Picture of the day for December 1, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on December 1, 2016: Rheinturm in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BCsseldorf,_Rheinturm_--_2015_--_8127.jpg

Picture of the day for November 30, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 30, 2016: Colourful shop oasis at the Laguna Hedionda, Nor Lípez Province southwestern Bolivia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laguna_Hedionda,_Bolivia,_2016-02-03,_DD_50.JPG

Picture of the day for November 29, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 29, 2016: Am Hart is an U-Bahn station in Munich on the U2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Munich_subway_station_Am_Hart.JPG

Picture of the day for November 28, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 28, 2016: Ceriagrion cerinorubellum pair with male transferring sperm from the primary to the secondary sex organs. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceriagrion_cerinorubellum-Kadavoor-2016-04-11-002.jpg

Picture of the day for November 27, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 27, 2016: View of the Carribbean Sea and the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius from UNESCO World Heritage site Brimstone Hill Fortress on St. Kitts. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_-_Brimstone_Hill_Fortress_03.JPG

Picture of the day for November 26, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 26, 2016: View of a row of corners of the walls of Saksaywaman, a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, historic capital of the Inca Empire, today Peru. The first sections of the citadel were first built by the Killke culture about 1100 and expanded by the Inca from the 13th century. The dry stone walls are composed of huge stones, which boulders are carefully cut by workers to fit them together extremely tightly without mortar. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacsayhuam%C3%A1n,_Cusco,_Per%C3%BA,_2015-07-31,_DD_05.JPG

Picture of the day for November 25, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 25, 2016: Topiary (practice of clipping the foliage and twigs of trees and shrub to develop and maintain defined shapes) gardener (or artist?) working a cypress in the cemetery of Tulcán, located in the city of Tulcán, capital of the Carchi Province, north of Ecuador. The cemetery, of a surface of 8 hectares (20 acres), was founded in 1932 to replace the former on that was damaged in the 1923 earthquake. José María Azael Franco Guerrero was back in 1936 in charge of the city parks and started topiary works in the Tulcán cemetery. In the meanwhile the cemetery park has become internationally popular in the art of topiary and was renamed in 2007 to cemetery Azael Franco to honour his work. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cementerio,_Tulc%C3%A1n,_Ecuador,_2015-07-21,_DD_60.JPG

Picture of the day for November 24, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 24, 2016: Hverarönd is a geothermal area with fumaroles, mudpots, and hot springs in northern Iceland. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hverar%C3%B6nd_July_2014.JPG

Picture of the day for November 23, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 23, 2016: Wasserschloss at night, Speicherstadt, Hamburg, Germany https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamburg,_Speicherstadt,_Wasserschloss_--_2016_--_3265-71.jpg

Picture of the day for November 22, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 22, 2016: Skull of Crocodylidae (crocodile) prepared using the Bone maceration technique and on display at the Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skul_of_crocodile_(Crocodylidae).jpg

Picture of the day for November 21, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 21, 2016: Peder Severin Krøyer's From Copenhagen Stock Exchange from 1895. Measuring 254 × 409 centimeters, it is the largest painting he made. The painting is in Børsen in Copenhagen. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fra_K%C3%B8benhavns_B%C3%B8rs.jpg

Picture of the day for November 20, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 20, 2016: Bottom view of the crossing of the Roman Catholic cathedral of Seville, Seville, Spain. The temple is a World Heritage Site according to UNESCO since 1987, is the largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world. When it was completed, at the beginning of the 16th century, it became the successor of Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world, a title the Byzantine church had held for nearly a thousand years. The cathedral is also the burial site of Christopher Columbus. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crucero,_Catedral_de_Sevilla,_Sevilla,_Espa%C3%B1a,_2015-12-06,_DD_94-96_HDR.JPG

Picture of the day for November 19, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 19, 2016: View from Kosygina Street at Sparrow Hills in Moscow, Russia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KosyginaStreet_Moscow_view_to_Khamovniki_06-2015_img1.jpg

Picture of the day for November 18, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 18, 2016: North Sea coastline at Nørre Vorupør, Denmark photographed on November 18, 2012 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N%C3%B8rre_Vorup%C3%B8r_Coast_one_third_sky_2012-11-18.jpg

