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2011">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2011">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2011">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2011">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2011">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2011">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2011">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2011">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2011">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2011">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2011">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2011">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2012: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2012">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2012">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2012">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2012">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2012">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2012">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2012">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2012">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2012">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2012">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2012">November</a> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2013: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2013">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2013">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2013">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2013">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2013">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2013">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2013">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2013">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2013">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2013">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2013">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2013">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2014: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2014">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2014">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2014">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2014">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2014">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2014">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2014">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2014">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2014">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2014">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2014">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2014">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2015: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2015">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2015">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2015">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2015">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2015">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2015">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2015">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2015">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2015">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2015">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2015">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2015">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2016: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2016">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2016">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2016">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2016">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2016">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2016">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2016">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2016">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2016">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2016">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2016">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2016">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2017: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2017">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2017">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2017">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2017">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2017">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2017">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2017">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2017">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2017">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2017">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2017">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2017">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2018: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2018">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2018">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2018">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2018">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2018">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2018">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2018">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2018">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2018">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2018">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2018">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2018">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2019: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2019">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2019">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2019">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2019">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2019">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2019">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2019">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2019">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2019">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2019">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2019">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2019">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2020: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2020">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2020">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2020">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2020">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2020">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2020">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2020">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2020">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2020">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2020">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2020">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2020">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2021: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2021">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2021">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2021">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2021">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2021">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2021">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2021">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2021">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2021">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2021">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2021">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2021">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2022: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2022">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2022">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2022">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2022">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2022">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2022">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2022">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2022">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2022">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2022">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2022">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2022">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2023: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2023">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2023">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2023">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2023">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2023">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2023">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2023">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2023">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2023">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2023">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2023">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2023">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2024: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2024">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2024">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2024">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2024">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2024">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2024">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2024">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2024">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2024">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2024">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2024">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2025: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2025">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2025">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2025">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2025">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2025">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2025">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2025">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2025">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2025">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2025">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2025">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2025">December</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <hr/> <p>These <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">featured pictures</a>, as scheduled below, appeared as the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">picture of the day</a> (POTD) on the English Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Main Page</a> in December 2012. Individual sections for each day on this page can be linked to with the day number as the <a href="/wiki/Help:Link#Section_linking_(anchors)" title="Help:Link">anchor</a> name (e.g. <code class="nowrap">[[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2012<b>#1</b>]]</code> for December 1). </p><p>You can add an automatically updating POTD template to your <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user page</a> using <code class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pic_of_the_day" title="Template:Pic of the day">Pic of the day</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></code> (version with <a href="/wiki/Blurb" title="Blurb">blurb</a>) or <code class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD" title="Template:POTD">POTD</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></code> (version without blurb). For instructions on how to make custom POTD layouts, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Wikipedia:Picture of the day</a>.<span style="float:right"><i class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/Special:Purge/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2012" title="Special:Purge/Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2012"><small>Purge server cache</small></a></i></span> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="1"><b>December 1</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:250px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Galerie_Lafayette_Haussmann_Dome.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Galeries Lafayette, Paris"><img alt="Galeries Lafayette, Paris" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Galerie_Lafayette_Haussmann_Dome.jpg/250px-Galerie_Lafayette_Haussmann_Dome.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Galerie_Lafayette_Haussmann_Dome.jpg/375px-Galerie_Lafayette_Haussmann_Dome.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Galerie_Lafayette_Haussmann_Dome.jpg/500px-Galerie_Lafayette_Haussmann_Dome.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5678" data-file-height="7044"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><a href="/wiki/Christmas_tree" title="Christmas tree">Christmas tree</a> display at the <b><a href="/wiki/Galeries_Lafayette" title="Galeries Lafayette">Galeries Lafayette</a></b>, an upmarket French department store located on <a href="/wiki/Boulevard_Haussmann" title="Boulevard Haussmann">Boulevard Haussmann</a> in the <a href="/wiki/9th_arrondissement_of_Paris" title="9th arrondissement of Paris">9th arrondissement of Paris</a>. In 2009, Galeries Lafayette recorded earnings exceeding <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>1 billion. It is a part of the company Groupe Galeries Lafayette. