Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2007
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These featured pictures, as scheduled below, appeared as the picture of the day (POTD) on the English Wikipedia's Main Page in August 2007. Individual sections for each day on this page can be linked to with the day number as the anchor name (e.g. [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2007#1]]
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August 1
An animated image showing the territorial evolution of Mexico, showing each change to the internal and external borders of the country. The animation begins with the 1824 Constitution of Mexico and continues to the present-day configuration. Note that many of the borders of states and territories in northern Mexico remain unclear and minor border adjustments with the United States, including the several Rio Grande border disputes, are not shown. Image credit: Golbez
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August 2
A 1947 fashion photograph taken at Weeki Wachee spring, Florida, by Toni Frissell, who took up fashion photography professionally only after she got fired as a caption writer for Vogue. Even though her work spans the spectrum from society photography to social issues, she is remembered as a fashion photographer and recognized for her stark imagery and as being among the first to take fashion models out of the studio into nature, as this picture at the newly opened Weeki Wachee Springs roadside attraction shows. Photo credit: Toni Frissell
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August 3
The two . Photo credit: Hubble Space Telescope
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August 4
Nine Operation Phantom Fury . All nine members of the M198 crew are present.
Photo credit: L Cpl. Samantha L. Jones,
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August 5
cushions) that interconnect the whole construction together. The project took 2½ years to construct and opened to the public in March 2001.
Photo credit: Jürgen Matern
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August 6
A live specimen of an Photo credit: Hans Hillewaert
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August 7
The Photo credit: Fir0002
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August 8
A section of the Photo credit:
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August 9
Senior American military officials of Photo credit: United States Army
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August 10
Photo credit: Benh Lieu Song
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August 11
A Common Jassid leafhopper (Eurymela fenestrata) nymph. This species lives in a symbiotic relationship with meat ants, shown here "milking" the honeydew secretions. Photo credit: Fir0002
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August 12
Photo credit: Buzz Aldrin
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August 13
European Theaters. This "character" is now considered a feminist icon in the U.S., and a herald of women's economic power to come.
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August 14
A Photo credit: Fir0002
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August 15
U.S. Army "half-tracks" form a convoy on the beach. The Normandy landing was the largest seaborne invasion in history, with almost three million troops crossing the English Channel .
Photo credit: United States Coast Guard
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August 16
A detail from the 1736 remake of Artists: Five court painters under the Qianlong Emperor
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August 17
Broadway Tower is a folly located near the village of Broadway, Worcestershire, England, at one of the highest points of the Cotswolds. Its base is 1,024 feet (312 m) above sea level, the tower itself standing 55 feet (17 m) tall. On a clear day, thirteen counties of England can be seen from its top.
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August 18
An adult large brown mantid (Archimantis latistyla), one of over 2,000 species of Photo credit: Fir0002
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August 19
An parametric curve important in computer graphics. Modern computer fonts use Bézier splines composed of quadratic or cubic Bézier curves to create typefaces .
Image credit: Phil Tregoning
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August 20
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August 21
The western (front) side of the Photo credit:
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August 22
The Photo credit: Fir0002
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August 23
Two sets of late 19th century collecting cards ( ballooning and parachuting history from 1783 to 1846. The cards show first flights, military accomplishments, triumphs and tragedies, such as the death of Tom Harris in 1824, who sacrificed his life when his balloon lost altitude and threatened to kill Harris and his fiancée.
Image credit: Romanet & cie., c. 1890–1900
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August 24
The front Edward VII). The college building was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield .
Photo credit: Diliff
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August 25
A topographic map of the Falkland Islands, an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 480 km (300 mi) off the coast of Argentina. They consist of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, together with about 700 smaller islands. Stanley, on East Falkland, is the capital and largest city. The islands are a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Image credit:
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August 26
A sankin kōtai . Following the end of the shogunate, they were razed so that government, commercial and industrial buildings could be built in their place.
Photo credit: Felice Beato
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August 27
NGC 2244 as imaged by the Spitzer Space Telescope (SIRT) in infrared, is an open cluster of stars inside the Rosette Nebula. These super hot stars generate high velocity winds, which cause the gas to be pushed outwards (green clouds). Photo credit: Spitzer Space Telescope
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August 28
Confederate dead behind the stone wall of Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia, killed during the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1863. The battle pitted the Union Army of the Potomac against a force half its size, the Army of Northern Virginia. Despite the odds, Robert E. Lee's tactics ensured a Union defeat. Photo credit: Andrew J. Russell
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August 29
Photo credit: Jonathan Zander
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August 30
An measuring instrument generally used to measure the angle of elevation of a celestial object above the horizon. A common use of the sextant is to sight the sun at noon to find one's latitude .
Image credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar
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August 31
Photo credit: Daniel Schwen
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