Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2005
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March 1
The art of Photo credit: USDA-ARS |
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March 2
The Eagle Nebula (also known as Messier Object 16, M16 or NGC 6611) is a young open cluster of stars. The nebula is an active region of star formation. Light from the bright, hot, young stars near the centre of the cluster illuminate the clouds of hydrogen gas and dust still collapsing to form new stars. As projected on the sky, the Eagle Nebula lies in the spiral arm towards the centre of the Milky Way .
In fact, when the picture is not coloured, is only red colored, the "Eagle" can be seen as a dark spot in the center of the nebula. Photo credit: NASA |
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March 3
A barrel organ is a mechanical musical instrument made of a series of pipes, and bellows, like any other traditional organ, and of a cylinder studded with staples or bridges or pins corresponding in their placement to a particular tune. The continuous rotation of the barrel causes the staples to come into contact with levers and rods which open valves to let air from the bellows into the organ pipes. The bellows is usually actuated by the same power source which, through reduction gearing or worm gearing, causes the drum to slowly turn around.
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March 4
Hebe is a southern hemisphere. They are commonly cultivated as decorative, evergreen garden shrubs and often used for groundcover.
Hebes have perfect flowers (with both male and female reproductive parts), which are arranged in a spiked inflorescence .
This particular example is Hebe x franciscana, also known as 'Blue Gem' Veronica. It is a cultivated hybrid between Hebe elliptica and Hebe speciosa. Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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March 5
The Photo credit: Baba66 |
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March 6
. Although James Clerk Maxwell made the first colour photograph in 1861, the results were far from realistic until Prokudin-Gorskii perfected the technique with a series of improvements around 1905. His process used a camera that took a series of monochrome pictures in rapid sequence, each through a different coloured filter. Prokudin-Gorskii then went on to document much of the country of Russia, travelling by train in a specially equipped darkroom railroad car. Photo credit: |
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March 7
Taking its name from a small, maneuverable fighting frigate, the first Chevrolet Corvettes were virtually handbuilt in Flint, Michigan. The outer body was made out of a revolutionary new composite material called fiberglass, offering the strength of steel without the weight. The tradition continues even today, as no Corvette has ever had anything other than a fiberglass outer skin.. Photo credit: Softeis |
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March 8
The more porous, easing later planting. Photo credit: Marcela |
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March 9
The natural range of the . Photo credit: Richard Mayer |
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March 10
The Photo credit: United States Navy |
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March 11
The Weedy sea dragons are named for the weed-like projections on their bodies, which serve to camouflage them as they move among the seaweed beds where they are usually found. Photo credit: Rling |
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March 12
Unlike many insects, , or allowing the butterfly a chance of escaping in the confusion when the bird simply pokes a hole in one of the wings. Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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March 13
Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage, brewed from rice. In Japan, the word simply means alcoholic beverage. As with other alcohol in Japan, sake is poured with the palm of the hand facing down and the back of the hand facing up, particularly when it is poured for another person. Pouring with the palm of the hand facing up is considered rude and is likely to elicit surprise and disapproval. Photo credit: Dan Smith |
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March 14
In most cases In 1664 Robert Hooke's Micrographia was the first book to describe the microscopic world and included many of his highly detailed hand drawn illustrations such as this flea. Micrographia was a bestseller in its day. Photo credit: Robert Hooke |
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March 15
The world's largest cockroach is the Australian giant burrowing cockroach, which can grow to 90 mm in length and weigh more than 30 grams. Photo credit: Joăo Estęvăo A. de Freitas |
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March 16
The planes that serve as . Photo credit: United States Air Force |
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March 17
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 or deceive the batter as to the rotation or velocity of the ball, making it more difficult to hit.
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March 18
The is edible and used raw or roasted, or ground into a paste. Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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March 19
The This pile of bison skulls from the 1870s illustrates the extent of their slaughter in the 19th century by settlers: from a population of about 60 million in 1800 to as few as 750 in 1890. They have since been reintroduced into the wild and are no longer considered a high risk endangered species. Credit: Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library |
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March 20
The Photo credit: Solipsist |
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March 21
The The Habanero and Scotch bonnet are not identical, but are two varieties of the same species; the most notable difference is their shapes. The habanero is a cultivar; the Scotch bonnet a true variety. Photo credit: André Karwath |
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March 22
Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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March 23
Apricots originated in northeastern China near the Russian border, not in Armenia as their scientific name, Prunus armeniaca, suggests. Although they had spread as far as Armenia by the time the Romans introduced them into Europe around 70 BC. Photo credit: Fir0002 |
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March 24
The Photo credit: Jon Sullivan, pdphoto.org |
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March 25
Delicate Arch is a remarkable freestanding natural arch and the signature landmark of Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, USA. Surprisingly, the arch played no part in the original designation of the area as a U.S. National Monument in 1929, and was not included within the original monument boundary. It was added when the monument was enlarged in 1938 .
Photo credit: National Park Service |
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March 26
The cat is a small feline carnivorous mammal that has been domesticated for several millennia. A male cat is usually called a tom cat, a female cat is called a queen. A young cat is called a kitten (as are baby rats, rabbits, hedgehogs and squirrels). Photo credit: Chmouel Boudjnah |
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March 27
The The Zuni language is unique and unrelated to the languages of the other Pueblo peoples. The Zuni continue to practice their traditional shamanistic religion with its regular ceremonies and dances and an independent mythology. Photo credit: |
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March 28
The , who serve as the spiritual father or mother of the community. Photo credit: Greudin |
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March 29
In the west, during the Factory Acts were introduced to gradually restrict the hours that children were allowed to work, and to improve safety.
Today, similar laws have been enacted by most wealthy countries and forced child labor is often considered a violation of human rights. In poorer countries, child labor may still be accepted, where families often rely on the labors of their children for survival. Photo credit: |
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March 30
A sand castle is a type of sand sculpture which resembles a miniature building, often a castle. Sand castles are typically made on beaches with wet fine sand and, optionally, tools such as shovels and buckets and reinforcers such as wood, usually by children, but also by adults who engage in sand sculpture contests, in which the goal is to create large and complex structures which do not appear to be constructed purely from sand. Photo credit: Guy King |
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March 31
Walt Whitman was a 19th century American poet, who, along with Emily Dickinson, was influential in developing a distinctly American voice in poetry. His most famous work is the collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass. Whitman so admired this picture of himself, that he is known to have sent a copy to the poet Tennyson in England.
Photo credit: George C. Cox (1887) |
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