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Blieusong" title="User:Blieusong">Benh Lieu Song</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-11-30" title="Template:POTD/2012-11-30">Sea foam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-11-29" title="Template:POTD/2012-11-29">Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-11-28" title="Template:POTD/2012-11-28"><i>The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-01" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-01">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-01&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-01 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-01&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-01&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-01&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Galerie_Lafayette_Haussmann_Dome.jpg" title="File:Galerie Lafayette Haussmann Dome.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="2"><b>December 2</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse; padding:0.9em;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div class="floatnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:550px;max-width:1200px"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saturn%27s_rings_in_visible_light_and_radio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Rings of Saturn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Saturn%27s_rings_in_visible_light_and_radio.jpg/1200px-Saturn%27s_rings_in_visible_light_and_radio.jpg" decoding="async" width="1200" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Saturn%27s_rings_in_visible_light_and_radio.jpg/1800px-Saturn%27s_rings_in_visible_light_and_radio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Saturn%27s_rings_in_visible_light_and_radio.jpg/2400px-Saturn%27s_rings_in_visible_light_and_radio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5776" data-file-height="864"/></a></span></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em; text-align:left;"> <p>Two views of the <b><a href="/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn" title="Rings of Saturn">rings of Saturn</a></b>: the top half of the image shows the illuminated (sun-facing) side of the rings in <a href="/wiki/Visible_light" class="mw-redirect" title="Visible light">visible light</a> as seen by the <i><a href="/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens">Cassini</a></i> probe, and the bottom is a simulated image constructed from <a href="/wiki/Radio_occultation" title="Radio occultation">radio occultation</a> data. Color in the lower image is used to represent information about ring particle sizes, as follows: radio signals of 0.94, 3.6, and 13 cm wavelengths were sent simultaneously from Cassini through the rings to Earth. The <a href="/wiki/Attenuation" title="Attenuation">attenuation</a> of each signal reflects the abundance of ring particles of sizes similar to the wavelength and larger. The color purple, in much of the middle (B) ring and the inner part of the outer (A) ring, indicates few particles smaller than 5 cm are present, i.e., similar attenuation of all signals. Green and blue, in the inner (C) ring and outer part of the A Ring, indicate particles smaller than 5 cm and 1 cm, respectively, are common. White areas of the B Ring are the densest and transmit too little signal for size estimation. </p> <p style="text-align:center;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory" title="Jet Propulsion Laboratory">JPL</a>/<a href="/wiki/Space_Science_Institute" title="Space Science Institute">SSI</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-01" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-01">Galeries Lafayette, Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-11-30" title="Template:POTD/2012-11-30">Sea foam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-11-29" title="Template:POTD/2012-11-29">Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-02" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-02">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-02&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-02 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-02&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-02&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-02&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Saturn%27s_rings_in_visible_light_and_radio.jpg" title="File:Saturn's rings in visible light and radio.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="3"><b>December 3</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leaf_Tissue_Structure.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Leaf tissue structure"><img alt="Leaf tissue structure" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Leaf_Tissue_Structure.svg/350px-Leaf_Tissue_Structure.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Leaf_Tissue_Structure.svg/525px-Leaf_Tissue_Structure.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Leaf_Tissue_Structure.svg/700px-Leaf_Tissue_Structure.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The fine scale structure of a <b><a href="/wiki/Leaf" title="Leaf">leaf</a></b> featuring the major tissues; the upper and lower <a href="/wiki/Epidermis_(botany)" title="Epidermis (botany)">epithelia</a> (and associated <a href="/wiki/Plant_cuticle" title="Plant cuticle">cuticles</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Palisade_cell" title="Palisade cell">palisade</a> and spongy <a href="/wiki/Mesophyll_tissue" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesophyll tissue">mesophyll</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Guard_cell" title="Guard cell">guard cells</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Stoma" title="Stoma">stoma</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vascular_tissue" title="Vascular tissue">Vascular tissue</a> (veins) is not shown. Key plant cell <a href="/wiki/Organelle" title="Organelle">organelles</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Cell_wall" title="Cell wall">cell wall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cell_nucleus" title="Cell nucleus">nucleus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chloroplast" title="Chloroplast">chloroplasts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vacuole" title="Vacuole">vacuole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cytoplasm" title="Cytoplasm">cytoplasm</a>) are also shown. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Image: <a href="/wiki/User:Zephyris" title="User:Zephyris">Richard Wheeler</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-02" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-02">Rings of Saturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-01" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-01">Galeries Lafayette, Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-11-30" title="Template:POTD/2012-11-30">Sea foam</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-03" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-03">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-03&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-03 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-03&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-03&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-03&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Leaf_Tissue_Structure.svg" title="File:Leaf Tissue Structure.svg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="4"><b>December 4</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Neophema_chrysostoma_mortimer_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Blue-winged Parrot"><img alt="Blue-winged Parrot" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Neophema_chrysostoma_mortimer_2.jpg/309px-Neophema_chrysostoma_mortimer_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="309" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Neophema_chrysostoma_mortimer_2.jpg/464px-Neophema_chrysostoma_mortimer_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Neophema_chrysostoma_mortimer_2.jpg/618px-Neophema_chrysostoma_mortimer_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2912"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Blue-winged_Parrot" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue-winged Parrot">Blue-winged Parrot</a></b> (<i>Neophema chrysostoma</i>) is a small parrot found in Tasmania and southeast Australia. Males (example shown here) are mainly olive green with a blue frontal band reaching from forehead to eye, blue wing <a href="/wiki/Covert_feather" title="Covert feather">coverts</a>, black <a href="/wiki/Flight_feather#Primaries" title="Flight feather">primaries</a>, and a yellow belly. Females are slightly duller with more green on the wings. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison" title="User:JJ Harrison">JJ Harrison</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-03" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-03">Leaf tissue structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-02" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-02">Rings of Saturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-01" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-01">Galeries Lafayette, Paris</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-04" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-04">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-04&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-04 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-04&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-04&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-04&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Neophema_chrysostoma_mortimer_2.jpg" title="File:Neophema chrysostoma mortimer 2.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="5"><b>December 5</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse; padding:0.9em;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maquereau_fum%C3%A9_Luc_Viatour_edit.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Smoked Atlantic mackerel"><img alt="Smoked Atlantic mackerel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Maquereau_fum%C3%A9_Luc_Viatour_edit.jpg/550px-Maquereau_fum%C3%A9_Luc_Viatour_edit.jpg" decoding="async" width="550" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Maquereau_fum%C3%A9_Luc_Viatour_edit.jpg/825px-Maquereau_fum%C3%A9_Luc_Viatour_edit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Maquereau_fum%C3%A9_Luc_Viatour_edit.jpg/1100px-Maquereau_fum%C3%A9_Luc_Viatour_edit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4081" data-file-height="1465"/></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em; text-align:left;"> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Smoking_(cooking)" title="Smoking (cooking)">smoked</a> <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_mackerel" title="Atlantic mackerel">Atlantic mackerel</a> (<i>Scomber scombrus</i>). The <b><a href="/wiki/Smoked_fish" title="Smoked fish">smoking of fish</a></b> was originally performed as a method of <a href="/wiki/Food_preservation" title="Food preservation">food preservation</a> that would keep fish edible for more than a year. Recently, the availability of refrigeration and freezing has changed the primary purpose of smoking to enhancing the flavour of the fish. </p> <p style="text-align:center;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Lviatour" title="User:Lviatour">Luc Viatour</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-04" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-04">Blue-winged Parrot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-03" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-03">Leaf tissue structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-02" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-02">Rings of Saturn</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-05" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-05">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-05&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-05 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-05&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-05&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-05&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Maquereau_fum%C3%A9_Luc_Viatour_edit.jpg" title="File:Maquereau fumé Luc Viatour edit.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="6"><b>December 6</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:250px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FocusStack_BrightFieldLightMicroscopy_DiatomaceousEarth.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Focus stacking in microscopy"><img alt="Focus stacking in microscopy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/FocusStack_BrightFieldLightMicroscopy_DiatomaceousEarth.jpg/250px-FocusStack_BrightFieldLightMicroscopy_DiatomaceousEarth.