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Picture of the day for March 1, 2021

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Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaWikipedia: Canberra · Australian Capital Territory. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 28, 2021

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Textures in the Cave of Lapinha, Sumidouro State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 27, 2021

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An Army long jump athlete lands in the sand at the Inter-Corps Athletics Competition, Tidworth Oval athletics stadium in Tidworth, Wiltshire, England.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 26, 2021

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Shrine room of the Dhowa rock temple near Ella, Sri Lanka. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 25, 2021

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Tezikov Bridge over Tsna River in Tambov, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 24, 2021

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The Dinner, an 1839 lithograph that drives home the great divide between master and servant, is the work of French artist Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848) who spent 15 years in Brazil capturing the daily life of a society built on slavery. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 23, 2021

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Italian locust (Calliptamus italicus) female, Nature Park of Alvão, Portugal.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 22, 2021

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Westpolderbrêge. Bridge over Broeresleat, realized in 2020.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 21, 2021

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The Threefold Temptation of Christ at the St. Wolfgang Altarpiece of the Catholic parish- and pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria. Michael Pacher, 1471–79.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 20, 2021

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Susan Bello and Henry Montilla with the Ballet Teresa Carreño, at the Teresa Carreño Theater in Venezuela.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 19, 2021

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Interior of the São Paulo Metropolitan Cathedral, the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil. Its construction, in Neo-Gothic style, began in 1913 and ended four decades later.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 18, 2021

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Common reed and the stream “Heubach” in Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 17, 2021

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Interior of the Capela Dourada (Golden Chapel), a chapel of the Franciscans located in Recife, Brazil. The central niche for a large crucifix was carved by Antônio Martins Santiago in 1698, and was gilded by Manuel de Jesus Pinto in 1799.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 16, 2021

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A western tanager in a callery pear tree in Chelsea, New York City. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 15, 2021

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Caricature postcard issued in 1905 by Trierer Karnevalsgesellschaft Heuschreck, (Heuschreck = grasshopper), one of the oldest carnival associations in Germany (founded 1848). The card shows the board of the association Der Kleine Rat (The Small Council), its members are depicted as bottles.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 14, 2021

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Inside the Yurievskaya Cave, a natural monument in Tatarstan, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 13, 2021

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Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa rixosa) on male capybara (Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris), the Pantanal, Brazil. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 12, 2021

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Exemplar of Groundscraper thrush (Turdus litsitsirupa), Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Botswana.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 11, 2021

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The ornate Gothic vault over the nave of the Saint Alexander Church in Marbach am Neckar, Germany.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 10, 2021

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Aerial view of Masada, in the Judaean Desert, Israel, with the Dead Sea in the distance. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 9, 2021

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Yida refugee camp in South Sudanese territory, 20 km away from the border with Sudan.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 8, 2021

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View over Portland, Oregon, which was incorporated on February 8, 1851. This photo was taken from Pittock Mansion in 2019.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 7, 2021

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Sunlight through clouds and lookout view of Ginkaku-ji (Temple of the Silver Pavilion) and Tōgudō from above, Kyoto, Japan.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 6, 2021

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Mueller Hut with Mount Sefton and Aoraki / Mount Cook during the sunrise. Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 5, 2021

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Vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) in Salar de Chalviri, Bolivia.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 4, 2021

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Painted door in Ura Kidane Mehret Monastery near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 3, 2021

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Dichroic prismWikipedia: Dichroic prism. Learn more .

Picture of the day for February 2, 2021

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Aerial view of the "Monkey", one of the most popular geoglyphs of the Nazca Lines, which are located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. The geoglyphs of this UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 1994) are spread over a 80 km (50 mi) plateau between the towns of Nazca and Palpa and are, according to some studies, between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D. old.. Learn more .