Saturday, March 31, 2018

Picture of the day for April 1, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on April 1, 2018: View of the arches in the interior of the Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, which is a traditional mosque located in Shiraz district of Gowad-e-Arabān, Iran. The mosque was built from 1876 to 1888, by the order of Mirzā Hasan Ali (Nasir ol Molk), a Qajar ruler. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mezquita_de_Nasirolmolk,_Shiraz,_Ir%C3%A1n,_2016-09-24,_DD_60-62_HDR.jpg

Friday, March 30, 2018

Picture of the day for March 31, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 31, 2018: Panoramic view from Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge with the Kremlin to the right. Moscow, Russia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_to_Moscow_river_from_Bolshoy_Moskvoretsky_Bridge.jpg

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Picture of the day for March 30, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 30, 2018: Winged altar at the parish- and pilgrimage church Maria Laach am Jauerling, Lower Austria. View with closed inner wings, showing the passion and resurrection of Christ. Anonymous master, 1480. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_Laach_Kirche_Fl%C3%BCgelaltar_Sonntagsseite_02.jpg

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Picture of the day for March 29, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 29, 2018: Et selskab af danske kunstnere i Rom painted by Constantin Hansen in 1837. A group of Danish artists in Rome. Lying on the floor is the architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll. From left to right: Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, Wilhelm Marstrand, Albert Küchler, Ditlev Blunck and Jørgen V. Sonne. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constantin_Hansen,_Et_selskab_af_danske_kunstnere_i_Rom,_1837,_KMS3236,_SMK.jpg

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Picture of the day for March 28, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 28, 2018: The main office complex of the ADAC (General German Automobile Club) in Munich was designed by Sauerbruch Hutton and opened in 2012. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ADAC-Zentrale,_Munich,_March_2017-04.jpg

Monday, March 26, 2018

Picture of the day for March 27, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 27, 2018: Illustration of the relative sizes of the one-man Mercury spacecraft, the two-man Gemini spacecraft, and the three-man Apollo spacecraft. Also shows line drawing of launch vehicles (Saturn V, Titan II and Atlas-D) to show their relative size to each other and the position of the spacecraft at launch (highlighted at top). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_spacecraft_comparison.jpg

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Picture of the day for March 26, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 26, 2018: The western span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge at night. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Bay_Bridge_Western_Span_at_night.jpg

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Picture of the day for March 25, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 25, 2018: A potrait of a jaguar (Panthera onca) at the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jaguar_head_shot-edit2.jpg

Friday, March 23, 2018

Picture of the day for March 24, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2018: Panoramic view of the city of Tbilisi, capital of Georgia from the Narikala fortress. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vista_de_Tiflis,_Georgia,_2016-09-29,_DD_52-55_PAN.jpg

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Picture of the day for March 23, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 23, 2018: A Meteor-type hydrofoil on a floating dockyard at the Volga in Kazan, Russia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kazan_River_port_area_08-2016_img3.jpg

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Picture of the day for March 22, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 22, 2018: World Water Day is an annual event celebrated on March 22. The day focuses attention on the importance of fresh water and advocates for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In 1993, the first World Water Day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly and since, each year focuses on a different issue. This image shows light reflections on the water surface of Lake Stappitz, High Tauern National Park, Carinthia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mallnitz_Stappitzer_See_Wasseroberfl%C3%A4che_02.jpg

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Picture of the day for March 21, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 21, 2018: Male common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. Tomorrow is World Water Day https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_warthog_(Phacochoerus_africanus_sundevallii)_male.jpg

Monday, March 19, 2018

Picture of the day for March 20, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 20, 2018: An automobile with 2 men and 2 children in Paris, France, 1910. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Brouhot_car_in_Paris,_1910.jpg

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Picture of the day for March 16, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 16, 2018: Eastern wing of the General Staff Building in Saint Petersburg, Russia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Staff_Building_Eastern_Wing.jpg

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Picture of the day for March 15, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 15, 2018: Entrance hall of Kammergericht (higher regional court) in Berlin-Schöneberg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kammergericht,_Berlin-Sch%C3%B6neberg,_Treppenhalle_(1),_160809,_ako.jpg

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Picture of the day for March 14, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 14, 2018: Fractal forms on the coverside of a microwaved DVD https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Microwaved_disks-cover_fractal_trees-scann_PNr%C2%B00050.jpg

Monday, March 12, 2018

Picture of the day for March 13, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 13, 2018: RhB Ge 4/4 III with a Regio Express train from St. Moritz to Chur on the Landwasser Viaduct. The locomotive carries advertisement for the UNESCO world heritage Albula and Bernina lines. The stylized viaduct pictured on the locomotive is the very same that it is currently passing over. Also note the two first coaches of a train have panoramic windows. This type of panoramic coach is normally used on the Bernina line, but because there's less traffic on that line during winter the coaches are used on other parts of the network. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RhB_Ge_4-4_III_UNESCO_Weltkulturerbe_auf_Landwasserviadukt.jpg

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Picture of the day for March 12, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 12, 2018: Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) surfs the wake of a research boat on the Banana River - near the Kennedy Space Center. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tursiops_truncatus_01.jpg

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Picture of the day for March 11, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 11, 2018: Ruined armenian church inside Lori Berd (Lori Fortress), a 11th-century fortress located in the Lori Province, Armenia. The fortress was built by David Anhoghin to become the capital of Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget in 1065. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lori_Berd,_Armenia,_2016-09-30,_DD_63-65_HDR.jpg

Friday, March 9, 2018

Picture of the day for March 10, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 10, 2018: Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) from Uganda. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marabou_stork_(Leptoptilos_crumenifer)_head.jpg

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Picture of the day for March 9, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 9, 2018: A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III T-1 flies over Owens Valley to Edwards Air Force Base, California, after 208 days of life-extension modifications in San Antonio, Texas. The T-1 is the first Air Force C-17 built to perform developmental testing. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C-17_test_sortie.jpg

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Picture of the day for March 8, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 8, 2018: International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. It commemorates the movement for women's rights. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Veiled_in_Red.jpg

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Picture of the day for March 7, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 7, 2018: View of three peaks of the Chuya Alps in the Altai Mountains. Altai Republic, Russia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0,%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0,%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0.jpg

Monday, March 5, 2018

Picture of the day for March 6, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 6, 2018: Steel monument of a biking couple on a Harley-Davidson Fat Bob at a roundabout on Rosental Strasse in Faak am See, market town Finkenstein on the Lake Faak, district Villach Land, Carinthia, Austria, EU https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finkenstein_Faak_am_See_Kreisverkehr_Rosental_Strasse_Bikermonument_20022016_0601.jpg

Sunday, March 4, 2018

Picture of the day for March 5, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 5, 2018: Fountain in the Old City of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuente_en_Baku,_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n,_2016-09-26,_DD_227-229_HDR.jpg

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Picture of the day for March 4, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 4, 2018: Melanitis leda, Common Evening Brown, is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. This is wet season form. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melanitis_leda-Kadavoor-2017-04-26-001.jpg

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Friday, March 2, 2018

Picture of the day for March 3, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 3, 2018: Entrance to building on Sonnenstraße 15, Munich. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_on_Sonnenstrasse,_Munich,_February_2017.jpg

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Picture of the day for March 2, 2018


Wikipedia picture of the day on March 2, 2018: Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, Germany, escalator to former coal washing plant. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolltreppe_Zeche_Zollverein.JPG