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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 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the day/December 2008">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2009: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2009">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2009">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2009">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2009">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2009">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2009">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2009">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2009">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2009">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2009">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2009">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2009">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2010: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2010">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2010">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2010">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2010">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2010">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2010">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2010">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2010">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2010">September</a> </td> <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 href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2012">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 February 2006. </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/February_2006" title="Special:Purge/Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2006"><small>Purge server cache</small></a></i></span> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_1_-_Wed" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_1_-_Wed"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_1_-_Wed"></span>February 1 - Wed<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_1_-_Wed"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: February 1 - Wed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baseball_pitching_motion_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baseball pitching motion"><img alt="Baseball pitching motion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Baseball_pitching_motion_2004.jpg/550px-Baseball_pitching_motion_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="550" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Baseball_pitching_motion_2004.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="749" data-file-height="262"/></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>A skilled <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a></b> often throws a variety of different pitches in order to prevent the batter from hitting the ball well. The most basic pitch is a <a href="/wiki/Fastball" title="Fastball">fastball</a>, where the pitcher throws the ball as hard as he can. Some pitchers are able to throw a fastball at a <a href="/wiki/Velocity" title="Velocity">velocity</a> of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). Other common types of pitches are the <a href="/wiki/Curveball" title="Curveball">curveball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slider" class="mw-disambig" title="Slider">slider</a>, <a href="/wiki/Changeup" title="Changeup">changeup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Forkball" title="Forkball">forkball</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Knuckleball" title="Knuckleball">knuckleball</a>. These generally are intended to have unusual movement to deceive the batter as to the rotation or velocity of the ball, making it more difficult to hit. <p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Rdikeman" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Rdikeman">Rick Dikeman</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_1,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 1, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_1,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_1,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 1, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_1,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_1,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 1, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_1,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_2_-_Thu" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_2_-_Thu"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_2_-_Thu"></span>February 2 - Thu<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_2_-_Thu"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: February 2 - Thu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FlyingBugPollinating-Oct15-lighter-cleaner.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flower-fly, Ocyptamus, approaching a flower"><img alt="Flower-fly, Ocyptamus, approaching a flower" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/FlyingBugPollinating-Oct15-lighter-cleaner.jpg/300px-FlyingBugPollinating-Oct15-lighter-cleaner.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/FlyingBugPollinating-Oct15-lighter-cleaner.jpg/450px-FlyingBugPollinating-Oct15-lighter-cleaner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/FlyingBugPollinating-Oct15-lighter-cleaner.jpg/600px-FlyingBugPollinating-Oct15-lighter-cleaner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1422" data-file-height="1161"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Flower-fly" class="mw-redirect" title="Flower-fly">flower-flies</a></b> or <i>hover-flies</i> are a <a href="/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fly" title="Fly">flies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Diptera" class="mw-redirect" title="Diptera">Diptera</a>), scientifically termed the Syrphidae. As their name suggests, they are most often seen around <a href="/wiki/Flower" title="Flower">flowers</a>; the adults feed mainly on <a href="/wiki/Nectar" title="Nectar">nectar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pollen" title="Pollen">pollen</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Larva" title="Larva">larvae</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maggot" title="Maggot">maggots</a>) eat a wide range of foods. Some flower-flies, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Volucella_pellucens" title="Volucella pellucens">Volucella pellucens</a></i>, mimic <a href="/wiki/Bee" title="Bee">bees</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wasp" title="Wasp">wasps</a> in appearance, both in shape and coloration. It is thought that this <a href="/wiki/Mimicry" title="Mimicry">mimicry</a> protects hover-flies from falling prey to birds and other insectivores which avoid eating true wasps because of their <a href="/wiki/Stinger_(organ)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stinger (organ)">sting</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:PiccoloNamek" title="User:PiccoloNamek">PiccoloNamek</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_2,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 2, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_2,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 2, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_2,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_3_-_Fri" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_3_-_Fri"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_3_-_Fri"></span>February 3 - Fri<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_3_-_Fri"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: February 3 - Fri"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hazelnuts.