Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2004
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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 December 2004.
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December 1
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Liquid water is most dense at 4 °C and becomes less dense as the water molecules begin to form the Photo credit: Barfooz |
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December 2
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Modern Formula One must be constructed by the racing teams themselves and are required to be powered by 3.0-litre, ten-cylinder naturally aspirated engines. Estimates put the best engines at or about 900 bhp at 19,000 rpm. Photo credit: |
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December 3
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The Damselfly (suborder Zygoptera) is an insect in the order Odonata. They are similar to a dragonfly, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact their wings are held along the body when at rest. They are also usually smaller, and weaker fliers than dragonflies, and the eyes are separated. Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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December 4
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The island Photo credit: Tsui |
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December 5
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The Photo credit: Uwe Kils |
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December 6
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Lake Tanganyika is situated within the Western Rift of the Great Rift Valley and is confined by the mountainous walls of the valley. It is the largest rift lake in Africa and the second largest lake by surface area on the continent. It is the deepest lake in Africa and holds the greatest volume of fresh water. Photo credit: Worldtraveller |
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December 7
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December 8
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Historically, the first soda waters were prepared by adding sodium bicarbonate to lemonade. A chemical reaction between sodium bicarbonate and citric acid occurred to create carbon dioxide. The person who is usually credited with first successfully creating carbonated water is Joseph Priestley in 1796. Photo credit: Spiff |
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December 9
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Although used occasionally in later experimental devices, this nuclear weapon design was used only once as a weapon, in Little Boy, because of the extreme danger of a misfire. A simple crash could drive the "bullet" into the "target" and release lethal radiation doses or even a full nuclear detonation. Photo credit: Fastfission |
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December 10
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The Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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December 11
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, who serve as the spiritual father or mother of the community. Photo credit: Greudin |
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December 12
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The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New South Wales , Australia. Situated on Bennelong Point at Sydney Harbour, the Sydney Opera House is one of the most distinctive and famous 20th-century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world. Photo credit: Chmouel |
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December 13
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Crystals of 99.999% Photo credit: Foobar |
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December 14
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The first Photo credit: |
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December 15
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The Photo credit: Leonardo da Vinci |
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December 16
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. Photo credit: NASA |
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December 17
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monotypic .
Photo credit: Daniel Keshet |
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December 18
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December 19
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December 20
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December 21
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United Nations World Heritage Parks in 1953.
Photo credit: Dynabee |
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December 22
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A mackerel sky is an indicator of moisture and instability at high levels. If the lower atmosphere is stable and no moist air moves in, the weather will most likely remain dry. However, moisture at lower levels combined with temperature instability can lead to spectacular thunderstorms should the rising moist air reach this layer. In weather lore, a mackerel sky portends changeable weather. Photo credit: Denni Windrim |
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December 23
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The National Gallery at night, illuminated for an event to promote the launch of a National Gallery in London is an art gallery designed by William Wilkins. It holds part of the National Collection, particularly Western European art from 1250 to 1900 . The collection of 2300 paintings belongs to the British public.
Photo credit: Michael Reeve |
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December 24
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Bryce Canyon National Park is distinctive due to its unique geological structures, called hoodoos. In winter, most birds in the park migrate, but jays, ravens, nuthatches, eagles, and owls stay. The Mule Deer, Mountain Lion, and coyotes will migrate to lower elevations. Ground squirrels and marmots pass the winter in hibernation. Photo credit: National Park Service |
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December 25
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The incubate an egg in its brood pouch for 65 days without food by surviving on his fat reserves.
Photo credit: Josh Landis |
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December 26
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Sainte Jeanne d'Arc Church at night. Sainte Jeanne d'Arc Church is a Catholic church in Nice, France which is noticeable for its original architecture. The church was built between 1926 and 1933 by the architect Jacques Dror in reinforced concrete. The style was influenced by Art Nouveau .
Photo credit: Ericd |
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December 27
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The 2 November 1931 , but crashed less than two years later.
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December 28
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The blue ice covering Lake Fryxell in the Transantarctic Mountains, a mountain range in Antarctica, comes from glacial meltwater from the Canada Glacier and other smaller glaciers. The freshwater stays on top of the lake and freezes, sealing in briny water below. Photo credit: Joe Mastroianni |
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December 29
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A plant's leaves are the primary sites for photosynthesis. The green colour is from chlorophyll, a pigment that absorbs the energy from sunlight falling on the leaf. The veins are the vascular tissue of the leaf, moving water into the leaf and the sap produced by photosynthesis back out. Photo credit: PDPhoto.org |
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December 30
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algal species.
Photo credit: NASA |
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December 31
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An 18th century Persian Astrolabe. During the age of sail, the astrolabe was the chief instrument for navigation. It is a precursor of the modern planisphere — the back plate, or mater is engraved with coordinate lines of the celestial sphere in stereographic projection, the points of the curved spikes on the front rete plate, mark the positions of the brightest stars .
Photo credit: Solipsist |
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