Picture of the day for November 17, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 17, 2016: Round view of the interior of the Royal Gniezno Cathedral, located in the historical city of Gniezno, old capital of Poland (before Kraków and Warsaw) located in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The cathedral served as the coronation place for several Polish monarchs and as the seat of Polish church officials continuously for nearly 1000 years. Throughout its long and tragic history, the building stayed mostly intact making it one of the oldest and most precious sacral monuments in Poland. The religious temple dates back to the end of the ninth century, when an oratory was built in the shape of a rectangular nave. At the end of the tenth century Duke Mieszko I of Poland built a new temple on a cruciform plan and remodeled the existing nave oratory. Prince Bolesław I the Brave, later the first king of Poland, rebuilt the temple according to the plan of a rectangle, elevating it later to the rank of a Cathedral. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_de_Gniezno,_Gniezno,_Polonia,_2014-09-17,_DD_19-21_HDR.jpg

Picture of the day for November 16, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 16, 2016: Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) in Pärnu River, Estonia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gymnocephalus_cernuus_P%C3%A4rnu_River_Estonia_2010-01-06.jpg

Picture of the day for November 15, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 15, 2016: The Salvador Dalí Desert is located in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve, Potosí Department, southwestern Bolivia. The place is called like this because similar landscapes have been painted by Salvador Dalí, although he was never there or knew about it. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desierto_de_Dal%C3%AD,_Bolivia,_2016-02-02,_DD_107.JPG

Picture of the day for November 14, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 14, 2016: Panoramic view of Laguna Hedionda, Nor Lípez Province southwestern Bolivia. The lagoon lies at an altitude of 4,121 metres (13,520 ft) and occupies an area of 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laguna_Hedionda,_Bolivia,_2016-02-03,_DD_51-54_PAN.JPG

Picture of the day for November 13, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 13, 2016: Clermont-Ferrand tramway of type Translohr STE4 in France. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Translohr_STE4_-_143.jpg

Picture of the day for November 12, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 12, 2016: Boardwalk in Meenikunno bog (Estonia). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laudtee_Meenikunnos.jpg

Picture of the day for November 11, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 11, 2016: Ceiling fresco of the Abbey's Staircase at Seitenstetten Abbey (Lower Austria) by Bartolomeo Altomonte († 11th November 1783): Triumph of St. Benedict (1744) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stift_Seitenstetten_Abteistiege_Deckenfresko_01.JPG

Picture of the day for November 10, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 10, 2016: The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red deer have been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, and Argentina. In many parts of the world, the meat (venison) from red deer is used as a food source. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Deer_Poing.JPG

Picture of the day for November 9, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 9, 2016: Berlin Cathedral at night as seen from the west. On the right in the background the Fernsehturm (tv tower) can be seen. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berliner_Dom,_Nacht,_160316,_ako.jpg

Picture of the day for November 8, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 8, 2016: The Capitol in Washington, D.C., marking election day. During this presidential election year, the President of the United States and Vice President will be elected. In addition, elections will be held for all 435 voting-member seats in the United States House of Representatives (as well as all 6 non-voting delegate seats) and 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate. Twelve state governorships, two territorial governorships, and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capitol_at_Dusk_2.jpg

Picture of the day for November 7, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 7, 2016: Wooden crosses in the cemetery of the former salt mining Rica Aventura, María Elena, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, northern Chile. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cementerio_de_la_salitrera_Rica_Aventura,_Mar%C3%ADa_Elena,_Chile,_2016-02-11,_DD_128.JPG

Picture of the day for November 6, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 6, 2016: Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meerkat_(Suricata_suricatta)_Tswalu.jpg

Picture of the day for November 5, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 5, 2016: FCAB railway crossing the Carcote salt flat, northern Chile. 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) and has a total length of 1,537 km (955 mi). The locomotives have engines EMD GR12 2402, Clyde GL26C-2 2010 and Clyde GL26C-2 2005 whereas the Carcote salt flat has a surface of 108 square kilometers (42 sq mi). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferrocarril_en_el_salar_de_Carcote,_Chile,_2016-02-09,_DD_70.JPG

Picture of the day for November 4, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 4, 2016: Old diesel locomotive TEM2M-063 in Vinnitsa railway station, Ukraine. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locomotive_TEM2M-063_2013_G1.jpg

Picture of the day for November 3, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 3, 2016: Main chapel of the Cistercian Monastery of Santa María de Huerta. The monastery is located in the village of Santa María de Huerta, province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The first stone of the building was laid in the 12th century by king Alfonso VII of Castile 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_21-23_HDR.JPG

Picture of the day for November 2, 2016

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 2, 2016: Crypt of Altenburg Abbey, Lower Austria https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stift_Altenburg_Krypta_02.JPG