Picture of the day for September 1, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 1, 2015: Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_Armstrong_restored.jpg

Picture of the day for August 31, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 31, 2015: Lindi Nature Reserve in Estonia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_%C3%A4mblikud_magavad.jpg

Picture of the day for August 30, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 30, 2015: Willem Blaeu's 1635 map of the northeastern part of South America, Lake Parima (Parime Lacus), and the route to El Dorado. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1635_Blaeu_Map_Guiana,_Venezuela,_and_El_Dorado_-_Geographicus_-_Guiana-blaeu-1635.jpg

Picture of the day for August 29, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 29, 2015: Mottled Bolete (Leccinum variicolor), Ånderdalen, Senja, Norway. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leccinum_variicolor_LC0365.jpg

Picture of the day for August 28, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 28, 2015: Seated Golden Buddha from Guhwang-dong, Gyeongju, Korea. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%EA%B2%BD%EC%A3%BC_%EA%B5%AC%ED%99%A9%EB%8F%99_%EA%B8%88%EC%A0%9C%EC%97%AC%EB%9E%98%EC%A2%8C%EC%83%81.jpg

Picture of the day for August 27, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 27, 2015: Origami crane (Orizuru). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cranes_made_by_Origami_paper.jpg

Picture of the day for August 26, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 26, 2015: Prince Bishop's Castle in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%BCnster,_Schloss_--_2014_--_6771.jpg

Picture of the day for August 25, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 25, 2015: Rainbow over Gullfoss ("Golden Falls" in Icelandic), a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river and one of the main attractions of the Golden Circle in southwest of Iceland. The fall step on the left is 11 m high and the one on the right 20 m high. The amount of water flowing is in summer, when the picture was taken, 140 m3/s. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gullfoss,_Su%C3%B0urland,_Islandia,_2014-08-16,_DD_123.JPG

Picture of the day for August 24, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 24, 2015: White cat with Heterochromia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:June_odd-eyed-cat_cropped.jpg

Picture of the day for August 23, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 23, 2015: Evening panorama of Alhambra from Mirador de San Nicolás, Granada, Spain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alhambra_evening_panorama_Mirador_San_Nicolas_sRGB-1.jpg

Picture of the day for August 22, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 22, 2015: View of the City Hall (round building on the left), More London office complex and The Shard skyscraper, at the south bank of the Thames, Southwark district, Central London, England. The City Hall was opened in 2002 and comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ayuntamiento_y_Shard,_Londres,_Inglaterra,_2014-08-11,_DD_076.JPG

Picture of the day for August 21, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 21, 2015: Blue hour shot of the Prince Philip Science Museum, part of the City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain. The 40,000 m2 museum was opened on November 13th 2000 and was designed by Santiago Calatrava. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museo_Pr%C3%ADncipe_Felipe,_Ciudad_de_las_Artes_y_las_Ciencias,_Valencia,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2014-06-29,_DD_56.JPG

Picture of the day for August 20, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 20, 2015: Sveti Stefan, a small islet and hotel resort in Montenegro. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sveti_Stefan_(06).jpg

Picture of the day for August 19, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 19, 2015: Picked edible fungi in basket. Cep (Boletus edulis, Boletus reticulatus), and Iodine bolete (Boletus impolitus). Trophies of a mushroom hunt. Ukraine. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edible_fungi_in_basket_2012_G1.jpg

Picture of the day for August 18, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 18, 2015: Elephant Rock in the cliffs of the island Heimaey, Westman Islands, Suðurland, Iceland. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roca_del_elefante,_Heimaey,_Islas_Vestman,_Su%C3%B0urland,_Islandia,_2014-08-17,_DD_036.JPG

Picture of the day for August 17, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 17, 2015: A performance of the Balinese dance kebyar duduk https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:17_Years_of_Sekar_Jepun_2014-11-01_64_edit.jpg

Picture of the day for August 16, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 16, 2015: Pulteney Bridge, Bath, England. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puente_Pulteney,_Bath,_Inglaterra,_2014-08-12,_DD_51.JPG

Picture of the day for August 15, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 15, 2015: Interior of Brixen Cathedral, South Tyrol. The parish is gathered for Sunday worship. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brixner_Dom_Innenraum_1.JPG

Picture of the day for August 14, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 14, 2015: Musical theatre Buff in Saint Petersburg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buff_Theatre_SPB_01.jpg

Picture of the day for August 13, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 13, 2015: Panoramic view of the city of Macau, Portuguese colony until end of 1999, today part of China. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vistas_de_Macao,_2013-08-08,_DD_02.jpg

Picture of the day for August 12, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 12, 2015: Panorama of the palm beach of Preveli with the mouth of Megalopotamos river, Crete https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Preveli_Palm_Beach_Panorama_02.JPG

Picture of the day for August 11, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 11, 2015: Flosagjá canyon, a continental rift between the tectonic plates (North American and Eurasian), Þingvellir National Park, Southern Region, Iceland. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca%C3%B1%C3%B3n_Flosagja,_Parque_Nacional_de_%C3%9Eingvellir,_Su%C3%B0urland,_Islandia,_2014-08-16,_DD_043.JPG

Picture of the day for August 10, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 10, 2015: Sculptures of the kings of Judea at the west front of Notre-Dame, Paris, France. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris,_Notre_Dame_--_2014_--_1458.jpg

Picture of the day for August 9, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 9, 2015: Tsarevets, a medieval stronghold located on a hill with the same name in Veliko Tarnovo, in northern Bulgaria. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Veliko_Tarnovo_(%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE)_-_Tsarevets.JPG

Picture of the day for August 8, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 8, 2015: The small settlement Naajaat in Northwest Greenland, August 9, 2007. The Greenland ice sheet is seen to the upper left. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naajaat_panorama_2007-08-09_2_cropped_USM_downsampled_edit.jpg

Picture of the day for August 7, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 7, 2015: The Refugio militar Capitán Cobo are barracks used by the Special Operations Command of Spain. They are located at an altitude of 2550 m in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The road A-395 in front shows the last public section of the 38 km long access road from Granada leading to Pico del Veleta. This is also the highest paved road in Europe. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Refugio_Militar_Capitan_Cobo_-_Pico_Veleta_-_Sierra_Nevada_-_2014-08-07.jpg

Picture of the day for August 6, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 6, 2015: Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador. The turtles placidly permit the butterflies to sip from their eyes as they bask on a log. This "tear-feeding" is a phenomenon known as lachryphagy. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_butterfly_feeding_on_the_tears_of_a_turtle_in_Ecuador.jpg

Picture of the day for August 5, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 5, 2015: Mice barn in Rödder (Kirchspiel), Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirchspiel,_R%C3%B6dder,_M%C3%A4usescheune_--_2014_--_2944.jpg

Picture of the day for August 4, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 4, 2015: Young Indian girl from an Adivasi tribe (Bhil), Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, India. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Indian_girl,_Raisen_district,_Madhya_Pradesh.jpg

Picture of the day for August 3, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 3, 2015: A view from a ridge between Segla and Hesten, Senja, Norway, 2014 August. The fjord to the right is Mefjorden. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_a_ridge_between_Segla_and_Hesten,_Senja,_Norway,_2014_August.jpg

Picture of the day for August 2, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 2, 2015: Front of a giant manta ray (Manta birostris) filter feeding. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_Manta_AdF.jpg