Picture of the day Grain field in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Picture of the day The Neckarfront in Tübingen, Germany, seen in the blue hour over the river Neckar. At the left the Hölderlinturm, followed by a row of historic town houses, at the top the tower of St. George’s Collegiate Church.

Picture of the day Seeds of an Iris pseudacorus. Focus stack of 18 photos.

Picture of the day Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) near Scottsdale,Tasmania, Australia

Picture of the day The ceiling mosaic in the Baptistry of Neon in Ravenna, Italy depicts the Baptism of Jesus. Built around 6th century A.D., the building is a UNESCO World heritage site. Today is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord in much of Western Christianity.

Picture of the day A chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) on Deception Island in Antarctica.

Picture of the day The site of the former Götaverken Cityvarvet (Götaverken City Shipyards) in Gothenburg.

Picture of the day Shaped by capsizing and melting, this growler was transformed into a modern sculpture. Western side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Picture of the day Chestnut-naped antpitta (Grallaria nuchalis ruficeps), Reserva Las Tangaras, Chocó, Colombia.

Picture of the day The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, better known as The Skating Minister (1790s), by Henry Raeburn.

Picture of the day Blue whale skeleton at the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London, England. 'Hope', nickname of the blue whale skeleton, is 25.2 metres (83 ft) long and is suspended from the ceiling since July 14th 2017. Blue whales are the largest creature ever to have lived in...

Picture of the day New Year's fireworks over the Swabian village Eberhardzell near Biberach an der Riss. Today is New Year's Day.

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Picture of the day View of old town and walls of Sorano, Italy from the south

Picture of the day Pirogue running on the Mekong in front of an island hosting a Samanea saman (rain tree) and other trees, at sunset with pink clouds, seen from Don Det, Si Phan Don, Laos.

Picture of the day The Last of England by Ford Madox Brown

Picture of the day Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) male, Dovrefjell National Park, Norway

Picture of the day The American heavy metal band Soulfly at the With Full Force Summer Open Air 2018 in Ferropolis, Germany

Picture of the day A 1928 advertisement featuring Santa holding a sack of Sunkist lemons.

Picture of the day Poznań Town Hall with Christmas decorations.

Picture of the day JŽ 06-018 steam locomotive gear, museum steam locomotive, Central station Ljubljana, Slovenia

Picture of the day Snow on Ayase river by Shōtei Takahashi. 1915 woodcut print from the Rijksmuseum collection.

Picture of the day View of coastline northwest from above Manarola: fields and steep trail to Volastra in foreground, Corniglia Station and town centre, north to Punta Mesco. Depicts the north half of Cinque Terre National Park coastline. Liguria, Italy

Picture of the day Snowy landscape around the Schmidbachtal in Beilstein, Germany, with a distinctive old pear tree.

Picture of the day Crystallization basins in the museum “Las Salinas del Carmen”, Antigua, Fuerteventura, Spain

Picture of the day Lapita Hotel in Dubai is the Polynesian-themed hotel, part of the Autograph Collection by Marriott

Picture of the day Soaked in rain Cyclamen coum sown between the roots of an Alder (Alnus) Focus stack of 10 photos.

Picture of the day Short-nosed unicornfish (Naso brevirostris), Red Sea, Egypt. This species has a maximum published total length of 60 centimetres (24 in). It occurs in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Adults feed mainly on gelatinous zooplankton, while juveniles mainly feed on benthic...

Picture of the day A 2-weeks old baby hamster with red eyes. Today is voice actress Haruna Ikezawa's birthday. She voiced Laruna Haruna, the owner of the titular hamster, in the 2000 anime adaption of Hamtaro

Picture of the day WAB BDhe 4/4 railcar no. 115 with a Bt control car headed down from Kleine Scheidegg to Wengernalp, Switzerland.

Picture of the day Pribalkhashskiy sanctuary, Kazakhstan

Picture of the day Wild red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) at Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda

Picture of the day Mountaineers descending into Chola Valley, 5,200 metres (17,100 ft) a. s. l., in good weather conditions, with a panoramic view over snow-capped Himalayan peaks to the south of the Great Himalayan Range in Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, Himalayas. Today is International Mountain...

Picture of the day "Unity of humanitarian and technical sciences", Soviet time Bas-relief in Saint Petersburg

Picture of the day Val Sinestra. Candlestick fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) on an erosion field

Picture of the day Window in the west facade of the Lutheran Fishermen's Church in Born auf dem Darß, Germany

Picture of the day Salt crystals in the crystallization basin in the museum “Las Salinas del Carmen”, Antigua, Fuerteventura, Spain

Picture of the day St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church (1766) was relocated from the village of Glotovo, Vologda Oblast to the Museum of Wooden Architecture at the Kremlin in Suzdal, Russia. Today is Saint Nicholas Day in much of Eastern and Western Christianity.

Picture of the day Milky way seen over the Hochkalter Massif and Lake Hintersee in the German region of Berchtesgadener Land.

Picture of the day Self-portrait by Anna Bilińska, 1887

Picture of the day Wild Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) at Creux du Van with the Swiss Alps in the background during sunset.

Picture of the day Fortified city of Carcassonne during the blue hour, France. Founded during the Gallo-Roman period, the citadel derives its reputation from its 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long double surrounding walls interspersed by 52 towers. The medieval citadel, situated on a hill on the right...

Picture of the day Narrow-banded dartwhite (Catasticta flisa postaurea) on Mimosa pudica, Villa Gerar, Silvania, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Picture of the day Vineyard worker at Guadalupe Valley, Baja California, Mexico, where 95% of Mexican wines are produced.

Picture of the day The Sabha Mandap of the Sun Temple, Modhera, India.

Picture of the day Port and lighthouse overnight storm with lightning in Port-la-Nouvelle in the Aude department in southern France.

Picture of the day A shattered ceiling light fixture on a bamboo floor mat. The lamp was a semi flush mounted light fixture with a shallow glass dome of clear glass coated with white glass on the inside. In the fixture are LED light bulbs with E27 Edison screw. The hook in the ceiling suddenly...

Picture of the day Two wood knots which resemble two eyes, a simple example of pareidolia. Detail of a wooden fence in Beilstein, Germany.

Picture of the day "Plate Dance" (Tari Piring) performance from Sumatra (Indonesia) that may include dancing on broken plates and 'face washing' with plate shards.

Picture of the day View of the frozen Knollenteich in Hof (Saale), Bavaria, Germany. The cube-shaped concrete water drainage system is completely surrounded by the frozen pond.