Picture of the day for November 13, 2020
Lighthouse at the entrance of Dingle Bay. Learn more .
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Picture of the day for November 12, 2020
Morning game reserve in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyAlfred von Croÿ commissioned the english landscape architect Edward Milner with the gardening in the 1860s. The work was carried out by the gardener Charles Barnard.Wikipedia: Dülmen • Edward Milner. Learn more .
Picture of the day for November 11, 2020
Nicolas de Fer, map of Trier and surroundings, 1692. Learn more .
Picture of the day for November 10, 2020
Interior of the parish church Perchtoldsdorf, Lower Austria. Learn more .
Picture of the day for November 9, 2020
View of the Alaska Range from Tok, Alaska, United States.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for November 6, 2020
Speyer, Germany: View of the main facade of Speyer Cathedral, seen in golden light on a late autumn evening. The photo has been taken from the Altpörtel tower. The Maximilianstrasse, busy centre of the old town, leads towards the cathedral.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for November 2, 2020
Tagebau Garzweiler is a surface mine in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for November 1, 2020
Old choir at St Paul's Cathedral in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Learn more .
Picture of the day for October 31, 2020
Lutheran Parish Church of Hallstatt, Upper Austria. Learn more .
Picture of the day for October 27, 2020
Funfair Send in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyWikipedia: Münster • North Rhine-Westphalia. Learn more .
Picture of the day for October 25, 2020
View of the Red Mosque in Schwetzingen Palace gardens, Germany, built in 1779–1796. It was never actually a working mosque; instead it was aimed to show Europe’s newfound Enlightenment tolerance to other religious traditions.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for October 19, 2020
Game reserve in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyAlfred von Croÿ commissioned the english landscape architect Edward Milner with the gardening in the 1860s. The work was carried out by the gardener Charles Barnard.Wikipedia: Dülmen • Edward Milner. Learn more .
Picture of the day for October 18, 2020
Lauenstein Castle in Upper Franconia is a medieval hilltop castle where English pounds were counterfeited by prisoners during the Second World War to destabilize the currency of the war opponents. From March to June 1944, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was under house arrest in the castle.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for October 14, 2020
Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) in the Exotenhaus of the Karlsruhe Zoo.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for October 10, 2020
A male Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus chrysippus) butterfly near Kumarakom, Kerala, India. Known in Africa as the African Monarch, it is one of the first butterflies depicted in art: a representation was found in a 3500-year-old tomb in Luxor, Egypt.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for October 9, 2020
Panoramic view of the city of Puno next to the Lake Titicaca, in the Peruvian Andes, not far from Bolivia. Puno is the capital city of the Puno Province and has a population of approx. 150,000. It was established in 1668 by the Spanish nobleman and viceroy Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro. The lake is, by volume of water, the largest in South America and, with a surface elevation of 3,812 metres (12,507 ft), is considered the highest navigable lake in the world. The lake has a maximum length of 190 kilometres (120 mi), a maximum width of 80 kilometres (50 mi), and a surface area of 8,372 square kilometres (3,232 sq mi). The water volume is 893 cubic kilometres (214 cu mi), with a maximum depth of 281 metres (922 ft) and an average depth of 107 metres (351 ft).. Learn more .
Picture of the day for October 4, 2020
Panoramic view of the Matanuska River near Palmer, Alaska, United States.. Learn more .