Commons Picture of the Year 2010 : # 1 – 241 votes in Final;
- In mid-August 2010 ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky snapped this amazing photo at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. A group of astronomers were observing the centre of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). (POTD)
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# 8 – 116 votes in Final;
- Tabletop photography by "Studiocommunity e.V." (incorporated association). No photomontage was used. All objects were fastened on the board, which was pushed from the side, whereby the wine spilled out of the glass. The carafe is filled with wine coloured gelatine. (POTD)
- Credit: Own work by Stefan Krause, from Germany .
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# 10 – 88 votes in Final;
- Male Agama sinaita, Jordan. This species is common in deserts around the shores of the Red Sea. While in heat, the male turns striking blue to attract females. (POTD)
- Credit: Own work by Ester Inbar (User ST) .
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# 11 – 74 votes in Final;
- Horseshoe Bend, Arizona. Horseshoe Bend is a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River located near the town of Page, Arizona. (POTD)
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# 14 – 69 votes in Final;
- The chemical element bismuth as a synthetic made crystal. The surface is an iridescent very thin layer of oxidation. Additional a high purity (99.99 %) 1 cm3 bismuth cube for comparison. (POTD)
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# 15 – 63 votes in Final;
- St Aubin's Cathedral (Belgium) (POTD)
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# 15 – 63 votes in Final;
- Young leopard charging. Photo taken at Rhino and Lion Park, Gauteng, South Africa. (POTD)
- Credit: Own work by Leo za1 .
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# 17 – 59 votes in Final;
- Crew members refuel an A V-22 Osprey vertical-lift aircraft before a night mission in central Iraq. (POTD)
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# 21 – 43 votes in Final;
- Tomb of Téviec: Two skeletons of women aged between 25 and 35 years, dated between - 6740 and - 5680 BP (Mesolithic), both of whom died a violent death. Recovery made in 1938 and restoration completed in 2010. (POTD)
- Credit: Picture by Didier Descouens .
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# 22 – 40 votes in Final;
- Belœil Castle by night (POTD)
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# 24 – 32 votes in Final;
- Panorama of the moon taken during mission Apollo 17 (Station 1 East). (POTD)
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# 26 – 29 votes in Final;
- Radiometer. The Crookes radiometer, also known as the light mill or solar engine, consists of an airtight glass bulb, containing a partial vacuum. Inside are a set of vanes which are mounted on a spindle. The vanes rotate when exposed to light. (POTD)
- Credit: Own work by Nevit Dilmen .
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# 32 – 22 votes in Final;
- Combined Buddhabrot from 20.000 (purple), 100.000 (blue) and 1.000.000 (white) iterations. (POTD)
- Credit: Own work by UnreifeKirsche .
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# 33 – 20 votes in Final;
- A rotating animation of the human brain showing the left frontal lobe in red within a semitransparent skull. The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is sometimes also included in the frontal lobe. Other authors include the ACC as a part of limbic lobe. (POTD)
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