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Aerial "Rote Nase", Zermatt

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Corridor between the fort du Salbert and the NATO Ouvrage G, in Belfort, France. Change image

English : Corridor between the fort du Salbert and the NATO Ouvrage G, in Belfort, France.

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A coral fungus (Ramaria flaccida), one of about 200 species in the genus Ramaria, photographed near Eggingen, Germany. Change image

English : A coral fungus (Ramaria flaccida), one of about 200 species in the genus Ramaria, photographed near Eggingen, Germany.

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Aerial "Rote Nase", Zermatt Change image

English : Aerial "Rote Nase", Zermatt

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Madinat Jumeirah hotel with the Burj Al Arab in the background, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Change image

English : Madinat Jumeirah hotel with the Burj Al Arab in the background, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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The Immaculate Conception by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicting the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Oil on canvas painted 1767-68. Today housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Change image

English : The Immaculate Conception by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicting the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Oil on canvas painted 1767-68. Today housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

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King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus), West Falkland. Change image

English : King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus), West Falkland.

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The reconstructed medieval Church of St. George in Kyustendil, Bulgaria. The original building is from the end of the 10th and the beginning of the 11th century. Change image

English : The reconstructed medieval Church of St. George in Kyustendil, Bulgaria. The original building is from the end of the 10th and the beginning of the 11th century.

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Waterside of Saint Lawrence River near Kamouraska Change image

English : Waterside of Saint Lawrence River near Kamouraska

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This image shows the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light as seen by the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency-led mission with important NASA contributions, and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Change image

English : This image shows the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light as seen by the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency-led mission with important NASA contributions, and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

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Steinway & Sons concert grand piano. Change image

English : Steinway & Sons concert grand piano.

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Panorama of Leeds Castle in September, 2011 Change image

English : Panorama of Leeds Castle in September, 2011

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1908 poster for Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, performed by the Hippodrome Opera Company, apparently of Cleveland, Ohio. Change image

English : 1908 poster for Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, performed by the Hippodrome Opera Company, apparently of Cleveland, Ohio.

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A Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) basking on a log at Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., USA. Change image

English : A Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) basking on a log at Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., USA.

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Animation of the act of unrolling a circle's circumference, illustrating the ratio π. Change image

English : Animation of the act of unrolling a circle's circumference, illustrating the ratio π.

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Waldemarsudde (Swedish: "Cape of Waldemar"), former home of the Swedish Prince Eugene, is a museum located on Djurgården in central Stockholm. The complex consists of a castle-like main building - the Mansion - completed in 1905 (architect Ferdinand Boberg), and the Gallery Building, added in 1913. The estate also includes the original manor-house building, known as the Old House and an old linseed mill, both dating back to the 1780s. Change image

English : Waldemarsudde (Swedish: "Cape of Waldemar"), former home of the Swedish Prince Eugene, is a museum located on Djurgården in central Stockholm. The complex consists of a castle-like main building - the Mansion - completed in 1905 (architect Ferdinand Boberg), and the Gallery Building, added in 1913. The estate also includes the original manor-house building, known as the Old House and an old linseed mill, both dating back to the 1780s.

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Newly constructed windmills on the Thornton Bank, 28 km off shore, on the Belgian part of the North Sea. The windmills are 157 m (+TAW) high, 184 m above the sea bottom. Change image

English : Newly constructed windmills on the Thornton Bank, 28 km off shore, on the Belgian part of the North Sea. The windmills are 157 m (+TAW) high, 184 m above the sea bottom.

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Panoramic view of Ötlingen from Southeast, the hilly landscape is typical for the region of Markgräflerland Change image

English : Panoramic view of Ötlingen from Southeast, the hilly landscape is typical for the region of Markgräflerland

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A photograph of Charlie Chaplin made ​​in the United States during his youth (1900-1910s). Change image

English : A photograph of Charlie Chaplin made ​​in the United States during his youth (1900-1910s).

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Male Paper Wasp of the species Polistes dominula, Portugal. Change image

English : Male Paper Wasp of the species Polistes dominula, Portugal.

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Lakeside of the Mono Lake with Tufa columns in the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, California, United States. Change image

English : Lakeside of the Mono Lake with Tufa columns in the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, California, United States.

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Shell of Tutufa bufo, the Red-ringed Frog Shell or Red-mouth Frog Shell. Shell length 101 mm. Change image

English : Shell of Tutufa bufo, the Red-ringed Frog Shell or Red-mouth Frog Shell. Shell length 101 mm.

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The Great Fountain Geyser erupting at sunset at the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States. Change image

English : The Great Fountain Geyser erupting at sunset at the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States.

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Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) at Plaisance National Park in Quebec, Canada. Change image

English : Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) at Plaisance National Park in Quebec, Canada.

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Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft. Keogh, Montana. Change image

English : Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft. Keogh, Montana.

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Template:Potd/2012-03-25 (en) Change image

English : Template:Potd/2012-03-25 (en)

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Mandarin oranges (Citrus reticulata). Change image

English : Mandarin oranges (Citrus reticulata).

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Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling; Cortège at Slottsbacken. Change image

English : Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling; Cortège at Slottsbacken.

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Rotary dial telephone, probably from Belgium, the cricuit diagram inside is in dutch and french. Change image

English : Rotary dial telephone, probably from Belgium, the cricuit diagram inside is in dutch and french.

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English : Template:Potd/2012-03-29 (en)

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Vincent van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles. Change image

English : Vincent van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles.

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English : Template:Potd/2012-03-31 (en)

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