Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2007
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May 1
The Photo credit: Mdf
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May 2
Captain freefall for 4.5 minutes at speeds up to 625 mph (1,005 km/h) and temperatures as low as −94°F (−70°C), he opened his parachute at 17,500 feet (5.3 km). The whole descent took 13 minutes and 45 seconds. This is the current world record for the highest parachute jump and was the longest freefall until Adrian Nicholas broke the record in 1998 with a wing suit skydive lasting 4 minutes 55 seconds.
Photo credit: United States Air Force
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May 3
The Photo credit: Fir0002
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May 4
A female Photo credit: Fir0002
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May 5
May 6
This false-color radar image taken by the Cassini orbiter provides convincing evidence for large bodies of liquid methane on Titan. Images taken during a fly-by of the moon on July 22, 2006 show more than 75 large bodies of liquid ranging in diameter from three to 70km (1.9 to 43.6 mi) in the moon's northern hemisphere. Intensity in this colorized image is proportional to how much radar brightness is returned. The lakes, darker than the surrounding terrain, are emphasized here by tinting regions of low backscatter in blue. Radar-brighter regions are shown in tan. Smallest details in this image are about 500 m (1,640 ft) across. On January 3, 2007, NASA announced that scientists have "definitive evidence of lakes filled with methane on Saturn 's moon Titan."
Image credit: Cassini orbiter
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May 7
A queen meat ant burrowing a hole after her nuptial flight, an important phase in the reproduction of most ant and some bee species. Young queens and males stay in their parent colony until conditions are right. During the flight, the queen will usually mate with several males, after which mated queens land and remove their wings. They then attempt to found a new colony. Photo credit: Fir0002
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May 8
A portrait of Thomas Edison and his early phonograph from 1878. This was the invention that made him famous, giving him the moniker "The Wizard of Menlo Park". It was so unexpected by the public at large as to appear almost magical. His first phonograph recorded on tinfoil around a grooved cylinder and had poor sound quality, and the tinfoil recordings could only be replayed a few times. Photo credit: Levin Corbin Handy
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May 9
An Photo credit: Fir0002
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May 10
This polar map of Jupiter, taken by the Cassini orbiter as it neared Jupiter during a flyby on its way to Saturn, is the most detailed global color map of the planet ever produced. The south pole is in the center of the map and the equator is at the edge. The map shows a variety of colorful cloud features, including parallel reddish-brown and white bands, the Great Red Spot , multi-lobed chaotic regions, white ovals, and many small vortexes. Many clouds appear in streaks and waves due to continual stretching and folding by Jupiter's winds and turbulence.
Photo credit: Cassini orbiter
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May 11
L'Hemisferic, an Valencia, Spain .
Photo credit: Diliff
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May 12
An arching fountain of pāhoehoe lava, approximately 10 m (33 ft) high, issuing from a spatter cone of Pu‘u Kahaualea, Hawaii. Pāhoehoe is basaltic lava that has a smooth, billowy, undulating, or ropy surface. These surface features are due to the movement of very fluid lava under a congealing surface crust. Pāhoehoe lavas typically have a temperature of 1100°C–1200°C. Photo credit: J.D. Griggs,
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May 13
A stitched panorama of the Morteratsch Glacier, the largest glacier by area in the Bernina Range, Switzerland. By volume, it is the largest glacier in the Eastern Alps. In spring, depending on the snow conditions, a 10 km (6.25 mi) long ski -run is marked on the glacier, which takes up to two hours to descend.
Photo credit: Daniel Schwen
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May 14
The translational motion of atoms and molecules gives gases their Image credit: Greg L
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May 15
A common hoverfly, Simosyrphus grandicornis, approximately 12 mm in size, resting on a stalk. Many hoverfly species, such as this one, mimic the appearance of bees or wasps, which is thought to protect them from falling prey to birds and other insectivores. About 6,000 species of hoverflies in 200 genera have been described. Photo credit: Fir0002
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May 16
The flower of a Photo credit: Fir0002
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May 17
A National Recreation Area
Photo credit: David Corby
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May 18
A green tent spider, approximately 15 mm in length, of the grass. These spiders create tent-like, highly complex non-sticky webs, sometimes considered a precursor of the simplified orb-web . These webs are aligned horizontally, with a network of supporting threads above them. These spiders often live in colonies.
Photo credit: Fir0002
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May 19
A 2.38 g piece of Aerogels hold 15 different records for material properties, including best insulator and lowest-density solid.
Photo credit: NASA
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May 20
The five-inch 54-caliber MK45 gun during routine training operations off the coast of Southern California. The gun mount features an automatic loader with a capacity of 20 rounds. These can be fired under full automatic control taking a little over a minute to exhaust those rounds at maximum fire rate. For sustained use, a three-man crew can keep the gun supplied with ammunition .
Photo credit: Felix Garza Jr., U.S. Navy
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May 21
A Photo credit: Fir0002
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May 22
A group of German Spring Offensive of 1918, it was found that while some troops had discarded their rifles , hardly any had left behind their respirators.
Photo credit: Frank Hurley
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May 23
A stitched panorama taken from St Jerome, the summit of Montserrat, a 1,236 m (4,055 ft) mountain near Barcelona, Spain . The mountain's name means "jagged mountain" and is used because of the peculiar aspect of the formation, which is visible from a great distance.
Photo credit: Diliff
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May 24
A angiosperms , are more varied than the equivalent structures of any other group of organisms, and flowering plants also have an unrivalled diversity of sexual systems.
Photo credit: Fir0002
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May 25
The Moorish cultures.
Photo credit: Diliff
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May 26
Morning West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. It is the largest of the west coast lakes, a glacier formation from the last ice age. It is filled with fresh rain water which runs through the surrounding forest floor, collecting tannins and giving it its dark colour.
Photo credit: Richard Palmer
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May 27
An , folded and wrapped in various styles around the head. It is commonly found in arid climate areas to provide protection from direct sun exposure, as well as for occasional use in protecting the mouth and eyes from blown dust and sand.Photo credit: Christiaan Briggs
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May 28
A plate of . Photo credit: Jon Sullivan/Pharaoh Hound
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May 29
P-38 Lightning dug out from 268 feet (81.2 m) of ice in eastern Greenland in 1992. The P-38, with its distinctive shape, was used most successfully in the South West Pacific theater, where it was flown by the American pilots with the highest number of aerial victories in World War II .
Photo credit: Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker,
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May 30
The Ulysses Butterfly (Papilio ulysses) is a large Australian swallowtail with a wingspan of about 14 cm (5.5 in). The top of the butterfly’s wings are an iridescent electric blue; the underside is a more subdued black and brown coloration. When the butterfly is perched the intense blue of its wings is hidden (as seen here), helping it to blend in with its surroundings. Photo credit: Fir0002
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May 31
Comet Photo credit: Fir0002
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