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Picture of the day for June 1, 2021

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Clockwork of the church tower clock of the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyWikipedia: Turret clock · Dülmen. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 31, 2021

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Wrocław Główny, the largest railway station in Poland in terms of the number of passengers serviced.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 30, 2021

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Fortress Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle. Today is the day of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 29, 2021

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California gull (Larus californicus) landing in Palo Alto Duck Pond, Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto, California.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 28, 2021

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Detail of Distinction Hotel facade, Christchurch, New Zealand. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 27, 2021

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Aerial shot of the Church of the Savior on Blood in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 26, 2021

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Inventor Nikola Tesla in December 1899, reading in his laboratory of Colorado Springs next to his giant "magnifying transmitter" high voltage generator while the machine produces huge bolts of electricity. This photo was in fact a promotional stunt by photographer Dickenson V. Alley.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 25, 2021

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Five antennas of the Australia Telescope Compact Array, near Narrabri (New South Wales). This photograph was taken in the late phase of the construction process (~1984).. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 24, 2021

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Parboiled rice with chicken, peppers, squash, peas and tomato.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 23, 2021

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A female African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) with her six-week-old baby in the Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe, having just crossed the border from Botswana.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 22, 2021

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Aveiro lighthouse, west coast of Portugal.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 21, 2021

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Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) courtship behaviour. Kinburn Peninsula, Ukraine.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 20, 2021

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Light trail of the largest German ferry M/S Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Warnemünde, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 19, 2021

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African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 18, 2021

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Polonina of shepherds after a thunderstorm. Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 17, 2021

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A train is hauling lead ore from the San Cristobal mine (Bolivia) to the port city of Antofagasta (Chile).. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 16, 2021

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Hvannhagi lake at Suðuroy, Faroe Islands.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 15, 2021

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Platform of Kievskaya (FL) metro station in Moscow. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 14, 2021

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Exemplar of African darter (Anhinga rufa) looking for fish in the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 13, 2021

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The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York City, which first opened to the public on May 13, 1911.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 12, 2021

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Yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum) in Pushcha-Vodytsia Park, Kyiv, Ukraine.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 11, 2021

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Seeds of a Calendula officinalis .. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 10, 2021

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Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 9, 2021

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Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei).. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 8, 2021

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Rock hyrax (also called a rock rabbit) (Procavia capensis), Erongo, Namibia. Along with the manatee, hyraxes are the animals most closely related to elephants.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 7, 2021

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Tokyo Metro train crosses the Kanda river, while, above, a set of JR East just leaves Ochanomizu. Photo taken at Ochanomizu, Tokyo, Japan.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 6, 2021

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The picture was taken from the trail to Mt Fyffe and depicts Kowhai River at the bottom with the ranges West of Mt Fyffe. Kaikoura Ranges, New Zealand. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 5, 2021

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Northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus), Ukraine. Photo taken in the wild.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 4, 2021

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Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 3, 2021

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Flying geese at sunrise in the hamlet Börnste, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyWikipedia: Grey goose · Dülmen · Sunrise. Learn more .

Picture of the day for May 2, 2021

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Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci, who died on this day in 1519.. Learn more .