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Picture of the day for November 9, 2020

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View of the Alaska Range from Tok, Alaska, United States.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for November 8, 2020

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Skyline of Taipei, Taiwan.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for November 2, 2020

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Tagebau Garzweiler is a surface mine in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for November 1, 2020

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Old choir at St Paul's Cathedral in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 29, 2020

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Anglichanka Rock (Anglichanka literally means "English woman"), a protected natural area in Buryatia, Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 27, 2020

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Funfair Send in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyWikipedia: Münster • North Rhine-Westphalia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 25, 2020

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View of the Red Mosque in Schwetzingen Palace gardens, Germany, built in 1779–1796. It was never actually a working mosque; instead it was aimed to show Europe’s newfound Enlightenment tolerance to other religious traditions.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 20, 2020

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The total phase of the June 15, 2011 lunar eclipse lasted an impressive 100 minutes. Its entire duration is covered in this composite of a regular sequence of digital camera exposures, tracking the dark lunar disk as it arced above the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 18, 2020

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Lauenstein Castle in Upper Franconia is a medieval hilltop castle where English pounds were counterfeited by prisoners during the Second World War to destabilize the currency of the war opponents. From March to June 1944, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was under house arrest in the castle.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 14, 2020

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Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) in the Exotenhaus of the Karlsruhe Zoo.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 13, 2020

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Lough Hyne, seen from a drone 100m above Knockomagh, County Cork, Ireland.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 12, 2020

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Polyporus varius on a dead Sorbus. Location. Natuurterrein De Famberhorst.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 11, 2020

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A bouquet of poppies (Papaver orientale). Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 10, 2020

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A male Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus chrysippus) butterfly near Kumarakom, Kerala, India. Known in Africa as the African Monarch, it is one of the first butterflies depicted in art: a representation was found in a 3500-year-old tomb in Luxor, Egypt.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for October 5, 2020

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Wrangel Tower in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg), Russia. Learn more .

Picture of the day for September 28, 2020

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Strelitzer Straße in Berlin-Mitte at night. View towards Fernsehturm.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for September 27, 2020

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Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) burrowing into the sand.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for September 26, 2020

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Grey headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) skimming a pond in Brisbane's City Botanical Gardens.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for September 25, 2020

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Preparing to refuel a B-2 Spirit.. Learn more .

Picture of the day for September 24, 2020

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Panoramic view (approx. 200 degrees) of a landscape near Collahuasi Mine, northern Chile.. Learn more .