Picture of the day for February 1, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on February 1, 2018: Facade of ARD-Hauptstadtstudio in Berlin-Mitte. ARD-Hauptstadtstudio is a television studio in Berlin operated jointly by the members of the federal broadcasting network ARD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ARD-Hauptstadtstudio,_Berlin-Mitte,_Fassade,_170117,_ako.jpg

Picture of the day for January 31, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 31, 2018: Loxura atymnus, Yamfly, is a species of Lycaenidae found in Asia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loxura_atymnus-Kadavoor-2017-04-23-001.jpg

Picture of the day for January 30, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 30, 2018: 2 US Navy E-2C Hawkeye flying by Mount Fuji, Japan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E-2C_Hawkeye_and_Mount_Fuji.jpg

Picture of the day for January 29, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 29, 2018: A local train to Tirano, hauled by a RhB ABe 8/12 "Allegra" EMU, pushes a plow (Xk 9144) to clear the snow that has accumulated between the rails, just after Ospizio Bernina, Switzerland. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RhB_ABe_8-12_Allegra_mit_Spurpflug_bei_Ospizio_Bernina.jpg

Picture of the day for January 28, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 28, 2018: Hand made model Subaru Impreza WRC 2001. Scale 1:24 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2014_Subaru_Impreza_WRC_2001_a.jpg

Picture of the day for January 27, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 27, 2018: Eiffel Tower and Pont Alexandre III at night in Paris, France. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eiffel_Tower_and_Pont_Alexandre_III_at_night.jpg

Picture of the day for January 26, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 26, 2018: Amber Fort in Jaipur, India https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jaipur_03-2016_02_Amber_Fort.jpg

Picture of the day for January 25, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 25, 2018: A hungry savanna hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) from the Pantanal in Brazil. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Savanna_hawk_(Buteogallus_meridionalis).JPG

Picture of the day for January 24, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 24, 2018: Arabesque Room in the Catherine Palace in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5-%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE,-%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86.jpg

Picture of the day for January 23, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 23, 2018: Portrait of three lions (one female and two males) of a pride, all resting at morning time. Taken in Masai Mara, southwest Kenya. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lions_Family_Portrait_Masai_Mara.jpg

Picture of the day for January 22, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 22, 2018: VKG Ojamaa mine for oil shale extraction, using an Atlas Copco underground loader. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VKG_Ojamaa_kaevandus.jpg

Picture of the day for January 21, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 21, 2018: Engineers successfully tested the parachutes for NASA's Orion spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona Wednesday, March 8, 2017. This was the second test in a series of eight that will certify Orion's parachutes for human spaceflight. The test, which dropped an Orion engineering model from a C-17 aircraft at 25,000 feet, simulated the descent astronauts might experience if they have to abort a mission after liftoff. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA%27s_Orion_Spacecraft_Parachutes_Tested_at_U.S._Army_Yuma_Proving_Ground.jpg

Picture of the day for January 20, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 20, 2018: True color image of Mars taken by the OSIRIS instrument on the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft during its February 2007 flyby of the planet. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OSIRIS_Mars_true_color.jpg

Picture of the day for January 19, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 19, 2018: Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), east part of Utö, Haninge Municipality, Stockholm archipelago, Sweden. In the background the Baltic Sea, with some sea smoke. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scots_Pin_Ut%C3%B6,_January_2013.jpg

Picture of the day for January 18, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 18, 2018: Young European bison (Bison bonasus) in the Wisentgehege Springe game park near Springe, Hanover, Germany. The European bison or wisent is the heaviest of the surviving land animals in Europe, with males growing to around 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). European bison were hunted to extinction in the wild, but have since been reintroduced from captivity into several countries. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_bonasus_bonasus.jpg

Picture of the day for January 17, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 17, 2018: The commuter ferry Emelie arriving in Henriksdalshamnen, Stockholm. In the background, Norra Hammarbyhamnen (Södermalm). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emelie_January_2017_01.jpg

Picture of the day for January 16, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 16, 2018: Fluorescence and birefringence of 445 nm blue laser in calcite crystal https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fluorescence_in_calcite.jpg

Picture of the day for January 15, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 15, 2018: Panorama of Lake Baikal, seen from Olkhon Island. Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panorama_of_lake_Baikal.jpg

Picture of the day for January 14, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 14, 2018: Emirates airline Airbus A380-861 (reg. A6-EER, msn 139) departing 26L at Munich Airport, Germany. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emirates_Airbus_A380-861_A6-EER_MUC_2015_01.jpg

Picture of the day for January 13, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 13, 2018: Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Face portrait of an 8-meter individual filter-feeding plankton at night. His eye is clearly visible. His upper lip shows recent scars – whale sharks steal food from fishermen nets and the fishermen hit them in the mouth to try to discourage them. Thaa Atoll, Maldives https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whale_Shark_AdF.jpg

Picture of the day for January 12, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 12, 2018: City of Salzburg (Austria) with its old town and its fortress, view from Mönchsberg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salzburg_-_Panorama_(nachts)_-_CN.jpg

Picture of the day for January 11, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 11, 2018: Ceiling light fixture in Hofstatt Mall, Munich. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceiling_light_fixture_in_Hofstatt_Mall,_Munich,_February_2017.jpg

Picture of the day for January 10, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 10, 2018: An old Motosacoche motorcycle with skis mounted on its sides. 1914-1918. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Das_Motorrad_mit_den_Skiern_von_der_Seite_-_CH-BAR_-_3241064.tif

Picture of the day for January 9, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 9, 2018: Aurora in Estonia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virmalised_18.03.15_(4).jpg

Picture of the day for January 8, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 8, 2018: Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri) with a Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris) behind, East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thalassarche_bulleri_in_flight_1_-_SE_Tasmania.jpg

Picture of the day for January 7, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 7, 2018: Malakatyn River at Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, Sakha, Russia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malakatyn_B.Lyakhovsky_Island_2010-09-28_Boris.jpg

Picture of the day for January 5, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 5, 2018: The top station on Cime de Caron in France from south-east on January 5, 2015. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cime_de_Caron_France_top_station_from_SE_on_2015-01-05.png

Picture of the day for January 4, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 4, 2018: View of Selimiye Mosque (former St. Sophia Cathedral) from Shacolas Tower in Nicosia, Cyprus. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicosia_01-2017_img20_View_from_Shacolas_Tower.jpg

Picture of the day for January 3, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 3, 2018: A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with its tongue sticking out at Franz Josef Land https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_Bear_with_its_tongue_sticking_out.jpg

Picture of the day for January 2, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 2, 2018: First stage of a Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1). The stage landed successfully after launching 11 Orbcomm OG-2 telecommunication satellites to Low Earth orbit. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falcon_9_first_stage_at_LZ-1(two).jpg