Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Picture of the day for October 1, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on October 1, 2015: Early morning in Tolkuse bog, Luitemaa Nature Reserve. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roosa_hommikuudu_Tolkuse_rabas.jpg

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Picture of the day for September 30, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 30, 2015: Demonstration of the effect of a neutral density filter. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neutral_density_filter_demonstration.jpg

Monday, September 28, 2015

Picture of the day for September 29, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 29, 2015: City mosque in Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KotaKinabalu_Sabah_CityMosque-08.jpg

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Picture of the day for September 28, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 28, 2015: Wreck of cargo ship "E. Russ" near Hiiumaa island in the Baltic Sea. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaubalaeva_%22E._Russ%22_vrakk.jpg

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Picture of the day for September 27, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 27, 2015: Modular origami. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2014_Origami_modu%C5%82owe.jpg

Friday, September 25, 2015

Picture of the day for September 26, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 26, 2015: A Taiwanese monk at Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia during winter. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taiwanese_Monk_at_the_Salar_of_Uyuni,_Bolivia.jpg

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Picture of the day for September 25, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 25, 2015: Main portal of Basel Minster https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basel_-_Basler_M%C3%BCnster_-_Hauptportal.jpg

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Picture of the day for September 24, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 24, 2015: The three foundation stones of Aarhus City Hall were laid on September 24, 1938. They are located below the polished, dark grey kidney-shaped capstone seen at the bottom of the stairwell. The capstone was used as the reference point for height adjustment during the entire building period. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trappe_i_r%C3%A5dhushallen.jpg

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Picture of the day for September 23, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 23, 2015: "Here is the true natural portrait of the town, city, university of Parisy". Map of Paris, 1576. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Icy_est_le_vrai_pourtraict_naturel_de_la_ville,_cit%C3%A9,_universit%C3%A9_de_Parisy,_Rossingol_execut.1576.jpg

Monday, September 21, 2015

Picture of the day for September 22, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 22, 2015: Hohllay (“hollow rock”) in Berdorf, Luxembourg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berdorf_(LU),_Hohllay_--_2015_--_6097-101.jpg

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Picture of the day for September 21, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 21, 2015: Icelandic horses in Búlandshöfði, Vesturland, Iceland. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B%C3%BAlandsh%C3%B6f%C3%B0i,_Vesturland,_Islandia,_2014-08-14,_DD_085.JPG

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Picture of the day for September 20, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 20, 2015: Vällingbydepån (the Vällingby Subway depot), Stockholm metro. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:V%C3%A4llingbydep%C3%A5n_September_2014_05.jpg

Friday, September 18, 2015

Picture of the day for September 19, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 19, 2015: Mosaic of four images taken by Rosetta's navigation camera (NAVCAM) on 19 September 2014 at 28.6 km from the centre of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comet_67P_on_19_September_2014_NavCam_mosaic.jpg

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Picture of the day for September 18, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 18, 2015: Crystal Mill, an 1892 wooden powerhouse located on an outcrop above the Crystal River in Crystal, Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crystal_Mill,_Colorado.jpg

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Picture of the day for September 17, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 17, 2015: Interior view of St Peter's church in Teruel, Aragón, Spain. The church, of mudéjar style was built in the 14th century and was declared World Heritage in 1986. The decoration, performed between 1896-1902, is a neo-mudéjar style. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_San_Pedro,_Teruel,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2014-01-10,_DD_11-12_HDR.JPG

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Picture of the day for September 16, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 16, 2015: Panoramic view of Paraíso ("Paradise") Beach in Villajoyosa at the Mediterranean Sea (Marina Baixa, Valencian Community), Spain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Playa_Para%C3%ADso,_Villajoyosa,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2014-07-03,_DD_01-02_PAN.JPG

Monday, September 14, 2015

Picture of the day for September 15, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 15, 2015: Trindade is a volcanic island located in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, about 1,200 kilometers east of Vitória, belonging to the state of Espírito Santo, Southeast Brazil, which, along with Martim Vaz, form an archipelago. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simone_Marinho_-_Trindade_-_2010_05_08_edited.jpg