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="476" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/FocusStack_BrightFieldLightMicroscopy_DiatomaceousEarth.jpg/375px-FocusStack_BrightFieldLightMicroscopy_DiatomaceousEarth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/FocusStack_BrightFieldLightMicroscopy_DiatomaceousEarth.jpg/500px-FocusStack_BrightFieldLightMicroscopy_DiatomaceousEarth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1344" data-file-height="2560"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Focus_stacking" title="Focus stacking">Focus stacking</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Digital_image_processing" title="Digital image processing">digital image processing</a> technique which combines the in-focus portions of multiple exposures to give a resulting image with a greater proportion in <a href="/wiki/Depth_of_field" title="Depth of field">sharp focus</a> than any of the individual source images. It is used often in <a href="/wiki/Macro_photography" title="Macro photography">macro photography</a> and <a href="/wiki/Optical_microscope" title="Optical microscope">optical microscopy</a>, such as in this example of <a href="/wiki/Bright_field_microscopy" class="mw-redirect" title="Bright field microscopy">bright field microscopy</a>. At the top left are the three source image slices of a <a href="/wiki/Diatom" title="Diatom">diatom</a> <a href="/wiki/Micropaleontology" title="Micropaleontology">microfossil</a> in <a href="/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth" title="Diatomaceous earth">diatomaceous earth</a> at three focal depths. Opposite those are the contributions of each focal slice to the final image (black represents no contribution, white represents full contribution). At the bottom is the resulting focus-stacked image, with almost the entire image in focus. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photos: <a href="/wiki/User:Zephyris" title="User:Zephyris">Richard Wheeler</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-05" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-05">Smoked Atlantic mackerel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-04" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-04">Blue-winged Parrot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-03" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-03">Leaf tissue structure</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-06" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-06">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-06&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-06 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-06&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-06&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-06&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:FocusStack_BrightFieldLightMicroscopy_DiatomaceousEarth.jpg" title="File:FocusStack BrightFieldLightMicroscopy DiatomaceousEarth.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="7"><b>December 7</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:250px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini,_self-portrait,_c1623.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gian Lorenzo Bernini"><img alt="Gian Lorenzo Bernini" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg/250px-Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="325" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg/375px-Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg/500px-Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini%2C_self-portrait%2C_c1623.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3485" data-file-height="4532"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>A self-portrait of <b><a href="/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini" title="Gian Lorenzo Bernini">Gian Lorenzo Bernini</a></b> (1598–1680), an Italian artist, architect, and sculptor who is credited with creating the <a href="/wiki/Baroque_sculpture" title="Baroque sculpture">Baroque</a> style of sculpture. He received <a href="/wiki/Commission_(art)" title="Commission (art)">commissions</a> for sculptures at an early age from Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Scipione_Borghese" title="Scipione Borghese">Scipione Borghese</a> and soon rose to prominence under the patronage of Popes <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XV" title="Pope Gregory XV">Gregory XV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_VIII" title="Pope Urban VIII">Urban VIII</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VII" title="Pope Alexander VII">Alexander VII</a>. His artistic pre-eminence meant he was able to secure the most important commission in the Rome of his day, <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a>, as well as the adjoining <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Peter's Square">Piazza San Pietro</a>. He fell from favour in later <a href="/wiki/Neoclassicism" title="Neoclassicism">neoclassical</a> criticism of the Baroque, but <a href="/wiki/Art_history" title="Art history">art historians</a> in the 19th century and onwards have restored his artistic reputation. </p><p><br/> </p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-06" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-06">Focus stacking in microscopy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-05" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-05">Smoked Atlantic mackerel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-04" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-04">Blue-winged Parrot</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-07" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-07">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-07&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-07 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-07&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-07&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-07&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini,_self-portrait,_c1623.jpg" title="File:Gian Lorenzo Bernini, self-portrait, c1623.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="8"><b>December 8</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eriphia_verrucosa_male_2009_G5.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Warty crab"><img alt="Warty crab" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Eriphia_verrucosa_male_2009_G5.jpg/336px-Eriphia_verrucosa_male_2009_G5.jpg" decoding="async" width="336" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Eriphia_verrucosa_male_2009_G5.jpg/503px-Eriphia_verrucosa_male_2009_G5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Eriphia_verrucosa_male_2009_G5.jpg/671px-Eriphia_verrucosa_male_2009_G5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3220" data-file-height="2400"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Eriphia_verrucosa" title="Eriphia verrucosa">warty crab</a></b> (<i>Eriphia verrucosa</i>) is a species of <a href="/wiki/Crab" title="Crab">crab</a> found in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> and eastern <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> from <a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a>. It lives among stones and <a href="/wiki/Seaweed" title="Seaweed">seaweeds</a> in shallow water along rocky coastlines up to a depth of 15 metres (49 ft). </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:George_Chernilevsky" title="User:George Chernilevsky">George Chernilevsky</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-07" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-07">Gian Lorenzo Bernini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-06" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-06">Focus stacking in microscopy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-05" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-05">Smoked Atlantic mackerel</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-08" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-08">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-08&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-08 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-08&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-08&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-08&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Eriphia_verrucosa_male_2009_G5.jpg" title="File:Eriphia verrucosa male 2009 G5.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="9"><b>December 9</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:250px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maid_of_the_Mist_-_pot-o-gold.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Maid of the Mist"><img alt="Maid of the Mist" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Maid_of_the_Mist_-_pot-o-gold.jpg/250px-Maid_of_the_Mist_-_pot-o-gold.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Maid_of_the_Mist_-_pot-o-gold.jpg/375px-Maid_of_the_Mist_-_pot-o-gold.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Maid_of_the_Mist_-_pot-o-gold.jpg/500px-Maid_of_the_Mist_-_pot-o-gold.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1968" data-file-height="2460"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>One of the <a href="/wiki/Boat_tour" title="Boat tour">tour boats</a> of the <b><a href="/wiki/Maid_of_the_Mist" title="Maid of the Mist">Maid of the Mist</a></b> tour of <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls" title="Niagara Falls">Niagara Falls</a>. The tour starts off at a calm part of the <a href="/wiki/Niagara_River" title="Niagara River">Niagara River</a> (from both the American and Canadian sides) near the <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_(Niagara_Falls)" title="Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls)">Rainbow Bridge</a>, and takes its passengers past the <a href="/wiki/American_Falls" title="American Falls">American</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bridal_Veil_Falls_(Niagara_Falls)" title="Bridal Veil Falls (Niagara Falls)">Bridal Veil Falls</a>, then into the dense mist of spray inside the curve of the <a href="/wiki/Horseshoe_Falls" title="Horseshoe Falls">Horseshoe Falls</a>. The first <i>Maid of the Mist</i> was launched in 1846 as a ferry service between the Canadian and American sides, predating by two years the construction of the first <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_Suspension_Bridge" title="Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge">Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge</a>. However, with the opening of the bridge, the ferry service lost business, and by 1854, became a tourist attraction instead. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Saffron_Blaze" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Saffron Blaze">Saffron Blaze</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-08" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-08">Warty crab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-07" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-07">Gian Lorenzo Bernini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-06" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-06">Focus stacking in microscopy</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-09" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-09">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-09&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-09 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-09&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-09&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-09&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Maid_of_the_Mist_-_pot-o-gold.jpg" title="File:Maid of the Mist - pot-o-gold.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="10"><b>December 10</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Foot_binding_shoes_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lotus shoes"><img alt="Lotus shoes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Foot_binding_shoes_1.jpg/350px-Foot_binding_shoes_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Foot_binding_shoes_1.jpg/525px-Foot_binding_shoes_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Foot_binding_shoes_1.jpg/700px-Foot_binding_shoes_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4368" data-file-height="2912"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>A pair of <b><a href="/wiki/Lotus_shoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Lotus shoes">lotus shoes</a></b>, which are shoes that were worn by women in China who had <a href="/wiki/Foot_binding" title="Foot binding">bound feet</a>. They were delicately constructed from cotton or silk, and small enough to fit in the palm of a hand. They are cone or sheath-shaped, intended to resemble a <a href="/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera" title="Nelumbo nucifera">lotus</a> bud. Though foot binding is no longer practiced, many lotus shoes survive as artifacts in museums or private collections. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Dschwen" title="User:Dschwen">Daniel Schwen</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-09" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-09">Maid of the Mist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-08" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-08">Warty crab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-07" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-07">Gian Lorenzo Bernini</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-10" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-10">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-10&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-10 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-10&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-10&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-10&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Foot_binding_shoes_1.jpg" title="File:Foot binding shoes 1.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="11"><b>December 11</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Salt_Farmers_-_Pak_Thale-edit1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sea salt harvesting"><img alt="Sea salt harvesting" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Salt_Farmers_-_Pak_Thale-edit1.jpg/350px-Salt_Farmers_-_Pak_Thale-edit1.