Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2014
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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 February 2014. 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/February 2014#1]]
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February 1
The crew of atmospheric reentry on 1 February 2003 and the STS-107 crew perished. Tributes to the crew were made throughout the world.
Rear (L-R): David Brown, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, Ilan Ramon; Photograph: NASA
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February 2
A portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529), completed by Raphael c. 1514–15. Castiglione was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and author during the Renaissance. Among his writings is The Book of the Courtier, which is framed around a series of conversations between courtiers at the court of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro and addresses the constitution of a perfect courtier and a perfect lady. Painting: Raphael
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February 3
Sainte-Enimie is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France. Named after a daughter of Chlothar II, who is said to have lived in the area after catching leprosy to avoid marriage, the commune has been the location of several monasteries. Tourism is now a major part of its economy, and many of the sites are religious in nature. Photograph: Tobi 87
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February 4
Velodona togata is the only species in the octopus genus Velodona; the genus and species names come from the large membranes that connect its arms. It was first described by Carl Chun in his book Die Cephalopoden (from which this illustration is taken) in 1915. A second subspecies was described by Guy Coburn Robson in 1924. Illustration: Ewald Rübsamen
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February 5
Male (top) and female Photograph: JJ Harrison
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February 6
The Image: NASA
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February 7
A caterpillar of Malacosoma neustria, also known as the Lackey moth. Caterpillars of this species form silken tents to regulate their temperature. Image: H. Krisp
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February 8
The Asfi Mosque, located near the Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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February 9
An aerial view of Frigiliana, a town of 3,000 in Málaga, Spain. Photo: Aqwis
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February 10
The . Designed by Téophile Seyrig, construction was completed in 1886. Photograph: Diego Delso
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February 11
Volvariella bombycina is a species of edible mushroom in the family Pluteaceae. Though uncommon, it is widespread, often growing singly or in clusters in old knotholes and wounds in elms and maples. Photograph: Hagen Graebner
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February 12
Painting: Paul Delaroche
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February 13
Laguna Colorada is a shallow salt lake located within the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve in Bolivia. The lake's reddish waters contrast with its white borax islands. Photograph: Christian Mehlführer
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February 14
The artist, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, includes a red dove as the messenger of love in this work and modeled Beatrice after his deceased wife and frequent model, Elizabeth Siddal (1829–62). Painting: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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February 15
The to the southern and southwestern parts of the continent. Their diet consists mainly of insects, particularly termites. Photograph: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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February 16
A 1901 illustration for "Break, Break, Break", an elegy by Lord Tennyson written in 1835 for his friend Arthur Hallam, who had died two years previously. Written during a period of relative isolation at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, the poem uses minimalistic terms and forgoes decorative aspects. In his biography of Tennyson, Michael Thorn describes it as "one of the great short lyrics". Illustration: William Edward Frank Britten; restoration: Adam Cuerden
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February 17
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is an Orthodox cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia. Built between 1894 and 1900 and dedicated to Alexander Nevsky, it was restored beginning in 1991. Photograph: Diego Delso
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February 18
Photo: Paolo Costa Baldi
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February 19
February 20
Model: Nickshanks
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February 21
The official logo of Patch: National Reconnaissance Office
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February 22
The Photograph: JJ Harrison
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February 23
A . Photograph: travelwayoflife
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February 24
Painting: Gustave Caillebotte
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February 25
Illustration: William Edward Frank Britten; restoration: Adam Cuerden
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February 26
The current main building of the Moscow State University in Sparrow Hills, Moscow, Russia. Designed by Lev Rudnev and completed by 1953, the 240-metre (790 ft) tall structure was the tallest building in Europe until the completion of the Messeturm in 1990. Photograph: Dmitry A. Mottl
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February 27
A Photograph: JJ Harrison
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February 28
A 1937 photograph of Wes Brady, a former slave. Born c. 1850, Brady had been owned by a farmer in Marshall, Texas before emancipation. As a young boy he worked the fields, picking cotton. He recalled "The rows was a mile long and no matter how much grass was in them, if you leaves one sprig on your row they beats you nearly to death." This portrait is part of the Slave Narrative Collection, a massive compilation of slave narratives – containing 10,000 typed pages representing more than 2,000 interviews – which was undertaken by the US Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration from 1936 to 1938. Photograph: Federal Writers' Project; restoration: Chick Bowen
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