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hazelnuts"><img alt="Hazelnuts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Hazelnuts.jpg/300px-Hazelnuts.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Hazelnuts.jpg/450px-Hazelnuts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Hazelnuts.jpg/600px-Hazelnuts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Common_Hazel" class="mw-redirect" title="Common Hazel">Common Hazel</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Shrub" title="Shrub">shrub</a> native to <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Flower" title="Flower">flowers</a> are produced very early in spring before the leaves, and are <a href="/wiki/Plant_sexuality" class="mw-redirect" title="Plant sexuality">monoecious</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Seed" title="Seed">seed</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Nut_(fruit)" title="Nut (fruit)">nut</a>, known as a <i>hazelnut</i> or <i>cobnut</i>. The nut falls out of the husk when ripe, about 7-8 months after pollination. The <a href="/wiki/Kernel" class="mw-disambig" title="Kernel">kernel</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Seed" title="Seed">seed</a> is edible and used raw or roasted, or ground into a paste. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Fir0002" title="User:Fir0002">Fir0002</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_3,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 3, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_3,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_3,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 3, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_3,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_3,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 3, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_3,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_4_-_Sat" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_4_-_Sat"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_4_-_Sat"></span>February 4 - Sat<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_4_-_Sat"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: February 4 - Sat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sula_sula_nesting_in_Heliotropium_foertherianum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Booby chick"><img alt="Booby chick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sula_sula_nesting_in_Heliotropium_foertherianum.jpg/300px-Sula_sula_nesting_in_Heliotropium_foertherianum.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sula_sula_nesting_in_Heliotropium_foertherianum.jpg/450px-Sula_sula_nesting_in_Heliotropium_foertherianum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sula_sula_nesting_in_Heliotropium_foertherianum.jpg/600px-Sula_sula_nesting_in_Heliotropium_foertherianum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Booby" title="Booby">boobies</a></b> are a group of <a href="/wiki/Seabird" title="Seabird">seabirds</a> closely related to the <a href="/wiki/Gannet" title="Gannet">gannets</a>. They are large <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">birds</a> with long pointed wings and long bills. </p><p>Boobies hunt <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a> by diving from a height into the sea and pursuing their prey underwater. They have facial air sacs under their skin which cushion the impact with the water. Boobies normally lay one or more chalky blue <a href="/wiki/Egg_(biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egg (biology)">eggs</a> on the ground or sometimes in a tree <a href="/wiki/Nest" title="Nest">nest</a>. Their name is based on the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> <a href="/wiki/Slang" title="Slang">slang</a> term <i>bubi</i>, meaning "<a href="/wiki/Dunce" title="Dunce">dunce</a>". </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_4,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 4, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_4,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_4,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 4, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_4,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_4,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 4, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_4,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> <br/> <b>Mainpage version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_second_feature/February_4,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Today's second feature/February 4, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Today's_second_feature/February_4,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_5_-_Sun" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_5_-_Sun"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_5_-_Sun"></span>February 5 - Sun<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_5_-_Sun"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: February 5 - Sun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Domestic sheep eating grass"><img alt="Domestic sheep eating grass" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg/300px-Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg/450px-Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg/600px-Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Domestic_Sheep" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic Sheep">Domestic Sheep</a></b> is the most common species of the <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a> genus. It is a woolly <a href="/wiki/Ruminant" title="Ruminant">ruminant</a> <a href="/wiki/Quadruped" class="mw-redirect" title="Quadruped">quadruped</a> that probably descended from the wild <a href="/wiki/Moufflon" class="mw-redirect" title="Moufflon">moufflon</a>. Many <a href="/wiki/Breed" title="Breed">breeds</a> of sheep exist, generally classified as <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">wool</a> class breeds and hair class breeds. <a href="/wiki/Farmer" title="Farmer">Farmers</a> develop wool breeds for superior wool quantity and quality (fineness of fibers), wool <a href="/wiki/Staple_(textiles)" title="Staple (textiles)">staple</a> length and degree of <a href="/wiki/Crimp_(wool)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimp (wool)">crimp</a> in the fiber. Hair class sheep are the original class of sheep, developed worldwide for <a href="/wiki/Meat" title="Meat">meat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leather" title="Leather">leather</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Fir0002" title="User:Fir0002">Fir0002</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_5,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 5, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_5,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_5,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 5, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_5,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_5,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 5, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_5,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> <br/> <b>Mainpage version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_second_feature/February_5,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Today's second feature/February 5, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Today's_second_feature/February_5,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_6_-_Mon" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_6_-_Mon"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_6_-_Mon"></span>February 6 - Mon<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_6_-_Mon"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: February 6 - Mon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PalaceOfWestminsterAtNight.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Palace of Westminster"><img alt="Palace of Westminster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/PalaceOfWestminsterAtNight.jpg/300px-PalaceOfWestminsterAtNight.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/PalaceOfWestminsterAtNight.jpg/450px-PalaceOfWestminsterAtNight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/PalaceOfWestminsterAtNight.jpg/600px-PalaceOfWestminsterAtNight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1084" data-file-height="768"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a></b> occupies a site of approximately <a href="/wiki/1_E4_m2" class="mw-redirect" title="1 E4 m2">3.24</a> <a href="/wiki/Hectare" title="Hectare">hectares</a> (8 <a href="/wiki/Acre" title="Acre">acres</a>) on the west bank of the <a href="/wiki/Thames" class="mw-redirect" title="Thames">Thames</a>, it has approximately 1,000 rooms, 100 staircases, and 4.8 km of passageways. The 96 m high slim <a href="/wiki/Clock_Tower" class="mw-disambig" title="Clock Tower">Clock Tower</a> is undoubtedly the most famous feature, and houses the bell known as <a href="/wiki/Big_Ben" title="Big Ben">Big Ben</a>, from which the Clock Tower is colloquially, but inaccurately named. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Solipsist" title="User:Solipsist">Solipsist</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_6,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 6, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_6,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_6,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 6, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_6,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_6,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 6, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_6,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_7_-_Tue" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_7_-_Tue"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_7_-_Tue"></span>February 7 - Tue<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_7_-_Tue"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: February 7 - Tue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="550" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dione_and_Saturn.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The moon Dione orbiting Saturn"><img alt="The moon Dione orbiting Saturn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Dione_and_Saturn.jpg/275px-Dione_and_Saturn.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Dione_and_Saturn.jpg/413px-Dione_and_Saturn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Dione_and_Saturn.jpg/550px-Dione_and_Saturn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="971" data-file-height="1008"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Dione_(moon)" title="Dione (moon)">Dione</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Natural_satellite" title="Natural satellite">moon</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saturn_(planet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturn (planet)">Saturn</a> discovered by <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini" title="Giovanni Domenico Cassini">Giovanni Cassini</a> in <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>. It is named after the <a href="/wiki/Titan_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (mythology)">titan</a> <a href="/wiki/Dione_(mythology)" title="Dione (mythology)">Dione</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a> and is also designated <i>Saturn IV</i>. Dione is composed primarily of water ice, but as the <a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">densest</a> of Saturn's moons (aside from <a href="/wiki/Titan_(moon)" title="Titan (moon)">Titan</a>, whose density is increased by gravitational compression) it must have a considerable fraction of denser material like <a href="/wiki/Silicate" title="Silicate">silicate</a> <a href="/wiki/Rock_(geology)" title="Rock (geology)">rock</a> in its interior. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_7,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 7, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_7,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_7,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 7, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_7,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_7,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 7, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_7,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_8_-_Wed" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_8_-_Wed"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_8_-_Wed"></span>February 8 - Wed<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_8_-_Wed"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: February 8 - Wed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Close_up_yellow_rose.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yellow rose"><img alt="Yellow rose" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Close_up_yellow_rose.jpg/300px-Close_up_yellow_rose.