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Belle Tout lighthouse and chalk cliffs by the English Channel. Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the channel, reaching France on 25 August 1875. by: kallerna https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seven_Sist… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Magnus Cort in the French Alps on Tour de France 2024. Tour de France will finish today on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. by: kallerna https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stage_20_T… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Sunset over Trommekilen, a part of Brofjorden, as seen from Norrkila, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden by: W.carter https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_ove… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Aerial view of the ruins of Takht-i-Bahi, a 1st-century CE Buddhist monastery complex located in what was once the ancient Indian region of Gandhara, in the present-day northern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is representative of Buddhist monastic architecture from its era and the ruins were listed as a World Heritage Site in 1980, with UNESCO describing it as having been "exceptionally well-preserved".
by: Muzamil Hassain Toori

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Eastern Facade of Spøttrup Castle, Denmark.
by: Slaunger

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Blue shark (Prionace glauca), Faial-Pico Channel, Azores Islands, Portugal. The blue shark is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, that inhabits deep waters (images taken though between 5 and 10 meter below water) averaging around 3.1 m (10 ft) and preferring cooler waters. They can live up to 20 years, can move very quickly and feed primarily on small fish and squid, although they can take larger prey.
by: Diego Delso

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The Lower Vistula Valley in Kokocko, Poland by: Mariusz Guć https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dolina-dol… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

St. Jude's Church, Chinnathurai, built on sandy soil near the beach, cemetery to the left. Thoothoor, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. by: Timothy A. Gonsalves https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_Jude… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. commemorates the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826). Today marks the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's death as well as the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, drafted primarily by Jefferson. by: King of Hearts https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jefferson_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Schwäbisch Hall, Germany: the northern old town on Salinenstrasse, seen over the River Kocher. In the foreground is the Kocher weir with a fish ladder (right). by: Roman Eisele https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schw%C3%A4… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Willan's chromodoris (Chromodoris willani), Anilao, Philippines. This 5 centimetres (2.0 in)-long nudibranch can be found in the Western Pacific Ocean and feeds, like many other nudibranchs, on sponges. by: Diego Delso https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Babosa_de_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Street lights on the promenade, Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany by: Dietmar Rabich https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norderney,… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Cacomantis sonneratii (Banded Bay Cuckoo) in Ajodhya Hills, West Bengal, India. by: Tisha Mukherjee https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banded_Bay… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Ceiling of Sala della Stufa, Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. The room, created between 1627 and 1641, was originally an open gallery, but it was closed off later in the 17th century and restructured as a “stove” room, a bathroom heated using the same techniques as the Roman baths and intended for private use by the Grand Duke, whose bedroom is believed to be next door. The decoration, specially the frescos and stuccos, commissioned by Grand Duke Ferdinand II de' Medici, are a work of Michelangelo Cinganelli (1558-1635) Matteo Rosselli (1578-1650) and Ottavio Vannini (1585–1643). by: Diego Delso https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palacio_Pi… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Parasols, Evening on the beach, Rincón de la Victoria, Andalusia, Spain. by: Jebulon https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parasols,_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

This statue of Mary Magdalene is at the main altar of the parish church St. Georg in Hüfingen-Mundelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Today is Mary Magdalene's feast day. by: H. Zell https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Georg_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) feeding on fig (Ficus sur), in the Kibale Forest, Uganda by: Charles J. Sharp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_chi… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Soviet FD20 steam locomotive exposed at Zuyevka railway station, Kirov Oblast, Russia by: A.Savin https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirov_Obla… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Red deer (Cervus elaphus), in Freyr forest, near Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium. by: Lviatour https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cervus_ela… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Photographic art based on pastel chalks, taken in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyThe photo was taken using ICM technique and multiple exposure.
by: Dietmar Rabich

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The Dzhuguturlyuchat massif with mountain peaks and glaciers. Dombay, Caucasus Mountains, Karachay-Cherkessia. by: Vyacheslav Argenberg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dombay,_Dz… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

The Chess Queen, a.k.a. The Totem Pole, located a few hundred yards east of Cottonwood Cove, in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, northern Arizona. Today is International Chess Day. by: John Fowler https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Chess_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Panixersee (Lag da Pigniu) above Andiast, Switzerland. Rock face above the reservoir. by: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panixersee… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Little street musicians, Paris. Image captured between 1910 and 1929.
by: Séeberger frères

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Haigerloch, Germany: view of Haigerloch Castle and the castle church with the surrounding valley. by: Roman Eisele https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haigerloch… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

