Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2011
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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 June 2011. 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/June 2011#1]] for June 1).
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June 1
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Photo: Unknown; Restoration: Lise Broer
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June 2
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An 1880 political cartoon depicts Senator Roscoe Conkling over a "presidential puzzle" consisting of some of the potential Republican nominees as pieces of a newly invented sliding puzzle. Conkling held significant influence over the party during the 1880 Republican National Convention and attempted to use that to nominate Ulysses S. Grant, only to lose out to "dark horse" candidate James A. Garfield .
Artist: James Albert Wales; Lithography: Mayer, Merkel, & Ottmann; Restoration: Jujutacular
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June 3
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An K'inich Janaab' Pakal (mid-7th century), and is thought to depict Mayan ancestral rulers or the parents thereof. The standing figure holds a sceptre in the left hand, and in the right, a length of material. The seated figures adopt a posture of submission or deference, with hands placed on opposite shoulders.
Artist: Ricardo Almendáriz; Restoration: Lise Broer
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June 4
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A photographer's assistant uses a portable folding Photo: Mila Zinkova
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June 5
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An animation showing the unfolding of a Dymaxion map, a projection of a world map onto the surface of a polyhedron (in this case, an icosahedron) and then flattened to form a two-dimensional map which retains most of the relative proportional integrity of the globe map. This type of map was invented by Buckminster Fuller and is one of several of his inventions to use the name Dymaxion. Image: Chris Rywalt
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June 6
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A major film studios did not want to be accused of advocating Jewish propaganda by making films with overtly antifascist themes.
Photo: Farm Security Administration; Restoration: Lise Broer
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June 7
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The Photo: JJ Harrison
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June 8
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The sketch for the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. The book was first published by Joseph Johnson in 1788; a second, illustrated edition, with engravings by William Blake based on his own drawings, was released in 1791 and remained in print for around a quarter of a century. The book begins with a frame story, which sketches out the education of two young girls by their maternal teacher Mrs. Mason, followed by a series of didactic tales. Wollstonecraft employed the then burgeoning genre of children's literature to promote the education of women and an emerging middle-class ideology. She argued that women would be able to become rational adults if they were educated properly as children, which was not a widely-held belief in the 18th century.
Artist: William Blake; Restoration: Lise Broer
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June 9
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June 10
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A portolan chart from 1492, the oldest known signed and dated chart of Portuguese origin. Cartography technologies greatly advanced during the Age of Discovery. Iberian mapmakers in particular focused on practical charts to use as navigational aids. Unlike Spanish maps which were regarded as state secrets, Portuguese ones were used by other countries, and Portuguese cartographers drew upon the skill and knowledge of other cultures as well. Map: Jorge de Aguiar
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June 11
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A portrait of Edward M. Thomas, one of the Photo: Toni Frissell; Restoration: Lise Broer |
June 12
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A pressing to make wine. Grapes are cultivated for both winemaking and eating. They were originally domesticated in Central Asia in the Neolithic period, and the oldest evidence of winemaking dates to around 8,000 years ago.
Image: Mariana Ruiz Villarreal
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June 13
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A long-exposure seascape photograph of rocks at Clifton Beach, Tasmania. In photography, exposure is the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium (film or sensor): the longer the shutter speed, the more light is let in. This can be done for technical reasons, such as in low-light conditions, or to create an artistic effect as shown here, when the ocean waves appear to be fog. Photo: JJ Harrison
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June 14
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A dugout home, a building based in a hole or depression dug into the ground, near Pie Town, New Mexico, US, in 1940. These structures are one of the most ancient types of human housing known to archaeologists. Dugouts can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, or dug into a hillside. They can also be semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof. Photo: Russell Lee; Restoration: Lise Broer
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June 15
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The . Photo: Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes
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June 16
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A view of Photo: Jack Spellingbacon
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June 17
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A Photo: JJ Harrison
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June 18
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Photo: Martin St-Amant
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June 19
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An naturalist whose work laid the foundation for the sciences of physical geography and meteorology, among other things. By delineating "isothermal lines", he simultaneously suggested the idea and devised the means of comparing the climatic conditions of various countries.
Map: William C. Woodbridge; Restoration: Jujutacular and Lise Broer
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June 20
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This study drawing by Kenyon Cox shows the allegorical figure of Romance nude, bending her head to read a book on her lap. Romance is one figure in a painting, The Arts, in the north-end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. Cox was an advocate of figurative art—art that is clearly sourced from real objects—and is therefore by definition representational rather than abstract art. Restoration: Lise Broer
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June 21
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A World War I telegraph that signals using Morse code flashes of sunlight reflected by a mirror. The flashes were generated by tilting the mirror with a lever mounted behind it. The heliograph is a simple but highly effective instrument for instantaneous optical communication over long distances. The record is 183 mi (295 km), using a 8"x8" mirror. The depicted device has a 5" diameter mirror, rated for 30 mile range.
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June 22
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South Cape Bay, located on the south-western shore of Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area . The park is well-known for its pristine wilderness and remoteness. The southern and western reaches of the park are far removed from vehicular access, with access only by foot, boat, or light aircraft.
Photo: JJ Harrison
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June 23
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on the base of the overlying bed. Photo: Hannes Grobe
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June 24
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Trails of Martian dust devils, which appear as dark streaks on the light surface, as seen by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Dust devils are strong, well-formed, and relatively long-lived whirlwinds that can form when hot air near the surface rises quickly through a small pocket of cooler, low-pressure air above it. On Mars, dust devils have unexpectedly cleaned the solar panels of the Mars rovers. Photo: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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June 25
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A westward view of the River Thames passing between the London boroughs of Lambeth and City of Westminster, with the London Eye ferris wheel on the left and the Palace of Westminster in the centre. The Thames is the second-longest river in England and has a special significance in flowing through London, although this is only a short part of its course. Its strategic position has made it a physical and political boundary, as well as the centre of many events in British history. Photo: David Iliff
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June 26
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June 27
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A sketch of the action during the Artist: Alfred Waud; Restoration: Lise Broer |
June 28
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June 29
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The body of a series and its successors, and with autofocus SLR systems from other manufacturers. Photo: Thomas Wolf |
June 30
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An American Romance languages. In the early 20th century, it became the primary language of a large Jewish community in Eastern Europe that rejected Zionism and sought Jewish cultural autonomy in Europe.
Poster: Charles Edward Chambers; Restoration: Lise Broer
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