Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2006
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December 1 - Fri
Ten-year-old Rose Biodo, carrying two Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The photo was taken on September 28, 1910, four weeks into the school year, and she was expected to stay on the job for another two weeks.
Photo credit: Lewis Hine |
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December 2 - Sat
Two Photo credit: Alan D. Wilson/Outriggr |
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December 3 - Sun
An generic status.
Animation credit: Dominique Toussaint |
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December 4 - Mon
The Plaque credit: Carl Sagan, Frank Drake, Linda Salzman Sagan |
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December 5 - Tue
A head-and-shoulders metrical structures of European poetry for an expansionist freestyle verse, which delivered his philosophical view that America was destined to reinvent the world as emancipator and liberator of the human spirit. His most famous work is Leaves of Grass , which he self-published in 1864 and continued to edit and revise until his death. This image is said to have been Whitman's favorite from the photo session.
Photo credit: George C. Cox/Korath |
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December 6 - Wed
Gateshead, England, standing 20 metres (66 feet) tall, with wings 54 metres (178 feet) — making it wider than the Statue of Liberty is tall. The wings themselves are not flat, but are angled 3.5 degrees forward, which Gormley has been quoted as saying was to create "a sense of embrace".
Photo credit: David Wilson Clarke |
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December 7 - Thu
A Photo credit: Doniv79/Janke |
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December 8 - Fri
An aerial view of Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park, located at the end of the Florida Keys, United States. As seen easily in the photo, the clear waters in shallow areas surrounding Fort Jefferson are popular for snorkeling and scuba diving. Visible on the right side of the image is a breach of the seawall caused by the direct strike of Hurricane Charley in August 2004. Photo credit: National Park Service |
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December 9 - Sat
A vertical . Photo credit: Moumine |
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December 10 - Sun
The Photo credit: Diliff |
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December 11 - Mon
A male air pressure just above the wing and higher pressure below. When a bird flaps its wings they continue to develop lift but they also create an additional forward and upward force, thrust, to counteract its weight and drag .
Photo credit: Alan D. Wilson |
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December 12 - Tue
The Aisawan Thiphya-Art (Divine Seat of Personal Freedom), a Thai kings as a summer dwelling. Most of the present buildings were constructed between 1872 and 1889 by King Chulalongkorn .
Photo credit: Dan Smith |
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December 13 - Wed
A camouflaged flounder. Camouflage is the method which allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment. Besides blending in with their surroundings, animals may disguise themselves as something else to avoid predation. Photo credit: Moondigger |
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December 14 - Thu
A large bolt of capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Colorado. In the spring and summer, Denver is subject to monsoon conditions with frequent thunderstorms .
Photo credit: Dag Peak |
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December 15 - Fri
Petrified wood, such as this sample found in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States, is a fossil wood where all the organic materials have been replaced with minerals, while retaining the original structure of the wood. The petrifaction process occurs underground, when wood becomes buried under sediment. Mineral-rich water flowing through the sediment deposits minerals in the plant's cells and as the lignin and cellulose decay, a stone cast forms in its place. Photo credit: Daniel Schwen |
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December 16 - Sat
A close-up of the face of a vibrissae, or whiskers. Vibrissae are specialized hairs that grow around the nostrils or other parts of the face in most mammals. They offer an advantage to animals that do not always have sight to rely on to navigate, or to find food, or when the usefulness of non-tactile senses is limited.
Photo credit: Whaldener Endo |
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December 17 - Sun
The assembled human Illustration credit: Opabinia regalis |
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December 18 - Mon
Cutaway diagram of the interior of a Illustration credit: Mariana Ruiz |
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December 19 - Tue
A Supermarine Spitfire Mark XVI. The Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter used by the RAF and many Allied countries in the Second World War. The Spitfire saw service during the whole of WWII in all theatres of war, and in many different variants. It is often credited with winning the Battle of Britain. Photo credit: Chowells |
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December 20 - Wed
Photo credit: Nathaniel C. Sheetz |
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December 21 - Thu
An high speed photography, demonstrating that a horse's feet all leave the ground during a gallop. Muybridge used a battery of cameras lined along a track. The first camera had to be triggered manually, but the rest were automatically triggered by an electronic apparatus he designed.
Animation credit: Waugsberg, from photos by Eadweard Muybridge |
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December 22 - Fri
The Blue Skimmer ( Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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December 23 - Sat
The Photo credit: Hans Hillewaert |
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December 24 - Sun
The Photo credit: Diliff |
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December 25 - Mon
A mosaic image of the Photo credit: Hubble Space Telescope |
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December 26 - Tue
A series of Inari in Kyoto, Japan. The thousands of vermilion torii gates are all donations from individuals, families or companies. The shrine was recently featured in the 2005 film Memoirs of a Geisha .
Photo credit: Paul Vlaar |
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December 27 - Wed
The Photo credit: Luc Viatour |
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December 28 - Thu
An balloon, helicopter and some specialized fixed-wing aircraft (VTOL aircraft such as the Harrier), no runway is needed. Takeoff is the opposite of landing .
Photo credit: Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jonathan Chandler, |
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December 29 - Fri
A branch from a pine tree, with both male and female pine cones. The male cones produce pollen and are orange, growing in a cluster. The female seed-producing cone, located at the end of the branch, is still immature. Photo credit: Menchi |
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December 30 - Sat
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December 31 - Sun
An anole lizard of the family Polychrotidae found in Hilo, Hawaii, United States. Anoles are small and common lizards that can be found throughout the various regions of the Western Hemisphere. They are frequently and incorrectly called chameleons or geckos due to their ability to alter their skin color and run up walls, respectively. Photo credit: Paul Hirst |
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