Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2013
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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 March 2013. 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/March 2013#1]]
for March 1).
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March 1
The Photo: JJ Harrison
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March 2
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March 3
A map showing the geography of Florida, a state in the United States. Situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida, Florida has an extensive coastline. Its highest point, Britton Hill, is the lowest highpoint of any U.S. state. Florida is home to over 19 million people, living in 410 municipalities. Map:
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March 4
An Photograph: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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March 5
A portrait of an African elephant, highlighting its trunk. The trunk, which contains some 150,000 muscle fascicles, is a fusion of the nose and upper lip with a unique nerve running along both sides. An elephant can use its trunk for power functions, such as lifting up to 350 kg (770 lb), or more delicate functions, such as wiping its eye. Photograph: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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March 6
Turku Castle is a monument located in Turku, Finland. Initially intended as a military fortress, construction on the castle began in the 13th century. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times and now houses a museum, church, restaurants, and banquet hall. Photograph: Otto Jula
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March 7
A Photograph: JJ Harrison
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March 8
The Photograph: Łukasz Golowanow
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March 9
The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used in mathematics classes to help students reason about geometrical figures. It depicts two arrangements of shapes, each of which apparently forms a 13×5 right-angled triangle, but one of which has a 1×1 hole in it. Picture: Fibonacci
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March 10
Photograph: High Contrast
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March 11
The Photo: JJ Harrison
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March 12
The Venus flytrap sea anemone (Actinoscyphia aurelia) is a large sea anemone superficially resembling a Venus flytrap. Found in deep water canyons in the Gulf of Mexico, the anemone orients itself to face the upwelling current and catches prey with its tentacles. Photo: NOAA
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March 13
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the fourth most massive in the Solar System. In this photograph from 1986 the planet appears almost featureless, but recent terrestrial observations have found seasonal changes to be occurring. Photo: NASA/JPL/Voyager 2 mission
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March 14
The Great Picture is a 32-by-111-foot (9.8 by 33.8 m) photograph on muslin taken in 2006 as part of the Legacy Project, a photographic compilation and record of the history of now-closed Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. It was taken by converting an old hangar into a pinhole camera. Photo: Rob Johnson
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March 15
Photo: Charlie Chu
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March 16
The Photo: JJ Harrison
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March 17
Thelephora palmata is a widespread species of clavarioid fungus. It is commonly known as the stinking earthfan for its fetid odor, which intensifies after drying. Photo: H. Krisp
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March 18
An 8.8-centimetre (3.5 in) tall self-portrait of the English miniaturist Peter Oliver (1594–1648). He often worked with watercolours. Portrait: Peter Oliver
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March 19
A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey flying over the U.S. state of New Mexico in August 2007. A prototype version of the aircraft first flew in 1989, followed by a long and difficult development process necessitated by its complex tiltrotor system. Photo: Staff Sgt. Markus Maier, USAF
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March 20
Satellite photographs showing Photo: NASA Earth Observatory
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March 21
The Photo: JJ Harrison
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March 22
Photo: Luís Funez
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March 23
Cliff House is a building located above the cliffs of Ocean Beach, on the western side of San Francisco, US. Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, it houses two restaurants and a room-sized camera obscura. Photo: Mbz1
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March 24
Photo: Nikthestunned
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March 25
The Photo: Evan Amos
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March 26
Unripe drupes of Photo: K Hari Krishnan
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March 27
A film poster for Island of Lost Men, a 1939 American film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Anna May Wong and J. Carrol Naish. It followed a general's daughter who looks for her father after he disappears and winds up in a labor camp. The film, originally titled Guns for China, received middling reviews. Poster: The Other Company
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March 28
Photo: Herman Mishkin; Restoration:
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March 29
A flock of Sanderlings (Calidris alba) at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, US. The species is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches. Photo: Brocken Inaglory
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March 30
A panoramic view of the Belvedere of Tragara in Capri, Italy, in summer. The island is a popular destination for Italian and international tourists, and can be easily reached by sea from Naples. Visible behind the city is Mount Solaro. Photo: Paolo Costa Baldi
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March 31
The Photo: Carschten
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