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Picture of the day for April 1, 2021

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Crab spider (Misumena vatia) female with prey silver-spotted skipper butterfly (Hesperia comma) on Centaurea jacea flower, Bükk National Park, Hungary.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 31, 2021

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Istanbul Railway Museum. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 30, 2021

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Almandine on gray-green schist from North Tyrol, Austria.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 29, 2021

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Total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017, seen outside Crowheart, Wyoming. The photograph uses exposure bracketing to show both the Sun's corona and the surface features of the new moon, illuminated by earthshine. A few solar prominences are visible around the lunar limb.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 28, 2021

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A steam condenser at the Waterworks Museum, a defunct pumping station in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 27, 2021

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Linyphia triangularis, female. Taken in Mannheim-Vogelstang (Baden-Württemberg, Germany).. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 26, 2021

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Old town of Emporio, Santorini, Greece.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 25, 2021

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The Annunciation at the winged altar of the parish- and pilgrimage church Kefermarkt, Upper Austria. Anonymous master (called Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece), around 1497.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 24, 2021

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The top of a weathered birch polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) on a broken dead birch branch between fallen leaves.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 23, 2021

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Panoramic northwest view from the 1000 Islands Tower, Hill Island, Ontario.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 22, 2021

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Darwin Waterfront and Convention centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, AustraliaWikipedia: Darwin Waterfront · Darwin · Northern Territory. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 21, 2021

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Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), off Lismore Island, Argyll, Scotland. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 20, 2021

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Kurdish family watching Nowruz celebration, Besaran village, Eastern Kurdistan. Nowruz is the day of the vernal equinox, and marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 19, 2021

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Stairway of the Hotel National in Moscow, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 18, 2021

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Yinshan Temple, New Taipei, Taiwan.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 17, 2021

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Marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) by the fishing ponds in Rimbach, Hesse, Germany.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 16, 2021

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Sunrise over Studenycia river, Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 15, 2021

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The Johan van Hulst Bridge (bridge 233) spans the connection between the Nieuwe Herengracht and the pond of the Hortus Botanicus in the Dutch capital Amsterdam. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 14, 2021

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Ceiling of the Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World, Montreal, Canada. The construction of the cathedral, ordered by Ignace Bourget, began in 1875 in order to replace the former Saint-Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. The building is a scale model of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome and the new church was consecrated in 1894. In 2000 the cathedral was designated a National Historic Site of Canada.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 13, 2021

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Baby Bell pepper, Capsicum annuum which was found inside an adult pepper.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 12, 2021

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Winged altar at the parish church Gampern, Upper Austria. View for weekdays with closed wings. Lienhart Astl, around 1490–1500.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 11, 2021

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Serbian kifli made with spelt flour, filled with sheep's cheese, topped with sesame seeds.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 10, 2021

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Blossom of a Pulsatilla vulgaris with drops of water.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 9, 2021

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Yasaka-dori, early morning with street lanterns and the Tower of Yasaka (Hokan-ji Temple), 388 Yasaka Kamimachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Important cultural heritage of Kyoto, Hokan-ji is a 46 m (151 ft) high, 5 storey pagoda with a tiled roof that was founded in the 6th century.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 8, 2021

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Flower of Hieracium maculatum. A rare species in the Netherlands.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 7, 2021

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Deloitte Building during the blue hour, Christchurch, New Zealand. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 6, 2021

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Headshot of a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at Jigokudani Yaen Kōen, Japan.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 5, 2021

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Frozen Lake Baikal near Olkhon Island, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 4, 2021

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Palace of Darius the Great in Persepolis ("The Persian City"), situated 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran. The UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 dates back to 515 BC and it was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 3, 2021

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"Notgeld" banknote of Bonn, 1923: 1 million Mark, RV: Town seal of Bonn.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for March 2, 2021

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Nilgai, or blue bull, (Boselaphus tragocamelus) male, in a potato field, Jamtra, Madhya Pradesh India. Learn more .