Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2008
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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 November 2008. 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/November 2008#1]] for November 1).
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November 1
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The Photo credit: Daniel Schwen
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November 2
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A map of Map credit: Justin Morris
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November 3
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The night skyline of Hong Kong, Victoria Harbour and Kowloon, as seen from Victoria Peak, the tallest mountain on Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong is located on China's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Guangdong province in the north and faces the South China Sea in the east, west and south. It has a population of 6.9 million people, and is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Photo credit: David Iliff
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November 4
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A seals of the then-47 U.S. states and territories as well as the District of Columbia. Some of these seals have changed since this image was created.
Image credit: A.J. Connell Litho.
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November 5
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The cosmic microwave background (CMB) as seen by NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe after five years of observations, projected from the full sky using the Mollweide projection. The CMB consists of electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region which pervades the universe. Most cosmologists consider this radiation to be the best known evidence for the Big Bang .
Image credit: NASA / the WMAP Science Team
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November 6
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The Trevi Fountain, located in the rione of Trevi in Rome, Italy, is the city's largest and most ambitious Baroque fountain. Standing 25.9 meters (85 feet) high and 19.8 meters (65 feet) wide, it was commissioned in 1730 and completed in 1762, with restoration work done in 1998. Photo credit: David Iliff |
November 7
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A portion of Glen Canyon, just downstream of Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. Photo credit: Christian Mehlführer
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November 8
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Photo credit: Alexander Gardner
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November 9
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The . Photo credit: Mdf
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November 10
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A male holoptic eyes) is typical of syrphid males.
Photo credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar
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November 11
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"The Trumpet Calls", a recruitment poster for the Australian Army in World War I. When the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, Australia followed without hesitation. This was considered to be expected by the Australian public, because of the very large number of British-born citizens and first generation Anglo-Australians at the time. A total of 331,814 Australians were sent overseas to serve as part of the Australian Imperial Force with a casualty rate (killed or wounded) of 64%. Artist: Norman Lindsay
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November 12
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V-22 Osprey before a night mission in central Iraq. Ten Ospreys were assigned to Squadron VMM-263 in 2007 and deployed to Iraq, the Osprey's first combat deployment.
Photo credit: Chief Petty Officer Joe Kane, U.S. Navy
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November 13
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A real-life " Photo credit: Alfred T. Palmer, OWI
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November 14
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The Photo credit: Laitche
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November 15
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The Grand Staircase of the Palais Garnier, a 2,200-seat opera house in Paris, France. A grand landmark designed by Charles Garnier in the Neo-Baroque style, it is regarded as one of the architectural masterpieces of its time. The building was completed in 1874 as a replacement for the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, which had been destroyed in a fire the year before. Photo credit: Benh Lieu Song
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November 16
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A 1909 oil industry, eventually giving the city the nickname "Oil Capital of the World ".
Photo credit: Clarence Jack
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November 17
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General Photo credit: Mathew Brady or Levin Corbin Handy
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November 18
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Euhadra peliomphala is a land snail endemic to Japan. The species exhibits exceptional geographical variation in its mitochondrial DNA. Photo credit: Takahashi
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November 19
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The trade. Photo credit: André Karwath
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November 20
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A Federal One program. FAP artists created posters, murals and paintings; some of which stand among the most significant pieces of public art in the country.
Poster credit: Frank S. Nicholson
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November 21
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Astronaut Eugene Cernan makes a short test drive of the lunar rover (officially, Lunar Roving Vehicle or LRV) during the early part of the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity. The LRV was only used in the last three Apollo missions , but it performed without any major problems and allowed the astronauts to cover far more ground than in previous missions. All three LRVs were abandoned on the Moon.
Photo credit: Harrison Schmitt
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November 22
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A fissile material than it consumes. FBRs are used in nuclear power plants to produce nuclear power from nuclear fuel. LMFBRs are cooled by liquid sodium , but other metals have been used in the past.
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November 23
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The Photo credit: David Iliff
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November 24
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The tomb of Roman Catholic basilica on the northern slope of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1904, Brother André began the construction of a small chapel on the side of the mountain near College Notre-Dame, which was replaced by a larger church in 1917 and the current basilica in 1967, which is dedicated to Saint Joseph, to whom Brother André credited all his reported miracles. These were mostly related to some kind of healing power, and many pilgrims (handicapped, blind, ill, etc.) were allegedly healed. Pope John Paul II deemed the miracles to be authentic and beatified Brother André in 1982.
Photo credit: Alain Carpentier
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November 25
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November 26
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The Photo credit: Berlyn Brixner
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November 27
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A springtime view of the Photo credit: Benjamint444
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November 28
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The perennial , though under favorable conditions its seeds may remain viable for many years.
Photo credit: Peripitus
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November 29
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A frontal view of a bee of the Anthophora genus. This is one of the largest in the family Apidae, with over 450 species worldwide in 14 different subgenera. All species are solitary, though many nest in large aggregations. Photo credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar
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November 30
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Photo credit: Harris & Ewing
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