Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2014
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July 1
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The Centre Block is the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario. It contains the House of Commons and Senate chambers, as well as offices and several ceremonial spaces. Built in the Gothic Revival style, the present Centre Block is the second iteration of the building, after the first was destroyed by fire in 1916. Photo: W. Lloyd MacKenzie
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July 2
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A diagram of a mechanical
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July 3
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Pickett's Charge was an infantry assault during the American Civil War. It was ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee against Major General George Meade's Union positions on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg. The assault, led by three generals including George Pickett, was ultimately futile; the Confederate forces were repulsed and suffered a 50% casualty rate. The furthest point reached during the charge has been termed the high-water mark of the Confederacy. Illustration: Thure de Thulstrup; restoration: Adam Cuerden
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July 4
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The engrossed copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, which was ratified on July 4, 1776, and signed over the following months. The history of this document is one of reverence and neglect. After being signed, it was moved several times, first with the Continental Congress and later with the Secretary of State. When the British razed Washington during the War of 1812, it was evacuated to Virginia. From 1841 to 1876, the document was on public display in conditions which caused it to fade drastically. Consequently, from 1892 to 1922 it was stored between two glass plates and exhibited only rarely. After a period at the Library of Congress, the engrossed copy is now held by the National Archives. It is exhibited in a titanium-aluminum case filled with argon. Document: Thomas Jefferson et al.
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July 5
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July 6
Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Peruvian Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level, as viewed from Huayna Picchu. Established c. 1450, the settlement was abandoned at the time of the Spanish Conquest the following century. Although it remained known locally, it was not brought to international attention until after Hiram Bingham visited the site in 1911. Machu Picchu is now a popular tourist destination and UNESCO World Heritage Site, and restoration efforts are ongoing. Photo: Martin St-Amant |
July 7
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An 1898 advertisement for Ivory, a brand of bar soap first sold by Procter & Gamble in 1879. Air is whipped into the soap during production so that it will float on water; the slogan "It floats!" was first used in 1891. Poster: Strobridge Lithograph Company; restoration: Adam Cuerden |
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The Photo: David Iliff
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July 10
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The HEALPix projection is a family of map projections, the members of which are distinguished by their H and K parameters that describe the specific arrangement. The H=4, K=3 HEALPix projection, as shown here applied to Earth, maps the sphere to twelve square facets (diamonds) on the plane, then divides these facets into pixels. This projection is widely used in physical cosmology for maps of the cosmic microwave background. Map: Strebe, using Geocart
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July 11
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In the Conservatory is an 1879 oil painting by Édouard Manet which depicts a married couple, Manet's friends the Guillemets, in a conservatory in Paris then owned by painter Otto Rosen. Despite a hint of intimacy from the proximity of their hands, the couple appear separated from both each other and the conservatory around them. First exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon, the painting is now held at the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Painting: Édouard Manet
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July 12
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A cross section of a post- red cells but mostly of a liquid containing suspended hemoglobin , makes a circuit up and down the animal in its closed circulatory systems.
Diagram: K.D. Schroeder
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July 13
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July 14
A panoramic view of Auckland, the largest and most populous city in New Zealand. At the far left is the Auckland Harbour Bridge; prominent in the centre-left of the photograph are the Sky Tower and the Auckland Central Business District, which is one of the most built-up areas in the country. Photograph: Christian Mehlführer
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July 15
Cupha erymanthis is a species of brush-footed butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South and Southeast Asia which may feed on liquids from carrion. This specimen was photographed in Kadavoor, Kerala, India. Photograph: Jkadavoor
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July 16
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The buffy hummingbird (Leucippus fallax) is a South American species of hummingbird. It can be found in subtropical or tropical dry forests, mangrove forests, and dry shrubland; it prefers living near the canopy. Photograph: Wilfredor; edit: Julia W
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July 17
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Schloss Johannisburg is a schloss in Aschaffenburg, Germany, that was erected between 1605 and 1614 by Georg Ridinger. This red sandstone building overlooks the River Main. Photograph: Rainer Lippert; edit: Carschten
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July 18
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Venus and Anchises (1889/90), an oil painting by William Blake Richmond which depicts the goddess Venus and her mortal lover Anchises. Richmond, although better known as a portrait painter, aspired to create large, allegoric works; this drive also influenced his workings in glass mosaics. Painting: William Blake Richmond
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July 19
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A species of Odontomyia, from the soldier fly family; these small insects are generally scavengers. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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July 20
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The crew of Photograph: NASA
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July 21
Beppe Grillo (b. 1948) is an Italian comedian, actor, blogger and political activist who established the Five Star Movement in 2009. Born in Genoa, Grillo became well known as a comic through several television shows in the 1980s, but following jokes which attacked the corruption of the Italian Socialist Party and its leader Bettino Craxi he was banned from television. Grillo continued to tour as a comedian while speaking out against corruption and banking scandals, and in 2005 Time named him a European hero. Photograph: Niccolò Caranti
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July 22
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A female (top) and male Photograph: JJ Harrison
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July 23
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Australian artistic gymnast Lauren Mitchell (b. 1991) performing a layout step-out on the balance beam during the 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London, United Kingdom, on 14 October 2009; at the Championships, Mitchell won two silver medals, one for the balance beam and another for floor exercises. Since her first medal in 2007, Mitchell has placed in the World Championships, World Cup, and Commonwealth Games, and competed in two Olympic Games. Photo: Steven Rasmussen; edit: Keraunoscopia
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July 24
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A map of the Map: Grandiose
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July 25
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The Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum is a lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1811, the school produced 286 graduates, including the poet Anton Delvig and statesman Dmitry Tolstoy, before it was moved to Saint Petersburg in 1844. Photo: Florstein
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July 26
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A white-throated rock thrush (Monticola gularis) found in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. These thrushes live in forested areas, shrublands, and rocky areas through much of east Asia. They feed mainly on invertebrates. Photo: JJ Harrison
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July 27
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Photo: Pach Brothers, restoration: Adam Cuerden
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July 28
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According to Islamic tradition, .Photograph: Andrew Shiva
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July 29
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A poster advertising an 1896 play, starring Alexandre Dumas's 1848 novel The Lady of the Camellias. Bernhardt starred in Paris, London, and several Broadway revivals of the story, as well as a 1911 film directed by André Calmettes and Henri Pouctal. The title role of the tragic courtesan Marguerite Gautier became coveted amongst actresses, and Bernhardt coached Ida Rubinstein in it before her death.
This poster was designed by the Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha. Mucha had signed a six-year contract with Bernhardt in 1895, following the success of his poster for Victorien Sardou's Gismonda, in which Bernhardt starred. Mucha used pale pastel colors and frequently featured beautiful young women in flowing, vaguely Neoclassical robes in his posters; these women were often surrounded by lush flowers which sometimes formed halos behind their heads. Poster: Alphonse Mucha; restoration: Adam Cuerden
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July 30
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Photograph: JJ Harrison
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July 31
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Orchis mascula is a herbaceous plant of the orchid family. Found in much of Europe as well as the Middle East and northwest Africa, it blooms from April to June. Photograph: Tuxyso
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