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Salt_Farmers_-_Pak_Thale-edit1.jpg/525px-Salt_Farmers_-_Pak_Thale-edit1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Salt_Farmers_-_Pak_Thale-edit1.jpg/700px-Salt_Farmers_-_Pak_Thale-edit1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2481" data-file-height="1644"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The harvesting of <b><a href="/wiki/Sea_salt" title="Sea salt">sea salt</a></b>—<a href="/wiki/Salt" title="Salt">salt</a> obtained by the <a href="/wiki/Evaporation" title="Evaporation">evaporation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Seawater" title="Seawater">seawater</a>—in <a href="/wiki/Phetchaburi_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Phetchaburi Province">Phetchaburi Province</a>, Thailand. Like <a href="/wiki/Mineral_salt" class="mw-redirect" title="Mineral salt">mineral salt</a>, production of sea salt dates to <a href="/wiki/Prehistory" title="Prehistory">prehistoric times</a>. Generally more expensive than table salt, it is commonly used in gourmet cooking because it is believed to taste better. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison" title="User:JJ Harrison">JJ Harrison</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-10" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-10">Lotus shoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-09" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-09">Maid of the Mist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-08" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-08">Warty crab</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-11" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-11">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-11 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-11&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-11&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-11&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Salt_Farmers_-_Pak_Thale-edit1.jpg" title="File:Salt Farmers - Pak Thale-edit1.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="12"><b>December 12</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:250px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ansel_Adams_-_National_Archives_79-AA-Q01_restored.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Taos Pueblo church"><img alt="Taos Pueblo church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ansel_Adams_-_National_Archives_79-AA-Q01_restored.jpg/250px-Ansel_Adams_-_National_Archives_79-AA-Q01_restored.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ansel_Adams_-_National_Archives_79-AA-Q01_restored.jpg/375px-Ansel_Adams_-_National_Archives_79-AA-Q01_restored.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ansel_Adams_-_National_Archives_79-AA-Q01_restored.jpg/500px-Ansel_Adams_-_National_Archives_79-AA-Q01_restored.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2215" data-file-height="2958"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>Front view of the entrance to Mission de <a href="/wiki/Jerome" title="Jerome">San Geronimo</a> church at <b><a href="/wiki/Taos_Pueblo" title="Taos Pueblo">Taos Pueblo</a></b>, an ancient <a href="/wiki/Pueblo" title="Pueblo">pueblo</a> belonging to a <a href="/wiki/Taos_language" title="Taos language">Taos</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tiwa_languages" title="Tiwa languages">Northern Tiwa</a>) speaking Native American tribe of <a href="/wiki/Pueblo_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Pueblo people">Pueblo people</a>. It is approximately 1,000 years old and lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the modern city of <a href="/wiki/Taos,_New_Mexico" title="Taos, New Mexico">Taos, New Mexico</a>. The church was originally built around 1620, but was destroyed several times. The current building (pictured) is the fourth to be built. Today, about 90% of the Taos community are baptized as <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholics</a>, but many still also practice their indigenous religion. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/Ansel_Adams" title="Ansel Adams">Ansel Adams</a>; Restoration: <a href="/wiki/User:Kaldari" title="User:Kaldari">Ryan Kaldari</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-11" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-11">Sea salt harvesting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-10" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-10">Lotus shoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-09" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-09">Maid of the Mist</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-12" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-12">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-12&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-12 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-12&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-12&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-12&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Ansel_Adams_-_National_Archives_79-AA-Q01_restored.jpg" title="File:Ansel Adams - National Archives 79-AA-Q01 restored.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="13"><b>December 13</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chromodoris_nudibranch_komodo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chromodoris joshi"><img alt="Chromodoris joshi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Chromodoris_nudibranch_komodo.jpg/333px-Chromodoris_nudibranch_komodo.jpg" decoding="async" width="333" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Chromodoris_nudibranch_komodo.jpg/500px-Chromodoris_nudibranch_komodo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Chromodoris_nudibranch_komodo.jpg/667px-Chromodoris_nudibranch_komodo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1680" data-file-height="1260"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/Chromodoris_joshi" title="Chromodoris joshi">Chromodoris joshi</a></b></i> is a species of <a href="/wiki/Nudibranch" title="Nudibranch">nudibranch</a>, a shell-less <a href="/wiki/Gastropod" class="mw-redirect" title="Gastropod">gastropod</a> marine <a href="/wiki/Mollusk" class="mw-redirect" title="Mollusk">mollusk</a> found in the Philippines, <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_Sea" title="Andaman Sea">Andaman Sea</a>, and Indonesia. Reaching 60 mm (2.4 in) in length, it is yellow with three black stripes on its mantle and orange <a href="/wiki/Rhinophore" title="Rhinophore">rhinophores</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gill" title="Gill">gills</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Nhobgood" title="User:Nhobgood">Nick Hobgood</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-12" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-12">Taos Pueblo church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-11" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-11">Sea salt harvesting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-10" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-10">Lotus shoes</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-13" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-13">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-13&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-13 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-13&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-13&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-13&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Chromodoris_nudibranch_komodo.jpg" title="File:Chromodoris nudibranch komodo.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="14"><b>December 14</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv/350px--Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="350" height="216" data-durationhint="500" data-mwtitle="Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv/Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="576" data-height="356"/><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora"" data-width="576" data-height="356"/><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv/Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="232" data-height="144"/><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv/Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="388" data-height="240"/></video></span></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Biham%E2%80%93Middleton%E2%80%93Levine_traffic_model" title="Biham–Middleton–Levine traffic model">Biham–Middleton–Levine traffic model</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Cellular_automaton" title="Cellular automaton">cellular automaton</a> that describes <a href="/wiki/Microscopic_traffic_flow_model" title="Microscopic traffic flow model">cars driving on a grid</a>. The blue dots are cars that only move downwards; the red dots are cars that only move rightwards. The two types of cars take turns to move. Despite its simplicity, the model <a href="/wiki/Self-organization" title="Self-organization">eventually forms an interesting pattern</a> from a random starting position. When there are few cars, the traffic will always end up flowing smoothly, whereas when there are many cars, the traffic will become jammed. In this animation, there are neither too many cars nor too few cars, so it displays a mixture of jams and free flows. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Animation: <a href="/wiki/User:Purpy_Pupple" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Purpy Pupple">User:Purpy Pupple</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-13" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-13"><i>Chromodoris joshi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-12" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-12">Taos Pueblo church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-11" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-11">Sea salt harvesting</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-14" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-14">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-14&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-14 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-14&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-14&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-14&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Biham-Middleton-Levine_traffic_model_self-organized_to_a_disordered_intermediate_phase.ogv" title="File:Biham-Middleton-Levine traffic model self-organized to a disordered intermediate phase.ogv">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="15"><b>December 15</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andromeda_Galaxy_(with_h-alpha).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Andromeda Galaxy"><img alt="Andromeda Galaxy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Andromeda_Galaxy_%28with_h-alpha%29.jpg/350px-Andromeda_Galaxy_%28with_h-alpha%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Andromeda_Galaxy_%28with_h-alpha%29.jpg/525px-Andromeda_Galaxy_%28with_h-alpha%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Andromeda_Galaxy_%28with_h-alpha%29.jpg/700px-Andromeda_Galaxy_%28with_h-alpha%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1971"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy" title="Andromeda Galaxy">Andromeda Galaxy</a></b> is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years away. The image, created using a <a href="/wiki/H-alpha" class="mw-redirect" title="H-alpha">hydrogen-alpha</a> filter, also shows <a href="/wiki/Messier_object" title="Messier object">Messier objects</a> <a href="/wiki/Messier_32" title="Messier 32">32</a> and <a href="/wiki/Messier_110" title="Messier 110">110</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/NGC_206" title="NGC 206">NGC 206</a> and the star <a href="/wiki/Nu_Andromedae" title="Nu Andromedae">Nu Andromedae</a>. On <span class="nowrap">December 15</span>, 1612, German astronomer <a href="/wiki/Simon_Marius" title="Simon Marius">Simon Marius</a> became the first person to describe the galaxy using a telescope. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: Adam Evans</small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-14" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-14">Biham–Middleton–Levine traffic model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-13" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-13"><i>Chromodoris joshi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-12" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-12">Taos Pueblo church</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-15" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-15">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-15&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-15 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-15&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-15&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-15&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Andromeda_Galaxy_(with_h-alpha).jpg" title="File:Andromeda Galaxy (with h-alpha).jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="16"><b>December 16</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nazca-Booby.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nazca Booby"><img alt="Nazca Booby" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Nazca-Booby.jpg/350px-Nazca-Booby.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Nazca-Booby.jpg/525px-Nazca-Booby.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Nazca-Booby.jpg/700px-Nazca-Booby.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Nazca_Booby" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazca Booby">Nazca Booby</a></b> (<i>Sula granti</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Booby" title="Booby">booby</a> found primarily on the <a href="/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_Islands" title="Galápagos Islands">Galápagos Islands</a>. It is known for practicing obligate <a href="/wiki/Siblicide" title="Siblicide">siblicide</a>. The female lays two <a href="/wiki/Egg_(biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egg (biology)">eggs</a>, several days apart. If both eggs hatch, the elder chick will push its sibling out of the <a href="/wiki/Bird_nest" title="Bird nest">nest</a> area. The parent booby will not intervene and the younger chick will inevitably die. