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Picture of the day for January 1, 2021

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Issued 100 years ago: 50 Pfennig Notgeld (emergency money) banknote, Stadt Mainz, Jan. 1, 1921, AV: Mainz Cathedral, RV: Marktbrunnen.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 31, 2020

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Irma Block (Danish: Irma Karréen) on Sortedam Dossering, a street that follows the western shore of Sortedam Lake in Copenhagen, Denmark.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 30, 2020

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10 Pfennig Notgeld banknote issued 100 years ago, on Dec. 30, 1920, by the town of Lutter am Barenberge signed: F. JÃŒttner. The reverse shows a scene of the Battle of Lutter on Aug. 27, 1626. Text: The flight of Christian of Denmark after the Battle of Lutter a. Barenberge - 1626.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 29, 2020

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Bleu de Gex is a French cow's-milk blue cheese, made in the Jura mountains.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 28, 2020

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Rue des Marchands from Koïfhus in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France).. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 27, 2020

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Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 26, 2020

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Statue “Elisabeth of Thuringia” in the St. Paul's Cathedral in MÃŒnster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 25, 2020

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Nativity of Jesus by Hans Pleydenwurff, around 1460. Panel painting at the Altar of the Magi (Dreikönigsaltar) in St. Lorenz Church Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 24, 2020

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View of a frosty evening through a window on a Scottish farm in Trossachs, United Kingdom. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 24, 2020

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View of a frosty evening through a window on a Scottish farm in Trossachs, United Kingdom. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 23, 2020

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Gold rim swallowtail (Battus polydamas jamaicensis) Green Castle Estate, Jamaica. Over twenty subspecies of this swallowtail butterfly have evolved in the Caribbean Islands and South America. This one is endemic to Jamaica.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 22, 2020

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Christmas lights on display in the Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, USA. The neighborhood is nicknamed "Dyker Lights" for its elaborate holiday lights displays.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 21, 2020

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Female pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) in Ethiopia. Unlike other kingfishers, it usually hunts for fish by hovering over the water.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 20, 2020

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Chapter house located in today's museum of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Quito, Historic Center of Quito, capital of Ecuador. The construction of the catholic temple began in 1562 and it was consecrated 10 years later, but this hall was inaugurated in the 17th century by order of bishop Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro. The chapter house contains paintings of all bishops and achbishops of the Archdiocese of Quito since 1545.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 19, 2020

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Twelve Apostles at Port Campbell National Park, Princetown, Victoria, Australia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 18, 2020

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"The Nile and the Sinai, to Israel and beyond. One sweeping glance of human history" by astronaut Chris Hadfield. Photo made from the International Space Station.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 17, 2020

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Colonnade of the Gorky Park main portal in Moscow, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 16, 2020

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Acavus haemastoma fastuosa (Albers, 1854); Diameter 4.4 cm; Originating from Galle, Sri Lanka.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 15, 2020

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Great egret (Ardea alba) during mating season at Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 14, 2020

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Caterpillar of Gypsy Moth, on a sheet of paper at the bottom of an oak tree.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 13, 2020

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Panoramic view of Kluane Lake, near Destruction Bay, Yukon, Canada. The lake is located in the southwest area of the Yukon and, with 408 km2 (158 sq mi), is the largest lake enterely contained within the territory.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 12, 2020

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Chaukhandi tombs near Karachi, Pakistan. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 11, 2020

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Bimah of the Princes Road Synagogue in Liverpool, Mersyside, England. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 10, 2020

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Cave in the area of the Terra Ronca State Park, São Domingos, Goiás, Brazil.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 9, 2020

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Wrocław Town Hall and a modernist Santander Municipal Savings Bank Building on the background. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 8, 2020

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Pipe organ (Rudigier Organ) at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (New Cathedral) in Linz, Upper Austria. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 7, 2020

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Panoramic view of the famous African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) colony in Boulders Beach, Simon's Town, South Africa.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 6, 2020

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A red and white tulip cultivar (probably 'Flaming Club') in Myddelton House garden, a garden developed by Edward Augustus Bowles (1865 – 1954), botanist, horticulturalist and Vice President of the Royal Horticultural Society, in Bulls Cross, Enfield, London, England.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 5, 2020

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Initial and final positions of the stylus on a record sitting on a turntable. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 4, 2020

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Colorful neon street signs in Kabukichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 3, 2020

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Headlands of Point Reyes National Seashore, California.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for December 2, 2020

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Baldy Hill from Snowslide Valley, Craigieburn Range, Canterbury, New Zealand. Learn more .