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Picture of the day for July 1, 2020

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North corridor of the Strasbourg train station (Bas-Rhin, France).. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 30, 2020

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Teriberka village, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 29, 2020

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Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) covered with water drops, in Wittenberge-Rühstädter Elbniederung nature reserve, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 28, 2020

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Panoramic view of Reykjavik and the Atlantic Ocean during sunset seen from the Shore Walk, Capital Region, Iceland. The city concentrates, with 123,300 inhabitants, 35% of the country population and was founded in around AD 870 by Norwegian settlers.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 27, 2020

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Adult purple heron (Ardea purpurea) capturing a zander (Sander lucioperca) fry.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 26, 2020

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Blooming apple tree. Ukraine. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 25, 2020

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Sun and Moon Pagodas and reflections in Shanhu Lake, Guilin, China.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 24, 2020

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Crystals (mainly sugar) in a dried Coca Cola drop under a microscope. Polarization. Crossed polarizers. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 23, 2020

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Bird room in the natural history museum in Bamberg.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 22, 2020

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View of the Yukon River near Carmacks, Yukon, Canada.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 21, 2020

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Photo showing both the sun and the moon around the winter solstice (see also June solstice). South New Brighton's beach, Christchurch, New Zealand. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 20, 2020

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Black-veined white butterfly (Aporia crataegi) on an early marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata), Tagamõisa Conservation Area, Saaremaa, Estonia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 19, 2020

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Daniel Souček playing for Czechia in European Under-21 Championship 2021 Qualifying Round between the Czech Republic and Greece. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 18, 2020

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Cruise ship Regal Princess (2013) at Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 17, 2020

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Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros), female, in the park of Seehof Castle near Bamberg, Germany.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 16, 2020

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Image of the Virgin of Los Remedios ("Lady of the Cures") in the homonymous Baroque chapel of the church of John the Baptist, Ágreda, province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The chapel was built in 1697 by Count of Villarea. The originally Romanesque church (visible in its portal) was built in the second half of the 12th century and reworked in the 16th century with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements, while the reredos behind the image dates from the 18th century.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 15, 2020

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Flower of a red Chrysanthemum × morifolium with dew drops in a garden in Upper Franconia. Focus stack of 32 frames.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 14, 2020

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Blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius), male. Photographed at Gamla Nature Reserve in Israel.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 13, 2020

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Aerial photograph of Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 12, 2020

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African daisy (Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus) has about 50 species. The scientific name is derived from the Greek osteon (bone) and Latin spermum (seed).. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 11, 2020

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Windows of the St. Paul's Cathedral in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 10, 2020

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Panoramic view of the Tara Cathedrals (left) and the Tara salt flat in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 9, 2020

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BMW Mini at night on a country lane in the hamlet Börnste, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 8, 2020

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Flower buds in development of Eryngium giganteum 'Miss Willmott's Ghost'.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 7, 2020

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View of Étretat, France. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 6, 2020

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Friends Towers, Munich, a residential high-rise complex - detail of facade.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 5, 2020

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Globeflower (Trollius europaeus) with Brachycera. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 4, 2020

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Long exposure of the Seattle Great Wheel, Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington, USA. The giant Ferris wheel is 175 feet (53.3 m) high and was the tallest Ferris wheel on the West Coast of the United States when it was inaugurated in June 2012.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 3, 2020

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“Langer Eugen,” in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, a high-rise designed by Egon Eiermann in 1966 - detail of facade.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for June 2, 2020

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Trees (Arbutus on the left) during the sunset in Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Sidney Island, British Columbia, Canada. Learn more .