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Benjamint444" title="User:Benjamint444">Benjamint444</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-15" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-15">Andromeda Galaxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-14" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-14">Biham–Middleton–Levine traffic model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-13" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-13"><i>Chromodoris joshi</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-16" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-16">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-16&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-16 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-16&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-16&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-16&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Nazca-Booby.jpg" title="File:Nazca-Booby.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="17"><b>December 17</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:250px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronzino_-_Eleonora_di_Toledo_col_figlio_Giovanni_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo"><img alt="Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bronzino_-_Eleonora_di_Toledo_col_figlio_Giovanni_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/250px-Bronzino_-_Eleonora_di_Toledo_col_figlio_Giovanni_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bronzino_-_Eleonora_di_Toledo_col_figlio_Giovanni_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/375px-Bronzino_-_Eleonora_di_Toledo_col_figlio_Giovanni_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bronzino_-_Eleonora_di_Toledo_col_figlio_Giovanni_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/500px-Bronzino_-_Eleonora_di_Toledo_col_figlio_Giovanni_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2553" data-file-height="3098"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><i><b><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Eleanor_of_Toledo" title="Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo">Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo</a></b></i> is a painting by <a href="/wiki/Bronzino" title="Bronzino">Bronzino</a> of <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_of_Toledo" title="Eleanor of Toledo">Eleanor of Toledo</a>, a Spanish noblewoman who was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_consorts_of_Tuscany" class="mw-redirect" title="List of consorts of Tuscany">duchess consort</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cosimo_I_de%27_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany">Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany</a>, and her son <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_de%27_Medici_(cardinal)" title="Giovanni de' Medici (cardinal)">Giovanni</a>. The painting is one of the artist's most famous works and is in the <a href="/wiki/Uffizi_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="Uffizi Gallery">Uffizi Gallery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a>, Italy. It is the first known state-commissioned portrait to include the ruler's heir, which was done in part because Cosimo's predecessor <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_de%27_Medici,_Duke_of_Florence" title="Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence">Alessandro</a> died without any <a href="/wiki/Legitimacy_(family_law)" title="Legitimacy (family law)">legitimate</a> male heirs. The boy's inclusion implies that Cosimo's rule would bring stability to the duchy. </p><p><br/> </p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-16" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-16">Nazca Booby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-15" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-15">Andromeda Galaxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-14" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-14">Biham–Middleton–Levine traffic model</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-17" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-17">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-17&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-17 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-17&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-17&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-17&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Bronzino_-_Eleonora_di_Toledo_col_figlio_Giovanni_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" title="File:Bronzino - Eleonora di Toledo col figlio Giovanni - Google Art Project.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="18"><b>December 18</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse; padding:0.9em;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:QR_Code_Structure_Example_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="QR code structure"><img alt="QR code structure" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/QR_Code_Structure_Example_2.svg/500px-QR_Code_Structure_Example_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/QR_Code_Structure_Example_2.svg/750px-QR_Code_Structure_Example_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/QR_Code_Structure_Example_2.svg/1000px-QR_Code_Structure_Example_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1312" data-file-height="736"/></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em; text-align:left;"> <p>The structure of a <b><a href="/wiki/QR_code" title="QR code">quick response (QR) code</a></b>, a type of <a href="/wiki/Matrix_barcode" class="mw-redirect" title="Matrix barcode">matrix barcode</a> that can encode virtually any kind of data. Originally developed for the <a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry" title="Automotive industry">automotive industry</a> to track vehicles during the manufacturing process, it has since become one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. The QR code is detected as a 2-dimensional digital image by an <a href="/wiki/Image_sensor" title="Image sensor">image sensor</a> and is then digitally analyzed. The processor locates the three distinctive squares at the corners of the image, and uses a smaller square near the fourth corner to normalize the image for size, orientation, and angle of viewing. The small dots are then converted to <a href="/wiki/Binary_numeral_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Binary numeral system">binary numbers</a> and validity checked with an <a href="/wiki/Forward_error_correction" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward error correction">error-correcting code</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:center;"><small>Image: <a href="/wiki/User:Zephyris" title="User:Zephyris">Richard Wheeler</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-17" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-17"><i>Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-16" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-16">Nazca Booby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-15" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-15">Andromeda Galaxy</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-18" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-18">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-18&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-18 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-18&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-18&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-18&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:QR_Code_Structure_Example_2.svg" title="File:QR Code Structure Example 2.svg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="19"><b>December 19</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HEUraniumC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Billet of enriched uranium"><img alt="Billet of enriched uranium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/HEUraniumC.jpg/313px-HEUraniumC.jpg" decoding="async" width="313" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/HEUraniumC.jpg/469px-HEUraniumC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/HEUraniumC.jpg/625px-HEUraniumC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2560"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Bar_stock" title="Bar stock">billet</a> of <b><a href="/wiki/Enriched_uranium" title="Enriched uranium">enriched uranium</a></b>, which is <a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">uranium</a> where the percent composition of <a href="/wiki/Uranium-235" title="Uranium-235">uranium-235</a> (<sup>235</sup>U) has been increased through the process of <a href="/wiki/Isotope_separation" title="Isotope separation">isotope separation</a>. Enriched uranium is a critical component for both civil <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power" title="Nuclear power">nuclear power</a> generation and military <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy" title="United States Department of Energy">United States Department of Energy</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-18" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-18">QR code structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-17" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-17"><i>Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-16" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-16">Nazca Booby</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-19" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-19">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-19&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-19 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-19&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-19&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-19&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:HEUraniumC.jpg" title="File:HEUraniumC.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="20"><b>December 20</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:250px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SemenovaKsenia5-edit2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ksenia Semenova"><img alt="Ksenia Semenova" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/SemenovaKsenia5-edit2.jpg/250px-SemenovaKsenia5-edit2.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="375" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/SemenovaKsenia5-edit2.jpg/375px-SemenovaKsenia5-edit2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/SemenovaKsenia5-edit2.jpg/500px-SemenovaKsenia5-edit2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2912" data-file-height="4368"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Ksenia_Semenova" class="mw-redirect" title="Ksenia Semenova">Ksenia Semenova</a></b> (b. 1992) is a Russian <a href="/wiki/Artistic_gymnastics" title="Artistic gymnastics">artistic gymnast</a>. She was the <a href="/wiki/2007_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships" title="2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships">2007 World Champion</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Uneven_bars" title="Uneven bars">uneven bars</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2008_European_Women%27s_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships" title="2008 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships">2008 European Championships</a>, she was a member of the silver-medal-winning Russian team, as well as champion on the uneven bars and the <a href="/wiki/Balance_beam" title="Balance beam">balance beam</a>. She followed this up by winning the all-around championship at the <a href="/wiki/2009_European_Women%27s_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships">2009 European Championships</a> and was part of the gold-medal Russian team at the <a href="/wiki/2010_European_Women%27s_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships" title="2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships">2010 European</a> and <a href="/wiki/2010_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships" title="2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships">2010 World Championships</a>. Injuries have prevented her from competing since then. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: Bolshoi Sport</small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-19" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-19">Billet of enriched uranium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-18" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-18">QR code structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-17" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-17"><i>Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-20" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-20">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-20&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-20 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-20&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-20&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-20&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:SemenovaKsenia5-edit2.jpg" title="File:SemenovaKsenia5-edit2.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="21"><b>December 21</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Future_ozone_layer_concentrations.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Projected ozone depletion"><img alt="Projected ozone depletion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Future_ozone_layer_concentrations.gif/344px-Future_ozone_layer_concentrations.gif" decoding="async" width="344" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Future_ozone_layer_concentrations.gif/515px-Future_ozone_layer_concentrations.