Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2006
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| A skilled baseball pitcher often throws a variety of different pitches in order to prevent the batter from hitting the ball well. The most basic pitch is a fastball, where the pitcher throws the ball as hard as he can. Some pitchers are able to throw a fastball at a velocity of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). Other common types of pitches are the curveball, slider, changeup, forkball, and knuckleball. These generally are intended to have unusual movement to deceive the batter as to the rotation or velocity of the ball, making it more difficult to hit.
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The Photo credit: PiccoloNamek |
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The is edible and used raw or roasted, or ground into a paste. Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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The boobies are a group of seabirds closely related to the gannets. They are large birds with long pointed wings and long bills. Boobies hunt eggs on the ground or sometimes in a tree nest. Their name is based on the Spanish slang term bubi, meaning "dunce ".
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The Photo credit: Solipsist |
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in its interior. Photo credit: NASA |
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The also produce venom. Their venom is similar to that of some snakes. Photo credit: PiccoloNamek |
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Liquid water is most dense at 4 °C and becomes less dense as the water molecules begin to form the molecules less efficiently (in terms of volume) when water is frozen. The result is that ice floats on liquid water, an important factor in Earth's climate .
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A Bessbug is a very large beetle, about 2.5 cm (1 inch) long, found in the Eastern United States and Canada, that feeds on rotting wood. It has a "horn" on the dorsal head. They are highly subsocial beetles that care for their young; they prepare food for them and help the larvae construct the pupal case. They are known to produce fourteen acoustical signals, more than many vertebrates. Photo credit: PiccoloNamek |
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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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Tadeusz Kościuszko was a Polish national hero, general and a leader of the Kościuszko Uprising against Russia in 1794. In this painting, he is shown taking the oath as leader of Kościuszko Uprising in Kraków market square. He also fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army on the side of Washington. Painting credit: Wojciech Kossak |
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The island Photo credit: Tsui |
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The Photo credit: SeanMack |
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Sea turtles are large, ocean-dwelling turtles. There are seven surviving species of sea turtle and all are endangered. Sea turtles are found in all the world's oceans with the exception of the Arctic Ocean, and some species travel between oceans. Sea turtles have an extraordinary sense of time and location. They are highly sensitive to the Earth's magnetic field and probably use it to navigate. Photo credit: Tokugawapants |
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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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Primary production is the production of biological organic compounds from inorganic materials through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Organisms that can create biomass in this manner (notably plants) are known as primary producers, and form the basis of the food chain. In oceanography and limnology the primary producers in aquatic environments are phytoplankton utilizing energy from sunlight. Photo credit: SeaWiFS Project, NASA |
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Photo credit: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection |
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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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The Photo credit: Diliff |
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A Photo credit: NASA |
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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. Illustration credit: Fastfission |
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In English usage a Photo credit: NASA |
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