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Picture of the day
View of the coastal artillery site
Castillitos ,
Cartagena , Spain. It was built together with the coastal artillery
Cenizas in order to protect the entrance to the Bay of Cartagena in the Mediterranean Sea. The construction took place between 1933 and 1936 following a project from 1926 during the dictatorship of
Primo de Rivera . It's a Spanish National Heritage Monument since 1985.
104 Juvenile South African ostrich in the Kalahari Desert of Namibia Photo by Giles Laurent
179 Male African bush elephants drinking in Etosha National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
Fratercula arctica, Borgarfjörður eystri, Iceland, 20240717 1152 1838
Indian elephant in Kaziranga National Park March 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 06
The Edge of Two Worlds (art002e009285)
Orion Nebula multiband 2x2 mosaic - IHO
Steckerlfisch auf der Auer Maidult 05
Table for Badnjak celebration (2026 Christmas Eve, Serbian Christmas celebrations)
Romanesco broccoli 2025 G2
Keulenfuß-Trichterling (Ampulloclitocybe clavipes) Bruderwald-20251101-RM-155209
Kreuzsporiger Rötling (Entoloma conferendum)-20251022-RM-172351
Rotbrauner Milchling (Lactarius rufus) Bruderwald-20251112-RM-162004
2026-02-15 Z5-1330 Achim-Lammerts Stereum-insignitum
Guzman Blanco, Antonio, Gallica, Nadar
Farm Security Administration portrait of Arthur Rothstein
Montpensier et de Galliera, Antoine d'Orléans, duc de, Gallica, Nadar
First JATO assisted Flight - GPN-2000-001538
Langweerderwielen (Langwarder Wielen) in de mist. 01-04-2026. (d.j.b.) 08
The sun appearing through a break in the clouds after sunrise, March 2026 - 6163
Reflection of Jules and Gabriel on a building window, Avenida Manuel da Maia, Lisbon, Portugal julesvernex2
Morgenstimmung-Drenthe-Feld-Weiter-Blick-Baumreihe-Krepuskularstrahlen-2025
KiwiRail DXC 5039 with TranzAlpine Cass - Cora Lynn
Lotharkreuz-Domschatzkammer-Aachen-2026
Stift Ardagger Kirche Margaretenfenster Detail 01
Scanning electron micrograph of a human H9 T cell infected with HIV virus particles
Algal mat in Marine Park (90933)
Alfombra de algas amarillas, parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-27, DD 42
Ascaris male 200x section
Turkana Woman, Uganda (in explore) - Flickr - Rod Waddington (1)
Praying woman in Evangel Pentecostal Church Quebec City, Canada
Chechia Maker in his shop
Reflection of the Flamingo Hotel in front of the Bellagio
Parque estadual ilha do cardoso-THIAGO CAMPI 02
Estátua do Laçador supermoon (black and white)
Winter in Tatras, Poland (55156292085)
Ergaki, Mountain lake Skazka, Rock formations, Sayan Mountains, Russia
Iglesia de Jesús, Bregenz, Austria, 2022-10-22, DD 93-95 HDR
Ireland Clonmacnoise BW 2025-09-09 17-08-12
2026-03-04 Z5-1590 Achim-Lammerts Anemonoides-nemorosa
Half geopende bladknop van een lijsterbes (Sorbus) 29-03-2026. (d.j.b)
Mannelijke katjes van een els (Alnus) 03-03-2026. (actm.) 01
Half geopende bladknop van een paardenkastanje (Aesculus) 29-03-2026. (d.j.b)
At Sardinia 2025 010 - Sardinia Radio Telescope
Ritchey–Chrétien at Kickapoo Valley Reserve 2-b
Apollo 17 Harrison H. Schmitt and Tracy's Rock - AS17-140-21493+AS17-140-21497 2025
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars by Perseverance Mastcam-Z, Sol 768 (53475637956)
Die letzten Meter zum Gipfel
2025-10-31 Dresdner Eislöwen gegen Löwen Frankfurt (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2025-26) by Sandro Halank–136
Stage 20 Tour de France 2024 Col de la Couillole 40
Tam Nakano in the wrestling ring at Yokohama Arena - ASGQ2025
Exotic Terranes—North Cascades near Ross Lake
Sveti Stefan Dečanski sa anđelom i svetim Nikolom, 18 vek
Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad riding the buraq steed - Google Art Project
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