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Future_ozone_layer_concentrations.gif/687px-Future_ozone_layer_concentrations.gif 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="932"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>An <a href="/wiki/Animation" title="Animation">animated image</a> showing projections of stratospheric <a href="/wiki/Ozone" title="Ozone">ozone</a> concentrations if <a href="/wiki/Chlorofluorocarbon" title="Chlorofluorocarbon">chlorofluorocarbons</a> (CFCs) had not been banned. CFCs and other <a href="/wiki/Halogenation" title="Halogenation">halogenated</a> ozone-depleting substances are mainly responsible for man-made chemical <b><a href="/wiki/Ozone_depletion" title="Ozone depletion">ozone depletion</a></b>. Since the <a href="/wiki/Ozone_layer" title="Ozone layer">ozone layer</a> absorbs <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet" title="Ultraviolet">UVB ultraviolet light</a>, its depletion is expected to increase surface UVB levels, which could lead to damage, including increase in <a href="/wiki/Skin_cancer" title="Skin cancer">skin cancer</a>. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Image: <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>/<a href="/wiki/Goddard_Space_Flight_Center" title="Goddard Space Flight Center">GSFC</a>/<a href="/wiki/User:Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Fallschirmjäger">Fallschirmjäger</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-20" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-20">Ksenia Semenova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-19" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-19">Billet of enriched uranium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-18" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-18">QR code structure</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-21" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-21">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-21&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-21 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-21&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-21&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-21&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Future_ozone_layer_concentrations.gif" title="File:Future ozone layer concentrations.gif">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="22"><b>December 22</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:250px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rick_2009-10-17_2020Z.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hurricane Rick"><img alt="Hurricane Rick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Rick_2009-10-17_2020Z.jpg/250px-Rick_2009-10-17_2020Z.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Rick_2009-10-17_2020Z.jpg/375px-Rick_2009-10-17_2020Z.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Rick_2009-10-17_2020Z.jpg/500px-Rick_2009-10-17_2020Z.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6400" data-file-height="8400"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Rick_(2009)" title="Hurricane Rick (2009)">Hurricane Rick</a></b> was the second-most intense <a href="/wiki/Pacific_hurricane" title="Pacific hurricane">Pacific hurricane</a> on record and the strongest ever to form during October. Developing south of Mexico on October 15, 2009, the storm attained <a href="/wiki/SSHS#Category_5" class="mw-redirect" title="SSHS">Category 5 status</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_Hurricane_Scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale">Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale</a> two days later and soon attained its peak intensity with winds of 180 mph (290 km/h; 156 kn) and the <a href="/wiki/Barometric_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="Barometric pressure">barometric pressure</a> bottomed out at 906 <a href="/wiki/Bar_(unit)" title="Bar (unit)">mbar</a> (906.00 <a href="/wiki/Pascal_(unit)" title="Pascal (unit)">hPa</a>; 26.75 <a href="/wiki/Inch_of_mercury" title="Inch of mercury">inHg</a>). By the time it made landfall near <a href="/wiki/Mazatl%C3%A1n" title="Mazatlán">Mazatlán</a>, its winds had dropped to 55 mph (89 km/h; 48 kn) and it was reclassified as a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_depression" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical depression">tropical depression</a> a few hours later. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>/<a href="/wiki/Moderate-Resolution_Imaging_Spectroradiometer" class="mw-redirect" title="Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer">MODIS</a> Rapid Response Team</small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-21" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-21">Projected ozone depletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-20" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-20">Ksenia Semenova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-19" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-19">Billet of enriched uranium</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-22" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-22">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-22 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-22&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-22&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-22&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Rick_2009-10-17_2020Z.jpg" title="File:Rick 2009-10-17 2020Z.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="23"><b>December 23</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:250px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Agnes_Milowka_by_J_Axford.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Agnes Milowka"><img alt="Agnes Milowka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Agnes_Milowka_by_J_Axford.jpg/250px-Agnes_Milowka_by_J_Axford.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="375" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Agnes_Milowka_by_J_Axford.jpg/375px-Agnes_Milowka_by_J_Axford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Agnes_Milowka_by_J_Axford.jpg/500px-Agnes_Milowka_by_J_Axford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1856" data-file-height="2784"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Milowka" title="Agnes Milowka">Agnes Milowka</a></b> (1981–2011) was an Australian <a href="/wiki/Technical_diving" title="Technical diving">technical diver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Underwater_photography" title="Underwater photography">underwater photographer</a>, author, and <a href="/wiki/Caving" title="Caving">cave explorer</a>. She gained international recognition for extending cave systems across Australia and in Florida, and as a public speaker and author on the subjects of diving and <a href="/wiki/Maritime_archaeology" title="Maritime archaeology">maritime archaeology</a>. She participated in <i><a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_Society" title="National Geographic Society">National Geographic</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Channel" title="Discovery Channel">Discovery Channel</a></i> expeditions. Her passion led her to act as a <a href="/wiki/Stunt_double" class="mw-redirect" title="Stunt double">stunt double</a> on <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wight" title="Andrew Wight">Andrew Wight</a>'s feature film <i><a href="/wiki/Sanctum_(film)" title="Sanctum (film)">Sanctum</a></i> and to participate in shooting real scenery in <a href="/wiki/Mount_Gambier" title="Mount Gambier">Mount Gambier</a> caves, where she drowned just a few weeks after the movie's premiere. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Cm224" title="User talk:Cm224">James Axford</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-22" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-22">Hurricane Rick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-21" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-21">Projected ozone depletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-20" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-20">Ksenia Semenova</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-23" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-23">view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-23" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-23">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-23&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-23&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-23&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Agnes_Milowka_by_J_Axford.jpg" title="File:Agnes Milowka by J Axford.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="24"><b>December 24</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Spilosoma_canescens_caterpillar.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dark-spotted tiger moth caterpillar"><img alt="Dark-spotted tiger moth caterpillar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Spilosoma_canescens_caterpillar.jpg/350px-Spilosoma_canescens_caterpillar.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Spilosoma_canescens_caterpillar.jpg/525px-Spilosoma_canescens_caterpillar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Spilosoma_canescens_caterpillar.jpg/700px-Spilosoma_canescens_caterpillar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2883" data-file-height="1923"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Caterpillar" title="Caterpillar">caterpillar</a> of the <b><a href="/wiki/Ardices_canescens" title="Ardices canescens">dark-spotted tiger moth</a></b> (<i>Ardices canescens</i>), a <a href="/wiki/Moth" title="Moth">moth</a> found across most of Australia. The caterpillars are <a href="/wiki/List_of_feeding_behaviours" title="List of feeding behaviours">polyphagous</a>, eating a variety of plants including <a href="/wiki/Japanese_pumpkin" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese pumpkin">pumpkin</a> (pictured), <a href="/wiki/Sunflower" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunflower">sunflower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taraxacum_officinale" title="Taraxacum officinale">dandelion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alcea_rosea" title="Alcea rosea">hollyhock</a>. They are also used as hosts for <a href="/wiki/Parasitoid" title="Parasitoid">parasitoid</a> <a href="/wiki/Wasp" title="Wasp">wasp</a> larvae. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:99of9" title="User:99of9">Toby Hudson</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-23" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-23">Agnes Milowka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-22" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-22">Hurricane Rick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-21" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-21">Projected ozone depletion</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-24" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-24">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-24&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-24 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-24&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-24&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-24&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Spilosoma_canescens_caterpillar.jpg" title="File:Spilosoma canescens caterpillar.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="25"><b>December 25</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:250px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cab_Calloway_Gottlieb.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cab Calloway"><img alt="Cab Calloway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Cab_Calloway_Gottlieb.jpg/250px-Cab_Calloway_Gottlieb.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Cab_Calloway_Gottlieb.jpg/375px-Cab_Calloway_Gottlieb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Cab_Calloway_Gottlieb.jpg/500px-Cab_Calloway_Gottlieb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3527" data-file-height="4497"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cab Calloway</a></b> (1907–94) was an American <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> singer and <a href="/wiki/Bandleader" title="Bandleader">bandleader</a>. He was strongly associated with the <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Club" title="Cotton Club">Cotton Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, the nation's premier jazz venue at the time, where he was a regular performer. He was a master of energetic <a href="/wiki/Scat_singing" title="Scat singing">scat singing</a>, which he learned from <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a>, and led one of most popular <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> <a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">big bands</a> from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. His most famous song was "<a href="/wiki/Minnie_the_Moocher" title="Minnie the Moocher">Minnie the Moocher</a>", which was used in a <a href="/wiki/Betty_Boop" title="Betty Boop">Betty Boop</a> cartoon of the same name. In addition to music, Calloway was an actor, appearing both in films and in musical theatre. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/William_P._Gottlieb" title="William P. Gottlieb">William P. 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The notes were first issued just before the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederacy</a>. They were not backed by hard assets, but simply by a promise to pay the bearer after Confederate victory. By the end of the war, the notes were worthless. Today, the "Greybacks" are prized as collector's items. