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Picture of the day for April 1, 2020

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Medal for the 225th anniversary of the porcelain factory in Meissen, 1935. The AV depicts the portrait of the inventor of the stoneware which is named after him, Johann Friedrich Böttger. RV: the crossed swords logo for Meissen and the dates of the jubilee. Brown so-called "Böttgersteinzeug". Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 31, 2020

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Telescope on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 30, 2020

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Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) resting late in the afternoon on a daffodil (Narcissus) ‘Pimpernel’, in Oxfordshire. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 29, 2020

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Valle Arcoiris ("Rainbow Valley"), Rio Grande near San Pedro de Atacama, northern Chile.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 27, 2020

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The east side of the Paul-Löbe-Haus in Berlin-Mitte, facing the river Spree, during the blue hour. On the left the Reichstag building can be seen. The Paul Löbe building was built according to plans of architect Stephan Braunfels.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 26, 2020

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Sheathed woodtuft (Kuehneromyces mutabilis) on a beech tree in the grove area of Bamberg. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 25, 2020

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Scanned image of thin section from Siilinjärvi apatite ore in cross polarised transmitted light. Actual sector size about 37 × 20 mm.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 24, 2020

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Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 23, 2020

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Sunrise over Lake Wanaka from Boundary Creek, Otago, New Zealand. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 22, 2020

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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 the Blautopf pond in Blaubeuren, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 21, 2020

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Ferris wheel at the funfair Send in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyWikipedia: Münster • North Rhine-Westphalia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 20, 2020

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The Lenbachhaus is a major art museum in Munich's Kunstareal. A new wing, designed by Foster and Partners, was opened 2013.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 19, 2020

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Aermotor style wildmill in Goingarijp, province of Friesland, Netherlands. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 18, 2020

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Church of San Juan el Real in the center of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The baroque church was built in the 17th and 18th century and hosts among others some of the first paintings still conserved by Francisco de Goya in the pendentives of the main dome.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 17, 2020

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Dancers during a Wetr creation tale dance, Lifou, New Caledonia, France.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 16, 2020

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Ruin of the abbey church of Paulinzella abbey in Thuringia, Germany. View from west to east. The church was built from 1106 on, today there are only ruins left. It's one of the most important romanesque buildings in Germany.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 15, 2020

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St. Wolfgang Altarpiece at the Catholic parish- and pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria. View for Sundays with closed inner wings. Michael Pacher, 1471–79, set up in 1481.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 14, 2020

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Detail of the gate of Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 13, 2020

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Madagascar magpie-robin (Copsychus albospecularis pica) female, an endemic bird, in Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Madagascar. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 12, 2020

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Panoramic view of aprox. 200 degrees of the volcanic basalt formations in Miles Canyon along the Yukon River, not far from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 11, 2020

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Weeping Golden Willow. The picture was taken right before the sunset, about a minute later the sun was below the horizon - hence the red colour. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 10, 2020

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Peder Sverin Krøyer's painting of A meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 9, 2020

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A 1949 Healey Silverstone on the Nürburgring. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 8, 2020

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View of Trier from Thesaurus philopoliticus (1625) by Daniel Meisner, copperplate print by Eberhard Kieser. The image shows a view of Trier, in the foreground an antique column with a pair of scales and symbols around the Latin word "liber": scales (libra), in the left scalepan books (libri), in the right one children (liberi), on top a hat, since ancient times a symbol of liberty (liber = free), two married couples, left and right, pointing at the column, Saint Peter, patron of the city, in heraldic shield.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 7, 2020

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Detail view of mud flow out of a Berca Mud volcano, a geological and botanical reservation located close to Berca, Buzău County, Romania. The phenomenon is caused due to gases that erupt from 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) deep towards the surface, through the underground layers of clay and water, they push up underground salty water and mud, so that they overflow through the mouths of the volcanoes, while the gas emerges as bubbles.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 6, 2020

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Sun rays in the Bruderwald, Bamberg, Bavaria.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 5, 2020

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Cape Stolbchaty at the Kunashir Island after sunset. Kurils Nature Reserve, Russia.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 4, 2020

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Head of a juvenile mute swan in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France).. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 3, 2020

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Gate and farm tracks close to Gartur Stitich Farm, Port of Menteith, Stirling council area, Scotland. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 2, 2020

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Morning game reserve in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyAlfred von Croÿ commissioned the English landscape architect Edward Milner with the gardening in the 1860s. The work was carried out by the gardener Charles Barnard.Wikipedia: Dülmen • Edward Milner. Learn more .