Picture of the day for September 27, 2020
Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) burrowing into the sand.. Learn more .
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Picture of the day for September 26, 2020
Grey headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) skimming a pond in Brisbane's City Botanical Gardens.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for September 23, 2020
The blossom of Ficaria verna. Taken in Mannheim in Käfertaler Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Learn more .
Picture of the day for September 21, 2020
Silk textile artwork showing people at work, from the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art. Learn more .
Picture of the day for September 20, 2020
Birch mushroom (Piptoporus betulinus) on the trunk of a birch.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for September 7, 2020
View of Benidorm, touristic capital of the Costa Blanca (literally White Coast) in the Land of Valencia, Spain. The shot was taken from the Cross of Benidorm, located on the summit of the Sierra Helada. Benidorm is a town with 73,000 inhabitants throughout the year, but with a peak of over half a million in the summer season. It is the town with the third greatest concentration of tall buildings in Europe, after London and Milan. Within Spain, Benidorm is positioned third, behind Barcelona and Madrid in the total number of skyscrapers, but nevertheless, Benidorm has the most high-rise buildings per capita in the world.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for September 6, 2020
A male Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus butterfly on Yoesden Bank in Buckinghamshire. In Greek mythology, Adonis was a very handsome man.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for August 31, 2020
A juvenile Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus in flight over Mount Carmel, Hai-Bar Nature Reserve in Israel. The brown feathers at the base of the neck show it is a young bird (adults have a white collar ruff); the lack of rings and tags at this time of year implies that this one has not yet been caught, ringed, and tagged by ornithologists.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for August 30, 2020
"Everything is Going to be Alright" artwork by Martin Creed, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand. Learn more .
Picture of the day for August 26, 2020
Panoramic view of Silver Lake during dusk, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for August 25, 2020
Bac de Roda Bridge of architect Santiago Calatrava in Barcelona.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for August 24, 2020
The Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument in Kiev was created by Mikhail Mikeshin in 1888.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for August 23, 2020
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterflies mating on Yoesden Bank in Buckinghamshire, England.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for August 22, 2020
Italian Prime Minister Antonio Segni with Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, in Cadenabbia, Italy, on this day in 1959.. Learn more .
Picture of the day for August 21, 2020
The Cobbler (Ben Arthur) (884 m), Arrochar Alps, Scotland. Learn more .
Picture of the day for August 19, 2020
Two fuyu persimmon fruits (Diospyros kaki), one cut in half. Learn more .
Picture of the day for August 17, 2020
Muskox on Bolshoy Begichev Island in Laptev Sea, Sakha, Russia. Learn more .