Picture of the day for September 1, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 1, 2016: Long exposure of the subway station Hasenbergl, opened in 1996 and serving line 2 of Munich's U-Bahn. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Munich_subway_station_Hasenbergl_2.JPG

Picture of the day for August 31, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 31, 2016: Front elevation of the church of St. Clement of Ohrid, Skopje, capital of the Republic of Macedonia. The Orthodox Cathedral church was designed by Slavko Brezovski and was consecrated in 1990, after 18 years' construction. This rotunda church, composed only of domes and arches on a 36 metres (118 ft) square plan, is one of the most interesting architectural examples in recent Macedonian history and is today the largest cathedral of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_San_Clemente,_Skopie,_Macedonia,_2014-04-17,_DD_03.JPG

Picture of the day for August 30, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 30, 2016: Mountains surrounding the Uyuni salt flat during sunrise, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, southwesten Bolivia, not far from the crest of the Andes. This salt flat is, with a surface of 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi), the world's largest, and during the rain season (December-February) offers spectacular reflections. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salar_de_Uyuni,_Bolivia,_2016-02-04,_DD_10-12_HDR.JPG

Picture of the day for August 29, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 29, 2016: Siproeta stelenes is a brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found throughout Central and northern South America. Adults feed on flower nectar, rotting fruit, dead animals, and bat dung. This species is sometimes known as the malachite, named after a mineral which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings. Photograph taken in the butterfly house on Mainau island, Lake Constance, Germany. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malachitfalter,_Bambuspage,_Siproeta_stelenes_3.JPG

Picture of the day for August 28, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 28, 2016: Immature bracket fungi Dryad's saddle Polyporus squamosus and beetles Diaperis boleti. Ukraine. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polyporus_squamosus_2013_G1.jpg

Picture of the day for August 27, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 27, 2016: A traditional Munich beer garden at night. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biergarten_at_Night_2.JPG

Picture of the day for August 26, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 26, 2016: Sunrise in the nature reserve “Westruper Heide” at the flowering of the heath, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haltern_am_See,_Westruper_Heide_--_2015_--_8306-10.jpg

Picture of the day for August 25, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 25, 2016: "September Morn" by Paul Chabas (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Chabas_September_Morn_The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art.jpg

Picture of the day for August 24, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 24, 2016: Portrait of a young lion (Panthera leo), taken at Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loewe_frontal.JPG

Picture of the day for August 23, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 23, 2016: Living statue in Annecy, France. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homme_statue_-_214.jpg

Picture of the day for August 22, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 22, 2016: Water mite (1.1 mm) under light microscope. The water mite is from a shallow freshwater pond in Omsk. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%89.jpg

Picture of the day for August 21, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 21, 2016: Gonates Cave at the bay of Plakias, Crete. The Gonates caves and tunnels were dug by the German army during the occupation of Crete in World War II. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plakias_Gonates_Cave_01.JPG

Picture of the day for August 20, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 20, 2016: The Siegestor in Munich, Germany, is a triumphal arch at the northern end of Ludwigstraße, one of Munich's grand royal avenues. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siegestor_Munich_at_Dusk.JPG

Picture of the day for August 19, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 19, 2016: Fonte Gaia detail (built 1342). Wolves spouting water represent the mother-wolf of Remus and Romulus. Siena, Italy. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fonte_Gaia_-_she_wolf_detail.jpg

Picture of the day for August 18, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 18, 2016: Fences in the morning in the hamlet Börnste in Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_Kirchspiel,_Wiese_in_der_Bauerschaft_B%C3%B6rnste_--_2016_--_1523-9.jpg

Picture of the day for August 17, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 17, 2016: The catholic Sacred Heart church in Munich, erected between 1997 and 2000, a rare example of contemporary church architecture in Germany. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herz-Jesu-Kirche_Munich_September_2014_02.JPG

Picture of the day for August 16, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 16, 2016: Larva of greenhouse whitefly. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B8.jpg

Picture of the day for August 15, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 15, 2016: River Skjálfandafljót at Route 1 in northern Iceland. In the background is the spectacular waterfall Goðafoss. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skj%C3%A1lfandaflj%C3%B3t_at_Route_1.jpg

Picture of the day for August 14, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 14, 2016: The Mir mine (a former open pit diamond mine) in Sakha (Yakutia), Eastern Siberia, Russia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mirny_in_Yakutia.jpg

Picture of the day for August 13, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 13, 2016: Mooste manor steam mill with boilerhouse, Estonia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mooste_m%C3%B5isa_auruveski_2013.jpg

Picture of the day for August 12, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 12, 2016: Munich subway station Westfriedhof, opened in 1998. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Munich_subway_station_Westfriedhof.jpg

Picture of the day for August 11, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 11, 2016: Beach chairs at the beach of Sellin (Rügen). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strandk%C3%B6rbe_in_Sellin.jpg

Picture of the day for August 10, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 10, 2016: Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eublepharis_macularius_2009_G6.jpg

Picture of the day for August 9, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 9, 2016: Hazelnuts https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hazelnuts.jpg

Picture of the day for August 8, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 8, 2016: Round straw bales near Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_Dernekamp,_Strohballen_--_2015_--_7838.jpg

Picture of the day for August 7, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 7, 2016: Yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima) on capybara (Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris), the Pantanal, Brazil to celebrate Friendship Day https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow-headed_caracara_(Milvago_chimachima)_on_capybara_(Hydrochoeris_hydrochaeris).JPG

Picture of the day for August 6, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 6, 2016: Upernavik cemetery from the southern end of the island in northwest Greenland on August 6, 2007. The construction work in the background was to expand the cemetery, which was running out of space. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upernavik_cemetery_2007-08-06_original_stitch.jpg

Picture of the day for August 5, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 5, 2016: Chaco chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis pantanalensis), a bird from Brazil, known for making lots of noise when in a group. To celebrate the opening of the Olympic Games in Rio https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chaco_chachalaca_(Ortalis_canicollis_pantanalensis)_head.JPG

Picture of the day for August 4, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 4, 2016: "All Marxist paths lead to Moscow! Therefore CDU" - This campaign poster, created for the West German federal elections of 1953, certainly ranks among Germany's most iconic political posters of the postwar period. It highlights Konrad Adenauer's stern anticommunist course, here directly aimed at the Social Democrats, then the leading party of the parliamentary opposition. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CDU_Wahlkampfplakat_-_kaspl010.JPG

Picture of the day for August 3, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 3, 2016: Mir Castle Complex. Mir, Grodno Region, the Republic of Belarus. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%B0.JPG

Picture of the day for August 2, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 2, 2016: Göversheide in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_G%C3%B6versheide_--_2015_--_7718-22.jpg