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Picture of the day for September 14, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 14, 2015: Panoramic view of the Dýrafjörður, a fjord in the region of Vestfirðir (in islandic Westfjord), Iceland. This fjord is located between Arnarfjörður and Önundarfjörður is 9 km wide and 32 km long. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BDrafj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur,_Vestfir%C3%B0ir,_Islandia,_2014-08-15,_DD_037_PAN.jpg

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Picture of the day for September 13, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 13, 2015: Panoramic view of Los Aguarales de Valpalmas, a rare, fragile and dynamic geological phenomena located near Valpalmas, Zaragoza, Spain. The landscape is the result of water flows over fragile material in a process known as piping. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aguarales_de_Valpalmas,_Zaragoza,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2015-01-06,_DD_06-11_PAN.JPG

Friday, September 11, 2015

Picture of the day for September 12, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 12, 2015: Head shot of Little pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kr%C3%A4uselscharbe_Phalacrocorax_melanoleucos_01_2014.jpg

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Picture of the day for September 11, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 11, 2015: Elliðaey is one of the Westman Islands, and the third largest island in Iceland having an area of 0,45 km2. It is believed to have formed in an eruption about 5-6 thousand years ago. The small building visible in the image is a hunting lodge, built in 1953. The uninhabited island is privately owned and operated by the Elliðaey Hunting Association and is accessible via a rope on its lower east side and by a boat from the mainland. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isla_Elli%C3%B0aey,_Islas_Vestman,_Su%C3%B0urland,_Islandia,_2014-08-17,_DD_106.JPG

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Picture of the day for September 10, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 10, 2015: Mount Shaan-Kaya in clouds. Yalta Natural Reserve, Crimea. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85.jpg

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Picture of the day for September 9, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 9, 2015: Nave and organ of the church of Göttweig Abbey (Lower Austria), founded on 9th September 1083 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stiftskirche_G%C3%B6ttweig_Orgel_03.JPG

Monday, September 7, 2015

Picture of the day for September 8, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 8, 2015: Ceiling frescos in the pilgrimage church of Maria Langegg (Lower Austria) by Josef Adam Mölk (1773) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_Langegg_Klosterkirche_Deckenfresken_01.JPG

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Picture of the day for September 7, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 7, 2015: Bearings for transport in the tool shed of the Quarzwerke in Sythen, Haltern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haltern_am_See,_Sythen,_Werkzeughalle_der_Quarzwerke_--_2015_--_5012.jpg

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Picture of the day for September 6, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 6, 2015: Fly Agaric or Fly Amanita (Amanita muscaria). Location: Germany, Erbach, Ringingen. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fliegenpilz_fly_agaric_Amanita_muscaria.JPG

Friday, September 4, 2015

Picture of the day for September 5, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 5, 2015: View of the Ósvör maritime museum, located in the village of Bolungarvík, Vestfirðir, Iceland. The museum consists of a double 19th century fishing base, a salt hut, a fish drying area, a drying hut and a typical fishing boat of that time. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museo_mar%C3%ADtimo_%C3%93sv%C3%B6r,_Bolungarv%C3%ADk,_Vestfir%C3%B0ir,_Islandia,_2014-08-15,_DD_066.JPG

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Picture of the day for September 4, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 4, 2015: A Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) silhouetted against a fiery sunset, in the Oakavango Delta, in Botswana. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheetah_at_Sunset.jpg

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Picture of the day for September 3, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 3, 2015: Cliff flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea) in Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gib%C3%A3o_de_couro.jpg

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Picture of the day for September 2, 2015


Wikipedia picture of the day on September 2, 2015: Sunrise over the Pärnu river, Estonia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P%C3%A4ikeset%C3%B5us_P%C3%A4rnu_j%C3%B5el..jpg