Picture of the day for November 1, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 1, 2015: Front view of the Indiana Statehouse, the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Indiana. The building, built in 1888, houses the Indiana General Assembly, the office of the Governor of Indiana, the Supreme Court of Indiana, and other state officials. The building it is located in Indianapolis, the state capital. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capitol_del_Estado_de_Indiana,_Indian%C3%A1polis,_Estados_Unidos,_2012-10-22,_DD_04.jpg

Picture of the day for October 31, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 31, 2015: Schwerin Castle (Germany) shortly after a storm in the evening sun. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15-05-05-Schlo%C3%9F-Schwerin-RalfR-DSCF5191-2.jpg

Picture of the day for October 30, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 30, 2015: Mustoja Nature Park is the biggest protected area in Põlva County. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mustoja.jpg

Picture of the day for October 29, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 29, 2015: Lateral view of the Seljalandsfoss waterfall during a sunset, Suðurland, Iceland. The waterfall of the river Seljalandsá drops 60 metres (200 ft) over the cliffs of the former coastline. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seljalandsfoss,_Su%C3%B0urland,_Islandia,_2014-08-16,_DD_189-191_HDR.JPG

Picture of the day for October 28, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 28, 2015: The Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard suffers a catastrophic explosion after launch, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antares_Orb-3_launch_failure_(201410280009HQ).jpg

Picture of the day for October 27, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 27, 2015: A moonlit view of the former Roman city of Sagunto, Valencian Community, Spain. The photograph is taken from the hill upon which the castle of Sagunto stands. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vista_de_Sagunto,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2015-01-03,_DD_23-31_HDR_PAN.JPG

Picture of the day for October 26, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 26, 2015: Dusk at Hauaneeme bay in Lahemaa National Park. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hauaneeme_laht_2013.jpg

Picture of the day for October 25, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 25, 2015: Pipe organ of the Poznań Collegiate Church, Poland. The organ was made by the famous German organ builder Friedrich Ladegast between 1872 and 1876. The piece has 2579 pipes, most of which are made of high value tin alloy and valuable species of trees like: spruce, birch and Siberian fir. The splendid neo-Regency organ case is decorated with sculptures of angels playing musical instruments. The Collegiate church, formaly Poznań Parish church of Saint Stanisław The Bishop and The Martyr, was built in the years 1651-1701 (and completed around 1750), is located near the Old Market Square in Poznań, and is one of the most impressive Baroque sacral edifices in Poland. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_colegial_de_Poznan,_Poznan,_Polonia,_2014-09-18,_DD_22-24_HDR.jpg

Picture of the day for October 24, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 24, 2015: Former blast furnace #2 belonging the disappeared Altos Hornos del Mediterráneo S.A. (Mediterranean Blast Furnaces), located in Port of Sagunt, Valencian Community, Spain. The company Altos Hornos del Mediterráneo S.A (AHM), based on the Altos Hornos de Vizcaya S.A., was created in 1971 to serve the ferrous metallurgy in Sagunto. This blast furnace, the only one remaining of the 3 that were operating, is 64 m high and was first built in 1922 and remodelated in the 70's. It operated only 13 years long and after its restoration, today is open to public visits. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alto_Horno,_Puerto_de_Sagunto,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2015-01-04,_DD_91.JPG

Picture of the day for October 23, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 23, 2015: Basalt sea stack in a black lava beach under the mountain Reynisfjall near the village Vík í Mýrdal, southern Iceland. The three basalt see stacks in the background are the famous Reynisdrangar. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reynisfjara,_Su%C3%B0urland,_Islandia,_2014-08-17,_DD_164.JPG

Picture of the day for October 22, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 22, 2015: Panoramic view of the photovoltaic power station of Cariñena, Zaragoza, Spain. The panels are mounted on dual axis trackers in order to maximise the intensity of incoming direct radiation. This solution enables the arrays to track the sun in its daily orbit. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paneles_solares_en_Cari%C3%B1ena,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2015-01-08,_DD_09-12_PAN.JPG

Picture of the day for October 21, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 21, 2015: Dyrhólaey Arch, Suðurland, Iceland. The ocean has worn the black basalt here into a 120 meters (394 ft) high arch which also serves as a bird sanctuary. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dyrh%C3%B3laey,_Su%C3%B0urland,_Islandia,_2014-08-17,_DD_140.jpg

Picture of the day for October 20, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 20, 2015: Ceiling fresco of the Imperial Staircase of Göttweig Abbey (Lower Austria) by Paul Troger (1739): Apotheosis of Emperor Charles VI. († 20th October 1740) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stift_G%C3%B6ttweig_Kaiserstiege_Fresko_01.JPG

Picture of the day for October 19, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 19, 2015: View of the spire and cloister of the Salisbury Cathedral, located in the city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The temple, an Anglican cathedral, is one of the leading examples of Early English architecture and was consecrated in 1258. Its 123 m (404 feet) spire is the tallest in the United Kingdom. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_de_Salisbury,_Salisbury,_Inglaterra,_2014-08-12,_DD_49.JPG