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Restoration: <a href="/wiki/User:Swtpc6800" title="User:Swtpc6800">Michael Holley</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-25" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-25">Cab Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-24" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-24">Dark-spotted tiger moth caterpillar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-23" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-23">Agnes Milowka</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-26" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-26">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-26&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-26 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-26&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-26&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-26&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Confederate_5_and_100_Dollars.jpg" title="File:Confederate 5 and 100 Dollars.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="27"><b>December 27</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ORP_Grom_(korweta)_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="ORP Grom"><img alt="ORP Grom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/ORP_Grom_%28korweta%29_2.JPG/350px-ORP_Grom_%28korweta%29_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="350" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/ORP_Grom_%28korweta%29_2.JPG/525px-ORP_Grom_%28korweta%29_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/ORP_Grom_%28korweta%29_2.JPG/700px-ORP_Grom_%28korweta%29_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4499" data-file-height="2804"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/ORP_Grom_(1990)" title="ORP Grom (1990)">ORP <i>Grom</i></a></b> is an <a href="/wiki/Orkan_class" class="mw-redirect" title="Orkan class"><i>Orkan</i>-class</a> fast attack craft originally contracted by East Germany and <a href="/wiki/Laid_down" class="mw-redirect" title="Laid down">laid down</a> in 1989. After <a href="/wiki/German_reunification" title="German reunification">German reunification</a>, the unfinished hull was bought by Poland, where it was completed in 1995. The ship now serves with the 31st Rocket Warships Squadron, <a href="/wiki/3rd_Ship_Flotilla" title="3rd Ship Flotilla">3rd Ship Flotilla</a> of the Polish Navy. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Airwolf" title="User:Airwolf">Łukasz Golowanow</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-26" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-26">Confederate States of America currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-25" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-25">Cab Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-24" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-24">Dark-spotted tiger moth caterpillar</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-27" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-27">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-27&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-27 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-27&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-27&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-27&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:ORP_Grom_(korweta)_2.JPG" title="File:ORP Grom (korweta) 2.JPG">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="28"><b>December 28</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charadrius_ruficapillus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red-capped Plover"><img alt="Red-capped Plover" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Charadrius_ruficapillus.jpg/329px-Charadrius_ruficapillus.jpg" decoding="async" width="329" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Charadrius_ruficapillus.jpg/494px-Charadrius_ruficapillus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Charadrius_ruficapillus.jpg/658px-Charadrius_ruficapillus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="1444"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Red-capped_Plover" class="mw-redirect" title="Red-capped Plover">Red-capped Plover</a></b> (<i>Charadrius ruficapillus</i>) is a small <a href="/wiki/Plover" title="Plover">plover</a> native to Australia. Adult males have a <a href="/wiki/Rufous" title="Rufous">rufous</a> crown and hindneck. Adult females (shown here in breeding plumage) have a paler rufous and grey brown crown and hindneck, with pale <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lore" class="extiw" title="wikt:lore">loreal</a> stripe. Non-breeding plumage is duller in both sexes. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison" title="User:JJ Harrison">JJ Harrison</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-27" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-27">ORP <i>Grom</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-26" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-26">Confederate States of America currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-25" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-25">Cab Calloway</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-28" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-28">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-28&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-28 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-28&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-28&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-28&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Charadrius_ruficapillus.jpg" title="File:Charadrius ruficapillus.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="29"><b>December 29</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zirconium_crystal_bar_and_1cm3_cube.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Zirconium"><img alt="Zirconium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Zirconium_crystal_bar_and_1cm3_cube.jpg/340px-Zirconium_crystal_bar_and_1cm3_cube.jpg" decoding="async" width="340" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Zirconium_crystal_bar_and_1cm3_cube.jpg/510px-Zirconium_crystal_bar_and_1cm3_cube.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Zirconium_crystal_bar_and_1cm3_cube.jpg/680px-Zirconium_crystal_bar_and_1cm3_cube.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4758" data-file-height="3498"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>Two samples of crystal bars of pure <b><a href="/wiki/Zirconium" title="Zirconium">zirconium</a></b> on a white glass plate showing different surface textures, made by the <a href="/wiki/Crystal_bar_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Crystal bar process">crystal bar process</a>, and a <span class="nowrap">1 cm<sup>3</sup></span> cube of it for comparison. Zirconium is a lustrous, grey-white, strong <a href="/wiki/Transition_metal" title="Transition metal">transition metal</a> that resembles <a href="/wiki/Titanium" title="Titanium">titanium</a>. It is mainly used as a <a href="/wiki/Refractory" title="Refractory">refractory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Opacifier" title="Opacifier">opacifier</a>, although it is used in small amounts as an alloying agent for its strong resistance to corrosion. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Alchemist-hp" title="User:Alchemist-hp">Alchemist-hp</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-28" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-28">Red-capped Plover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-27" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-27">ORP <i>Grom</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-26" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-26">Confederate States of America currency</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-29" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-29">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-29 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-29&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-29&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-29&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Zirconium_crystal_bar_and_1cm3_cube.jpg" title="File:Zirconium crystal bar and 1cm3 cube.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="30"><b>December 30</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse; padding:0.9em;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div class="floatnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:550px;max-width:2500px"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20110419_Ani_North_Walls_Turkey_Panorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ani, Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/20110419_Ani_North_Walls_Turkey_Panorama.jpg/2500px-20110419_Ani_North_Walls_Turkey_Panorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="2500" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/20110419_Ani_North_Walls_Turkey_Panorama.jpg/3750px-20110419_Ani_North_Walls_Turkey_Panorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/20110419_Ani_North_Walls_Turkey_Panorama.jpg/5000px-20110419_Ani_North_Walls_Turkey_Panorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="13000" data-file-height="1486"/></a></span></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em; text-align:left;"> <p>A panoramic view of the north walls of <b><a href="/wiki/Ani" title="Ani">Ani</a></b>, a ruined and uninhabited medieval Armenian city-site in the Turkish province of <a href="/wiki/Kars_Province" title="Kars Province">Kars</a>, near the border with Armenia. It was once the capital of a medieval <a href="/wiki/Bagratuni_Kingdom_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia">Armenian kingdom</a> that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey. At its height, Ani had a population of 100,000–200,000 people and its many <a href="/wiki/Church_architecture" title="Church architecture">religious buildings</a>, palaces, and fortifications were amongst the most technically and artistically advanced structures in the world. </p> <p style="text-align:center;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Ggia" title="User:Ggia">Ggia</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-29" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-29">Zirconium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-28" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-28">Red-capped Plover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-27" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-27">ORP <i>Grom</i></a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Archive">Archive</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures</a></b></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist plainlinks metadata noprint nowraplinks" style="margin:0.5em 0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-30" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-30">view</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:POTD/2012-12-30&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:POTD/2012-12-30 (page does not exist)">talk</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-30&action=edit">edit</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-30&action=history">history</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:POTD/2012-12-30&action=watch">watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:20110419_Ani_North_Walls_Turkey_Panorama.jpg" title="File:20110419 Ani North Walls Turkey Panorama.jpg">file page</a></li></ul> </div> <hr/> <p><span class="anchor nowrap" id="31"><b>December 31</b></span></p> <table role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0; width:350px; text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heliopsis_July_2011-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Smooth oxeye"><img alt="Smooth oxeye" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Heliopsis_July_2011-2.jpg/350px-Heliopsis_July_2011-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Heliopsis_July_2011-2.jpg/525px-Heliopsis_July_2011-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Heliopsis_July_2011-2.jpg/700px-Heliopsis_July_2011-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2495" data-file-height="1621"/></a></span> </td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0;"> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Heliopsis_helianthoides" title="Heliopsis helianthoides">smooth oxeye</a></b> (<i>Heliopsis helianthoides</i>), or <b>false sunflower</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant">flowering plant</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Asteraceae" title="Asteraceae">Asteraceae</a> family <a href="/wiki/Native_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Native plant">native</a> to eastern North America. This species is a <a href="/wiki/Rhizome" title="Rhizome">rhizomatous</a> <a href="/wiki/Herbaceous_plant" title="Herbaceous plant">herbaceous</a> <a href="/wiki/Perennial_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Perennial plant">perennial</a> growing 40–150 cm (16–59 in) tall. It is a popular garden plant, and several <a href="/wiki/Cultivar" title="Cultivar">cultivars</a> are available with flowers of varying colors and shades. </p> <p style="text-align:left;"><small>Photo: <a href="/wiki/User:Alvesgaspar" title="User:Alvesgaspar">Joaquim Alves Gaspar</a></small></p> <div style="text-align:right;"> Recently featured: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-30" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-30">Ani, Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-29" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-29">Zirconium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:POTD/2012-12-28" title="Template:POTD/2012-12-28">Red-capped Plover</a></li></ul> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist noprint nowraplinks" style="text-align:right;"> <ul><li><b><a 