The Milky Way over Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in the Caucasus. The Serpens–Aquila Rift stands in the center of the view: a group of dark interstellar clouds in the constellations Aquila, Serpens Cauda, and eastern Ophiuchus. by: oliwok https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milky_way_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

View of Buiba Valley in Ergaki Range. Metamorphic schists and granites of ancient glaciation in mountain tundra. Western Sayan Mountains, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. by: Vyacheslav Argenberg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ergaki,_Bu… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

This image was selected as a picture of the week on the Czech Wikipedia for 26th week, 2018. by: Peng Chen https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finnish_Ai… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Emerald swift (Sceloporus malachiticus) Finca El Pilar, Antigua Guatemala. Also known as the green spiny lizard. by: Charles J. Sharp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emerald_sw… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

A 1981 Ribbon schematic of the 3D structure of the protein triose phosphate isomerase by Jane Richardson. Today is voice actress Tajja Isen's birthday. She voiced Betty Barrett aka the titular hero in the 2004 Canadian animated series Atomic Betty by: Jane Richardson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TriosePhos… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

This azulejo from the Igreja de São Bento (Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal) depicts Our Lady of Fátima. Today is the feast of Our Lady of Fátima in the Catholic Church and the 110th anniversary of her first apparition to three shepherd children.
by: H. Zell

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Photograph of Louis Armstrong playing Trumpet by Harry Warnecke and Gus Schoenbaechler, 1947. Armstrong died on this day 55 years ago. by: Harry Warnecke / Gus Schoenbaechler https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_Arms… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Arhbalou village nestled in the foothills of the barren north face of the Western High Atlas, Al Haouz, Morocco. by: This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author. I would much appreciate if you send me an email tagooty@yahoo.com@bots.ambience.sk or write on my talk page, for my information. Please contact me before commercial use. Please do not upload an edited image here without consulting me. I would like to make corrections only at my own source to ensure that the changes improve the image and are preserved.Otherwise you may upload an edited image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arhbalou_H… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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HMS Belfast is a museum ship permanently moored in the Port of London. The ship was commissioned on this day in 1939 by: Dmitry A. Mottl https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Belfas… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Male Green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) in Mato Grosso, Brazil by: Giles Laurent https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:024_Male_g… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

The 108-metre-long Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II connects the historic centre of Rome, east of the Tiber, with the Vatican City. by: Anil Öztas https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rom_(IT),_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Westrup Heide in the early morning during the heather blossom season, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany by: Dietmar Rabich https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haltern_am… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Samango monkey (Cercopithecus mitis labiatus), Mount Sheba, Pilgrim's Rest, South Africa. by: Charles J. Sharp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samango_mo… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Photograph of Machu Picchu taken in 1912 by Hiram Bingham during the Yale Peruvian Expedition. The site, an important Inca citadel in the Andes of Peru, had been visited earlier by local people such as Agustín Lizárraga in 1902, and was later brought to international attention through Bingham’s expeditions of 1911 and 1912. Today marks the anniversary of Bingham’s 1911 visit, which contributed to its worldwide recognition. by: Hiram Bingham III https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Machu_Picc… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Space Shuttle Atlantis being towed back from the Shuttle Landing Facility to Orbiter Processing Facility-2 after completing STS-135, bringing the Space Shuttle program to an end. Today marks the 15th anniversary of said event. by: Kim Shiflett https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-135_At… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Sur En/Sent, municipality of Scuol, kanton Graubünden. Sculpture Negativ - Positive. Artwork by Peter Gredig. by: Agnes Monkelbaan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sur_En-Sen… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Adult woman of the Laarim Tribe smoking in a pipe, Kimotong, South Sudan. by: Diego Delso https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tribu_Laar… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Giant otter eating a fish caught from the river, Mato Grosso, Brazil
by: Giles Laurent

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The Medieval town of Belcastel in Aveyron, France, named one of "the most beautiful villages of France". Today is Bastille Day, the French National Day.
by: kallerna

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Scarlet flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) in Mato Grosso, Brazil
by: Giles Laurent

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Fields in the Nilgiri mountains in early morning light, near Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India
by: Timothy A. Gonsalves

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The Raising of Lazarus at the St. Wolfgang Altarpiece of the Catholic parish- and pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria. Michael Pacher, 1471–79, set up in 1481. Today is the feast day of St. Lazarus in Western Christianity. by: Uoaei1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Wolfga… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

Seed pods of a Silene dioica. Focus stack of 40 photos.
by: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma.

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Interior of the Shandong Grand Theater, China by: Ermell https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jinan_Gran… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured