Picture of the day for October 31, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 31, 2016: Close-up of an exemplar of a captive golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in Arcos de la Frontera, province of Cádiz, Spain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%81guila_real_(Aquila_chrysaetos),_Arcos_de_la_Frontera,_C%C3%A1diz,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2015-12-08,_DD_06.JPG

Picture of the day for October 30, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 30, 2016: Fresco in the dome of Altenburg Abbey Church (Lower Austria) by Paul Troger (1733): The apocalyptic vision of St. John https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stift_Altenburg_Kirche_Kuppelfresko_01.JPG

Picture of the day for October 29, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 29, 2016: Infinity edge pool in a luxury resort, Mauritius. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Infinity_Edge_Pool,_Mauritius.JPG

Picture of the day for October 28, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 28, 2016: Winter on Ahja river, Estonia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Talv_V%C3%A4ike-Taevaskojas.jpg

Picture of the day for October 27, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 27, 2016: FCAB railway crossing the 35 kilometers (22 mi) long route over the west side of the Ascotán salt flat, southwestern Bolivia. The train covers the route Antofagasta - Calama - Ollagüe - Uyuni - La Paz, from 0 metres over the sea level in the coastal city of Antofagasta to over 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) in the area where the picture was taken (exactly in Collahuasi) and has a total length of 1,537 km (955 mi). The locomotives have engines EMD GT22CU-3 2406, Clyde GL26C-2 2009 and Clyde GL26C-2 2004 whereas the Ascotán salt flat has a surface of 246 square kilometers (95 sq mi). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferrocarril_en_el_salar_de_Ascot%C3%A1n,_Chile,_2016-02-09,_DD_46.JPG

Picture of the day for October 26, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 26, 2016: Icelandic landscape near Neskaupstaður. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Icelandic_Landscape_near_Neskaupsta%C3%B0ur_July_2014.JPG

Picture of the day for October 25, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 25, 2016: Technique of dehydration applied to a miniature foal, on display at the Brazilian Museum of Veterinary Anatomy. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Technique_of_dehydration_applied_in_a_foal.jpg

Picture of the day for October 24, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 24, 2016: Potsdamer Platz, Berlin-Mitte with the following buildings (from left to right): Office building by Renzo Piano, Kollhoff-Tower (by Hans Kollhoff), Bahntower by Helmut Jahn, Beisheim Center (various architects). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potsdamer_Platz,_Berlin,_151024,_ako.jpg

Picture of the day for October 23, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 23, 2016: The alpine refuge Alpe di Tires is located at the foot of the Rosszähne mountain in the Dolomites. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:140626_Tierser_Alpl_Rossz%C3%A4hne.jpg

Picture of the day for October 22, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 22, 2016: Andean flamingos (Phoenicoparrus andinus) in the Laguna Hedionda, Nor Lípez Province southwestern Bolivia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flamencos_andinos_(Phoenicoparrus_andinus),_Laguna_Hedionda,_Bolivia,_2016-02-03,_DD_61.JPG

Picture of the day for October 21, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 21, 2016: View of the event venue Tempodrom during the blue hour, Kreuzberg neighborhood, Berlin, Germany. It was inaugurated in 1980 next to the Berlin Wall on the west side of Potsdamer Platz and was housed in a large circus tent. After several changes of location it got a permanent building in 2002 and has today three performance spaces with a capacity of 3,800 people in the main one. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tempodrom,_Berl%C3%ADn,_Alemania,_2016-04-22,_DD_01-03_HDR.JPG

Picture of the day for October 20, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 20, 2016: View of the Dragon Dune in the foreground and the city of Iquique in the background, Tarapacá Region, northern Chile. The dune is about 20 000 years old and was originated by coastal winds when the sea level was 100 metres (110 yd) further inside. The dune looks menacing, especially from the bottom, but is stable. It became a Natural Sanctuary in 2005 but before that it was partially removed in the West wing to allow the growth of the city of Iquique. The dune is 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) long, between 150–550 metres (160–600 yd) wide and 320 metres (350 yd) high. Iquique has aprox. 185 000 inhabitants and is a prosperous and fast-growing city thanks to the free trade activities. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vista_de_Iquique,_Chile,_2016-02-11,_DD_20.JPG

Picture of the day for October 19, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 19, 2016: Selfoss is a waterfall on the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum in the north of Iceland. The river drops over a number of waterfalls over about 30 km before flowing into Öxarfjörður, a bay of the Arctic Sea. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Selfoss_July_2014.JPG

Picture of the day for October 18, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 18, 2016: The church of Santa María de África is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Ceuta, a Spanish exclave on the north coast of Africa. The temple is dedicated to Santa María de África, the patron saint of the city. In 1421 Henry the Navigator sent to Ceuta an image of Our Lady of Africa that guided to the first temple built to honour her in the current location, but no remains have been found from the medieval age. The church is of Baroque style and the first evidence of its existence dates from 1676. The church undergoed a renovation during the first half of the 18th century resulting in its current appearance. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_%C3%81frica,_Ceuta,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2015-12-10,_DD_75-77_HDR.JPG

Picture of the day for October 17, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 17, 2016: Forest in Meenikunno Nature Park in Estonia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaade_Meenikunno_rabale_Liipsaare_vaatetornist.jpg

Picture of the day for October 16, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 16, 2016: The Eisbach (German for "ice brook") is a small man-made river, 2 kilometres long, in Munich, Germany. It flows through the Englischer Garten and is a side arm of the Isar River. Just past a bridge near the Haus der Kunst art museum, the river forms a standing wave about 1 metre high which is a popular spot for river surfing. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eisbach_Surfer3.JPG

Picture of the day for October 15, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 15, 2016: Iceberg at Franz-Josef Land Reserve, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3_%D0%B2_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%97%D0%A4%D0%98.jpg

Picture of the day for October 14, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 14, 2016: Close-up of a geyser in El Tatio, north of Chile, within the Andes Mountains near the Bolivian border. El Tatio is, at 4,320 meters above sea level, one of the highest-elevation geyser fields in the world. The field has over 80 active geysers, making it the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest in the world (after Yellowstone in the USA and Kronotsky Nature Reserve in Russia). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G%C3%A9iseres_del_Tatio,_Atacama,_Chile,_2016-02-01,_DD_36-38_HDR.JPG

Picture of the day for October 12, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 12, 2016: Large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on lavender blossom. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bumblebee_on_Lavender_Blossom.JPG

Picture of the day for October 11, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 11, 2016: Dawn. A pond on the Tomashpilka river in the village of Komargorod. The first beams of the sun and fog over water. Tomashpil Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast. Ukraine. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Komargorod_pond_2013_G3.jpg

Picture of the day for October 10, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 10, 2016: A female Cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus percussus). One of many birds endemic to Cuba. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuban_green_woodpecker_(Xiphidiopicus_percussus_percussus)_female.JPG

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Picture of the day for October 9, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 9, 2016: Organ and west rose window of Laon Cathedral Notre-Dame, Picardy, France https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laon_Cathedral_Organ_01.JPG

Picture of the day for October 8, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 8, 2016: View of the Laguna Verde (Spanish for "Green Lake"), a 1.7 square kilometres (0.66 sq mi) salt lake and endorheic basin in the southwestern Altiplano, Bolivia. The lake is located at the foot of the volcano Licancabur, in the Sur Lípez Province of the Potosí Department very close to the Chilean border. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laguna_Verde,_Bolivia,_2016-02-02,_DD_79-82_PAN.JPG

Picture of the day for October 7, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 7, 2016: Light traces of a ferris wheel, Viktorkirmes in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_Viktorkirmes_auf_dem_Overbergplatz_--_2014_--_3738_(2).jpg

Picture of the day for October 6, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 6, 2016: Caenorhabditis elegans worms, who have green fluorescent protein inserted into their neurons to visualize neural development in a living worm. Tallinn University of Technology. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Varbuss.jpg

Picture of the day for October 5, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 5, 2016: Sunset at the Oedlerteich (Heubachniederung) near Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_Kirchspiel,_Oedlerteich_--_2016_--_1949.jpg

Picture of the day for October 4, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 4, 2016: Refectory (dining room) for those conversed of the Cistercian Monastery of Santa María de Huerta. The monastery is located in the village of Santa María de Huerta, province of Soria, Castille and León, Spain. The first stone of the building was laid by the king Alfonso VII of Castile in 1179 and the building was expanded in the 16th century thanks to the help of the kings Charles I and Philip II. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monasterio_de_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Huerta,_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Huerta_Soria,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2015-12-28,_DD_43-45_HDR.JPG

Picture of the day for October 3, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 3, 2016: Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italia. Francis of Assisi died at 3 October 1226. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assisi_San_Francesco_BW_4.JPG

Picture of the day for October 2, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 2, 2016: The Flora Fountain in Mumbai, India. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mumbai_03-2016_72_Flora_Fountain.jpg