Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2005
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April 1
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An example of a stereotypical villain. A Photo credit: J.J. McCullough |
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April 2
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The Photo credit: National Park Service Digital Image Archives |
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April 3
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Blue Morpho butterfly. A butterfly is a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera. As Lepidoptera, butterflies have four wings, but unlike moths, the fore and hindwings are not hooked together, permitting a more graceful flight. Unlike most insects, butterflies do not experience a nymph period, but instead go through a pupal stage. Photo credit: Gregory Phillips. |
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April 4
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Ayutthaya province, Thailand. The area is best known for the Bang Pa-In Royal Palace, a palace complex formerly used by the Thai kings as a summer dwelling. Most of the present buildings were constructed between 1872 and 1889 by King Chulalongkorn .
This image depicts the Aisawan Thiphya-Art (Divine Seat of Personal Freedom), a pavilion constructed in the middle of a pond. Photo credit: Dan Smith |
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April 5
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A panoramic photograph taken from the Tamar Bridge between Cornwall and Devon, England, showing the Tamar Valley and the Royal Albert Bridge. The Tamar Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the UK when it opened in 1961. In 2001 it became the world's first suspension bridge to be widened using cantilevers. The Royal Albert Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Photo credit: Tony Tapp | |
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April 6
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Petrified wood is a type of fossil, in which the tissues of a dead plant are replaced with minerals (most often a silicate, like quartz). The petrifaction process occurs underground, when wood or woody materials suddenly become buried under sediment. Mineral-rich water flowing through the sediment deposits minerals in the plant's cells and as the plant's lignin and cellulose decays away, a stone cast is left in its place. Photo credit: Daniel Schwen |
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April 7
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A gear is a toothed wheel designed to transmit torque to another gear or toothed component. Epicyclic gearing is a system consisting of outer gears, typically mounted on a movable arm, rotating about a central gear. Photo credit: Wapcaplet |
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April 8
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The Anisoptera and characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies typically eat mosquitoes, midges and other small insects like flies, bees, and butterflies. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands for the reason that their larvae (known as nymphs ) are aquatic. Dragonflies do not bite or sting humans. In fact, they are valued as a predator that helps control the insect populations.
Photo credit: User:Fir0002 |
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April 9
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Dust storm, Spearman, Texas, 1935. A Photo credit: US NOAA |
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April 10
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April 11
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The Photo credit: Mark Burnett |
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April 12
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This image depicts a row of line the paths of the shrine. Successful Japanese businessmen have traditionally purchased a gate in gratitude to Inari, the god of fertility, rice, and foxes.Photo credit: Paul Vlaar (15 Jul 2004) |
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April 13
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Physical map of physical Image credit: Seav |
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April 14
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A Pinophyta (conifers) that contains the reproductive structures. The familiar woody cone is the seed-producing female cone. The male cones, which produces pollen , are usually herbaceous and much less conspicuous even at full maturity.
In this image, dozens of male cones (orange and flower-like) occur in a cluster, while the female cone is still immature (olive green). Photo credit: User:Menchi |
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April 15
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The Photo credit: Russell Degnan |
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April 16
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The This Lincoln cent epitomizes the cameo effect.
Photo credit: United States Mint |
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April 17
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The USS Iowa firing during target exercises near Vieques, Puerto Rico. Photo credit: Naval Historical Center |
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April 18
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The Galapagos Penguin . The main threat to this species is oil pollution which kills more than 20,000 adults and 22,000 juveniles every year off the coast of Argentina.
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April 19
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Looking east along the Photo credit: Michael Reeve |
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April 20
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The Treasury of the Photo credit: Smoddy |
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April 21
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Light pollution is excess or obtrusive light created by humans. This composite satellite image of the Earth at night shows the most urbanized areas glowing with city lights. Photo credit: NASA and NOAA | |
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April 22
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In dentistry, a pulpectomy is an endodontic treatment to cure an infection of the root canal. This illustration shows a crown .
Photo credit: Jeremy Kemp | |
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April 23
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The Photo credit: Tony Wilson |
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April 24
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The plum is a . Its fruit is sweet, juicy and edible, and it can be eaten fresh, or dried, in which case they are known as prunes.The plum blossom, along with the peony, are considered traditional floral emblems of China. Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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April 25
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In circlestrafing is the technique of moving around a target in a circle while facing it. It allows a player to fire continuously at a target while simultaneously dodging attacks. In this diagram, the blue player circlestrafes around his red adversary, firing continually as he does so. Red, unable to keep track of the moving blue, misses with most shots. Blue will prevail.
Photo credit: Fredrik |
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April 26
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Huntsman spiders are a common group of spiders found in Australia, New Zealand, and many other tropical and semi-tropical areas of the world. Huntsmen do not build webs but forage for food - mostly insects and other invertebrates. They do bite if provoked, but the victim will suffer only minor swelling and localised pain, recovering in a day or so. Huntsmen can be identified by their legs, which rather than being jointed vertically relative to the body, are twisted such that the legs extend forward in a crab-like fashion. Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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April 27
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The near-Earth asteroid. This image shows the view looking from one end of the asteroid across the gouge on its underside and toward the opposite end.
Photo credit: NASA |
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April 28
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Vitrification is a process of converting a material into a nuclear waste disposal.
Photo credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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April 29
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Photo credit: Chmouel Boudjnah |
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April 30
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Long Beach is a city located in southern Los Angeles County, California, on the Pacific coast. The town grew as a seaside resort and then as an oil, Navy, and port town. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest seaport in the United States and the tenth busiest port in the world. Photo credit: PDphoto.org | |
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