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2004">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2004">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2004">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2004">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2004">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2004">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2005: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2005">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2005">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2005">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2005">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2005">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2005">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2005">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2005">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2005">September</a> </td> 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2006">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2007: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2007">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2007">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2007">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2007">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2007">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2007">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2007">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2007">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2007">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2007">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2007">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2007" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2007">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2008: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2008">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2008">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2008">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2008">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2008">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2008">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2008">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2008">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2008">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2008">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the 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<td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2010">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2010">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2010">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2011: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2011">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2011">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2011">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2011">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2011">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2011">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2011">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2011">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2011">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2011">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2011">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2011" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2011">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2012: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2012">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2012">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2012">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2012">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2012">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2012">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2012">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2012">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2012">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2012">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2012">November</a> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2013: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2013">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2013">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2013">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2013">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2013">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2013">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2013">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2013">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2013">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2013">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2013">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2013" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2013">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2014: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2014">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2014">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2014">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2014">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2014">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2014">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2014">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2014">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2014">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2014">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2014">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2014" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2014">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2015: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2015">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2015">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2015">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2015">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2015">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2015">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2015">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2015">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2015">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2015">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2015">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2015">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2016: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2016">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2016">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2016">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2016">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2016">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2016">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2016">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2016">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2016">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2016">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2016">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2016" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2016">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2017: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2017">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2017">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2017">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2017">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2017">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2017">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2017">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2017">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2017">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2017">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2017">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2017" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2017">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2018: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2018">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2018">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2018">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2018">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2018">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2018">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2018">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2018">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2018">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2018">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2018">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2018" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2018">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2019: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2019">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2019">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2019">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2019">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2019">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2019">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2019">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2019">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2019">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2019">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2019">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2019" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2019">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2020: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2020">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2020">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2020">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2020">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2020">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2020">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2020">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2020">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2020">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2020">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2020">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2020" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2020">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2021: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2021">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2021">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2021">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2021">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2021">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2021">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2021">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2021">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2021">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2021">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2021">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2021" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2021">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2022: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2022">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2022">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2022">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2022">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2022">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2022">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2022">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2022">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2022">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2022">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2022">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2022" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2022">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2023: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2023">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2023">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2023">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2023">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2023">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2023">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2023">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2023">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2023">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2023">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2023">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2023" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2023">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2024: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2024">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2024">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2024">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2024">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2024">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2024">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2024">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2024" 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2025">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2025">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2025">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2025">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2025">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2025">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2025">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2025">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2025" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the 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