Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2009
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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 2009. 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 2009#1]] for November 1).
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November 1
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Two whole Photo credit: Fir0002
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November 2
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Gran calavera eléctrica ("Grand electric skull", 1900–13) by Skulls are a common symbol of the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday where people remember friends and family members who have died.
Restoration: Lise Broer
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November 3
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The Photo credit: Benjamint444
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November 4
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The 38th painting in the seventh volume of the Artist: Unknown
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November 5
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An 1885 bird's-eye map (not drawn to Kazimierz Pułaski, who was known as "the father of American cavalry". It is located wholly within the town of Richland and had a population of 2,398 at the 2000 census .
Image: Lucien R. Burleigh; Restoration: Lise Broer
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November 6
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Photo credit: Royal family of Bhutan
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November 7
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The Photo credit: Thomas Bresson |
November 8
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A female Photo credit: Benjamint444
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November 9
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A panoramic view of South Beach, a neighborhood and beach in the city of Miami Beach, Florida. This area was the first section of the city to be developed, starting in the 1910s. The area has gone through numerous man-made and natural changes over the years, including a booming regional economy, increased tourism, and the 1926 hurricane, which destroyed much of the area. Photo credit:
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November 10
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bijinga (literally, "pictures of beautiful people"), a central theme of the ukiyo-e genre of Japanese art. Nearly all ukiyo-e artists produced bijinga, but a few, including Utamaro, Suzuki Harunobu, Toyohara Chikanobu, and Torii Kiyonaga , are widely regarded as the greatest innovators and masters of the form.
Restoration: Lise Broer
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November 11
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Turkish Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. The campaign was a series of battles which took place in the Sinai Peninsula, Palestine, and Syria between 28 January 1915 and 28 October 1918.
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November 12
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A Sydney Harbour—an inlet of the Tasman Sea on Australia's southeastern coast.
Photo credit: David Iliff
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November 13
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The Photo credit: Dakoman
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November 14
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An Supreme Court decisions starting with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
Photo: Marion Post Wolcott; Restoration: Lise Broer
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November 15
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An ancient stone cross near Crazywell Pool in Dartmoor, an area of moorland in the centre of Devon, England. One of a series of Dartmoor crosses, many of them are old navigational aids, and others were erected as memorials, for prayer, as town or market crosses, in churchyards, and as boundary markers. They range in age from nearly 1,000 years ago to as recent as 20 years ago. Photo credit: Herbythyme
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November 16
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A female Photo credit: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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November 17
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A c. 1889 James Abbott McNeill Whistler. A leading city in the first Industrial Revolution, Zaandam was home to thousands of windmills (as seen here) that provided power for processing Scandinavian wood for the shipbuilding and paper industries.
Restoration: Lise Broer
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November 18
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The Photo credit: Sasata
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November 19
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A 1981 ribbon diagram, a 3D schematic representation of protein structure that is one of the most common methods of protein depiction used today, of a triosephosphate isomerase monomer. Hand-drawn by Jane S. Richardson who originally devised the concept, the barrel of eight beta strands is shown by green arrows and the eight alpha helices as brown spirals. Image credit: Jane S. Richardson
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November 20
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African Americans , the latter so much so that he commented, in 1962, that it seemed to envelop almost every area of his public and private life.
Photo: Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report
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November 21
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A cantaloupe (Cucumis melo, also known as rockmelon or muskmelon) and its cross-section. Pictured here is the North American cantaloupe, identifiable by its reticulated (net-like) skin, which is quite different in its outer appearance from the European cantaloupe, although both generally have orange flesh inside. Photo credit: Fir0002
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November 22
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The Photo credit: Fir0002
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November 23
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Restoration: Adam Cuerden
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November 24
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"The Neck", an Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, who explored the area in 1792. It was known as Bruni Island until 1918, when the spelling was changed to Bruny. The island is popular as a holiday location with surfing beaches, historical sites and South Bruny National Park. It is accessible only via the Bruny Island Ferry service.
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November 25
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Two Video: Mila Zinkova
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November 26
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A 1757 Roman engineering. Construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus .
Engraver: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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November 27
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A isha'a ).
Photo credit: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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November 28
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The Photo credit: Matthew Field
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November 29
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A ca. 1890–1900 IJ. Its location was highly controversial, as it effectively cut the city off from its own waterfront , making it, for all purposes, an inland city.
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November 30
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Act 2, Scene 3, from Artist: Auguste Tilly; Restoration: Adam Cuerden
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