Picture of the day for October 18, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 18, 2015: Lüübnitsa village in southeastern Estonia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%C3%BC%C3%BCbnitsa.JPG

Picture of the day for October 17, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 17, 2015: Blue hour shot of the Prince Philip Science Museum (on the right) and The Hemispheric (in the back), 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_59.JPG

Picture of the day for October 16, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 16, 2015: Holmbergs lighthouse after the sunset, region of Vestfirðir, Iceland. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faro_de_Holmbergs,_Su%C3%B0urnes,_Islandia,_2014-08-15,_DD_114.JPG

Picture of the day for October 15, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 15, 2015: Inahamne, biggest lake in the island of Osmussaar. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hommikune_Inahamne_j%C3%A4rv_(ver_2).JPG

Picture of the day for October 14, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 14, 2015: Panorama of Todi (Italy) Todi is a town and comune (municipality) of the province of Perugia (region of Umbria) in central Italy. It is perched on a tall two-crested hill overlooking the east bank of the river Tiber, commanding distant views in every direction.In the 1990s, Richard S. Levine, a professor of architecture at the University of Kentucky, chose Todi as the model sustainable city, because of its scale and its ability to reinvent itself over time. After that, the Italian press reported on Todi as the world's most livable city. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Todi_panorama.jpg

Picture of the day for October 13, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 13, 2015: Detail 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_26.JPG

Picture of the day for October 12, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 12, 2015: Panoramic view of the Nymphenburg Palace, a Baroque palace in Munich, Bavaria (southern Germany). The palace is the main summer residence of the former rulers of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach. The palace was designed by Agostino Barelli and constructed by order of Ferdinand Maria and Henriette Adelaide of Savoy in 1664. The palace was expanded and redesigned several times until the last modifications in 1826. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palacio_de_Nymphenburg,_M%C3%BAnich,_Alemania,_2015-07-03,_DD_01-18_HDR_PAN.JPG

Picture of the day for October 11, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 11, 2015: Night photo of a Bus shelter in Risskov, Denmark https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Busskur_i_Riisskov_natfoto_version_2.jpg

Picture of the day for October 10, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 10, 2015: Panoramic view of the course of the Trebišnjica river near Gornji Orahovac, Southeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gornji_Orahovac,_Bosnia_y_Herzegovina,_2014-04-14,_DD_10-13_PAN.jpg

Picture of the day for October 9, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 9, 2015: Light traces of a chain carousel, Viktorkirmes in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_Viktorkirmes_auf_dem_Overbergplatz_--_2014_--_3738.jpg

Picture of the day for October 8, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 8, 2015: Waterfall Gullfoss ("Golden Falls" in Icelandic) 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_119.JPG

Picture of the day for October 7, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 7, 2015: Sunset view of the Ermita de la Virgen de la Peña (Hermitage of the Virgen of the Rock) with the village of Aniés in the front, province of Huesca, Spain. The oldest parts of the sanctuary are romanic and date from the middle edge (13th century). The hermitage is only accesible on foot through a steep path in the forest or caved in the mountain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ermita_de_la_Virgen_de_la_Pe%C3%B1a,_LIC_Sierras_de_Santo_Domingo_y_Caballera,_Ani%C3%A9s,_Huesca,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2015-01-06,_DD_08-09_PAN.JPG

Picture of the day for October 6, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 6, 2015: A male Polyommatus bellargus butterfly in Foissac, Aveyron, France. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polyommatus_bellargus_male,_Aveyron,_France_-_Diliff.jpg

Picture of the day for October 5, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 5, 2015: Panoramic view of the old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casco_viejo_de_Dubrovnik,_Croacia,_2014-04-14,_DD_04.JPG

Picture of the day for October 4, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 4, 2015: Winter landscape of St Coloman church (de), located in Schwangau, Bavaria, southern Germany. St Coloman church is of baroque style and was constructed, the way it is today, in the 17th century in honor to Saint Coloman, replacing a chapel of the 15th century. The irish pilgrim is said to have taken a break at this spot in his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1012. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_San_Colmano,_Schwangau,_Alemania,_2015-02-15,_DD_15.JPG

Picture of the day for October 3, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 3, 2015: Sunset view from the back of the Seljalandsfoss waterfall, Suðurland, Iceland. The waterfall of the river Seljalandsá drops 60 metres (200 ft) over the cliffs of the former coastline. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seljalandsfoss,_Su%C3%B0urland,_Islandia,_2014-08-16,_DD_201-203_HDR.JPG

Picture of the day for October 2, 2015

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 2, 2015: Ceiling frescos in Herzogenburg Monastery Church (Lower Austria). The church was consecrated on October 2nd, 1785. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stiftskirche_Herzogenburg_Deckenfresken_01.JPG