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Picture of the day for March 1, 2020

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Hermitage of St Christ of Miranda, Santa María de las Hoyas, Province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The hermitage constructed in the 18th century but its portal dates from the 12th century is the only remain of the old settlement of Miranda.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 29, 2020

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Snow crocuses (Crocus tommasinianus) at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 28, 2020

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Portrait of Paul Trappen, the world's strongest man (c. 1915).. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 27, 2020

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Altar of Our Lady at the Catholic parish church Hallstatt, Upper Austria. View for weekdays with closed wings. Lienhart Astl (signed), 1510–1520.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 26, 2020

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Wilkin River close to its confluence with Makarora River, Otago, New Zealand. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 25, 2020

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Aasee венчень стямо тарканть ды ресторанонть марто чилисемасто Мюнстер, Пелевеёнкс Рейн-Вестфалия, Германия.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 24, 2020

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Sunset in Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, United States.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 23, 2020

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Plectranthus scutellarioides, commonly known as coleus, in the New York Botanical Garden Haupt Conservatory.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 22, 2020

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Ceiling of the Church of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 21, 2020

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Organ and rose window in the former abbey church in Ebrach, Bavaria, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 20, 2020

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Notgeld banknote, issued by the city of Cologne, 1922, depicting two members of the carnival guard Rote Funken in the uniforms of city soldiers from Cologne who are performing the traditional dance "Stippeföttche". Signed by Lord Mayor Konrad Adenauer, later the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 19, 2020

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A Daubeny's water lily at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 18, 2020

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Exemplar of a juvenile marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) lying on a rock in the coast of Lobos Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 17, 2020

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NGC 6302 or Nebuloasa Fluturele / Insecta. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 16, 2020

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View from the Castle to the Old Town of Znojmo, Czech Republic. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 15, 2020

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Game reserve at sunrise in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 14, 2020

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Rosy-faced lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis) in the Erongo region of Namibia.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 13, 2020

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The so-called Schwanenstein, a glacial erratic near the village of Lohme on the island of Rügen, Germany. On 13 February 1956, three boys from the village of Lohme were playing by the shore of the frozen sea. The weather changed suddenly, and a storm broke the ice. The boys saved themselves by climbing onto the stone. As the wind turned into a hurricane, local fishermen and border guards tried to save the boys but they failed as the storm was too heavy. The next morning when the weather had calmed, the bodies of the three boys were recovered from the stone.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 12, 2020

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Golestan Palace is the former royal Qajar complex in Iran's capital city, Tehran. The UNESCO World Heritage Site belongs to a group of royal buildings that were once enclosed within the mud-thatched walls of Tehran's arg ("citadel") and is one of the oldest of the historic monuments in the city.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 11, 2020

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Ahuriri River before sunrise, Canterbury, New Zealand. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 10, 2020

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Cuban black hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) in Cuba. Mark Bowden’s book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War was published on 10 February 1999.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 9, 2020

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Interior view of the Holy Cross Church in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 8, 2020

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Dome of the Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 7, 2020

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View north from Ben Lawers, Scotland. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 6, 2020

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Lateral view of the Johns Hopkins Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States. The 12-mile (19 km) long glacier begins on the east slopes of Lituya Mountain and Mount Salisbury.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 5, 2020

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While peace talks over the Crimean War where initiated 164 years ago, this piece of clothing, named after one of the venues, could spell some trouble as some ways of wearing the balaclava may be against local anti-mask laws.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 4, 2020

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Hybrid of Green-winged Macaw and Scarlet Macaw, photographed in the zoo of Münster, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 3, 2020

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White Phalaenopsis cultivar. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 2, 2020

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Madonna is the usual title given to a composition by the Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch. Munch painted several versions of the composition, showing a bare-breasted half-length female figure, between 1892 and 1895, using oils on canvas. He also produced versions in print form.. Learn more .