such as Trisul (7,120 m (23,360 ft)), Nanda Devi (7,817 m (25,646 ft)), Nanda Kot (6,861 m (22,510 ft)), Panchachuli (6,904 m (22,651 ft)) and other peaks are prominently visible. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of the Kumaon Himalaya as seen from Ranikhet in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Himalayan giants such as Trisul (7,120 m (23,360 ft)), Nanda Devi (7,817 m (25,646 ft)), Nanda Kot (6,861 m (22,510 ft)), Panchachuli (6,904 m (22,651 ft)) and other peaks are prominently visible.
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 12th-century crypt of Verdun Cathedral, France, rediscovered after the Great War during the restoration works. When the reconstruction of the crypt was completed, the cathedral was reconsecrated on 10 November 1935. Change image |
English : 12th-century crypt of Verdun Cathedral, France, rediscovered after the Great War during the restoration works. When the reconstruction of the crypt was completed, the cathedral was reconsecrated on 10 November 1935.
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 Panoramic view towards Świnica from Kościelec, Tatra National Park, Zakopane. Today is Poland's National Independence Day. Change image |
English : Panoramic view towards Świnica from Kościelec, Tatra National Park, Zakopane. Today is Poland's National Independence Day.
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English : 50 Korun banknote of Czechoslovakia, issued in 1929 by the National Bank of Czechoslovakia
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 Véu da Noiva Waterfall, Seixal, Madeira, Portugal Change image |
English : Véu da Noiva Waterfall, Seixal, Madeira, Portugal
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 Photographic art “Witches’ Dance Trilogy” (based on a view of the buoys at the buoy yard in Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany) Change image |
English : Photographic art “Witches’ Dance Trilogy” (based on a view of the buoys at the buoy yard in Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany)
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 Dusk at St. Peter's Basilica, Vittorio-Emmanuele II bridge, and Tiber river. Rome, Italy The Catholic Church celebrates the Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul today. Change image |
English : Dusk at St. Peter's Basilica, Vittorio-Emmanuele II bridge, and Tiber river. Rome, Italy The Catholic Church celebrates the Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul today.
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_08.jpg) Trail from Andiast to Breil-Brigels. Bad weather in the Breil-Brigels region, but it has now dried up. Change image |
English : Trail from Andiast to Breil-Brigels. Bad weather in the Breil-Brigels region, but it has now dried up.
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.jpg) Hundreds of thousands of vibrant blue and red stars blaze in this image of the Magellanic spiral starburst galaxy NGC 4449 taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hot bluish-white clusters of massive stars are scattered throughout the galaxy, interspersed with numerous dustier, reddish regions of current star formation. Massive dark clouds of gas and dust are silhouetted against the starlight. Change image |
English : Hundreds of thousands of vibrant blue and red stars blaze in this image of the Magellanic spiral starburst galaxy NGC 4449 taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hot bluish-white clusters of massive stars are scattered throughout the galaxy, interspersed with numerous dustier, reddish regions of current star formation. Massive dark clouds of gas and dust are silhouetted against the starlight.
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 View of Pointe Saint-Mathieu with the lighthouse (center), semaphore building (left), Chapel of Saint-Jean de Plougonvelin (right), and the ruins of the Abbey of Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre. Plougonvelin, Finistère, France. Change image |
English : View of Pointe Saint-Mathieu with the lighthouse (center), semaphore building (left), Chapel of Saint-Jean de Plougonvelin (right), and the ruins of the Abbey of Saint-Mathieu de Fine-Terre. Plougonvelin, Finistère, France.
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 Panorama of the new section of Taza, view from the southwest, looking down from the old city, Fez-Meknes, Morocco Change image |
English : Panorama of the new section of Taza, view from the southwest, looking down from the old city, Fez-Meknes, Morocco
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 The Wrede passage (Finnish: Wreden pasaasi. Swedish: Wredes passage; also known as the "Old merchant alley", Finnish: Vanha kauppakuja, or the "Grandma tunnel", Finnish: Mummotunneli) is an entity formed by two stone buildings in Kluuvi, Helsinki, Finland Change image |
English : The Wrede passage (Finnish: Wreden pasaasi. Swedish: Wredes passage; also known as the "Old merchant alley", Finnish: Vanha kauppakuja, or the "Grandma tunnel", Finnish: Mummotunneli) is an entity formed by two stone buildings in Kluuvi, Helsinki, Finland
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_strutting.jpg) Adult male wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) strutting at Deer Island Open Space Preserve near Novato, California. Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. Change image |
English : Adult male wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) strutting at Deer Island Open Space Preserve near Novato, California. Today is Thanksgiving in the United States.
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 Magnified 100 times, a drop of liquid crystal was dispensed onto a glass plate and a cover slip placed on top. The liquid crystal spreads out into a uniform film under the weight of the cover slip. The image was captured using a microscope configured for crossed polarised light. The colours come about because liquid crystal is birefringent - it changes the polarisation state of the plane-polarised light passing through it. Now, the sort of labyrinthine pattern is caused by a phase transition. The liquid crystal sample is placed on a heat stage and at a particular temperature called the phase transition temperature, the liquid crystal changes from an opaque state to a transparent state, this is the transition front. The image width is about 2mm. Change image |
English : Magnified 100 times, a drop of liquid crystal was dispensed onto a glass plate and a cover slip placed on top. The liquid crystal spreads out into a uniform film under the weight of the cover slip. The image was captured using a microscope configured for crossed polarised light. The colours come about because liquid crystal is birefringent - it changes the polarisation state of the plane-polarised light passing through it. Now, the sort of labyrinthine pattern is caused by a phase transition. The liquid crystal sample is placed on a heat stage and at a particular temperature called the phase transition temperature, the liquid crystal changes from an opaque state to a transparent state, this is the transition front. The image width is about 2mm.
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 Four-segment panorama of Lower Manhattan, New York City, as viewed from Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey Change image |
English : Four-segment panorama of Lower Manhattan, New York City, as viewed from Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey
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 Black poplar (Populus nigra) glows as light of the setting sun floods the Daya Chiker polje (depression in limestone strata). Sheep are following their shepherd home. Bab Boudir, Taza Province, Fez-Meknes, Morocco Change image |
English : Black poplar (Populus nigra) glows as light of the setting sun floods the Daya Chiker polje (depression in limestone strata). Sheep are following their shepherd home. Bab Boudir, Taza Province, Fez-Meknes, Morocco
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 Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony, albumen print on card mount, sheet 30.6 x 18.4 cm, on mount 33 x 19 cm. Wilde died on this day in 1900. Change image |
English : Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony, albumen print on card mount, sheet 30.6 x 18.4 cm, on mount 33 x 19 cm. Wilde died on this day in 1900.
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