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Close_up_yellow_rose.jpg/450px-Close_up_yellow_rose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Close_up_yellow_rose.jpg/600px-Close_up_yellow_rose.jpg 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="700"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Rose" title="Rose">Roses</a></b> are one of the most popular <a href="/wiki/Garden" title="Garden">garden</a> shrubs, and are also among the most common flowers sold by <a href="/wiki/Florist" class="mw-redirect" title="Florist">florists</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Rose_hip" title="Rose hip">hips</a> are sometimes eaten, mainly for their <a href="/wiki/Vitamin_C" title="Vitamin C">vitamin C</a> content. They are usually pressed and filtered to make rose hip <a href="/wiki/Syrup" title="Syrup">syrup</a>, as the fine <a href="/wiki/Hair" title="Hair">hairs</a> surrounding the seeds are unpleasant to eat (resembling <a href="/wiki/Itching" class="mw-redirect" title="Itching">itching</a> powder). </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Fir0002" title="User:Fir0002">Fir0002</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_8,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 8, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_8,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_8,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 8, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_8,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_8,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 8, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_8,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_9_-_Thu" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_9_-_Thu"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_9_-_Thu"></span>February 9 - Thu<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_9_-_Thu"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: February 9 - Thu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BeadedLizard-AHPExotics.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mexican beaded lizard"><img alt="Mexican beaded lizard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/BeadedLizard-AHPExotics.jpg/300px-BeadedLizard-AHPExotics.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/BeadedLizard-AHPExotics.jpg/450px-BeadedLizard-AHPExotics.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/BeadedLizard-AHPExotics.jpg/600px-BeadedLizard-AHPExotics.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1696"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Mexican_beaded_lizard" title="Mexican beaded lizard">Mexican beaded lizard</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard">lizard</a> found in <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> that grows up to 18 inches in length. Along with the <a href="/wiki/Gila_monster" title="Gila monster">Gila monster</a>, it was once thought to be one of only two lizards known to be <a href="/wiki/Venom_(poison)" class="mw-redirect" title="Venom (poison)">venomous</a>. However, recent research showed that some <i><a href="/wiki/Iguana" title="Iguana">Iguanas</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Monitor_lizard" title="Monitor lizard">Monitors</a></i> also produce venom. Their venom is similar to that of some snakes. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:PiccoloNamek" title="User:PiccoloNamek">PiccoloNamek</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_9,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 9, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_9,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_9,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 9, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_9,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_9,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 9, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_9,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_10_-_Fri" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_10_-_Fri"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_10_-_Fri"></span>February 10 - Fri<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_10_-_Fri"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: February 10 - Fri"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Icicles.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Icicles"><img alt="Icicles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Icicles.jpg/300px-Icicles.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Icicles.jpg/450px-Icicles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Icicles.jpg/600px-Icicles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>Liquid water is most dense at 4 °C and becomes less dense as the water molecules begin to form the <a href="/wiki/Hexagonal_(crystal_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hexagonal (crystal system)">hexagonal</a> <a href="/wiki/Crystal" title="Crystal">crystals</a> of <b><a href="/wiki/Ice" title="Ice">ice</a></b> as the temperature drops to 0 °C. This is due to <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_bond" title="Hydrogen bond">hydrogen bonds</a> forming between the water molecules, which line up <a href="/wiki/Molecules" class="mw-redirect" title="Molecules">molecules</a> less efficiently (in terms of volume) when water is frozen. The result is that ice floats on liquid water, an important factor in Earth's <a href="/wiki/Climate" title="Climate">climate</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Barfooz" title="User:Barfooz">Barfooz</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_10,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 10, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_10,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_10,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 10, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_10,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_10,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 10, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_10,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_11_-_Sat" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_11_-_Sat"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_11_-_Sat"></span>February 11 - Sat<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_11_-_Sat"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: February 11 - Sat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Beetle-Bessbug.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bessbug"><img alt="Bessbug" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Beetle-Bessbug.jpg/300px-Beetle-Bessbug.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Beetle-Bessbug.jpg/450px-Beetle-Bessbug.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Beetle-Bessbug.jpg/600px-Beetle-Bessbug.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>A <b><a href="/wiki/Passalidae" title="Passalidae">Bessbug</a></b> is a very large <a href="/wiki/Beetle" title="Beetle">beetle</a>, about 2.5 cm (1 inch) long, found in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_United_States" title="Eastern United States">Eastern United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, that feeds on rotting <a href="/wiki/Wood" title="Wood">wood</a>. It has a "horn" on the dorsal head. They are highly <a href="/wiki/Eusociality" title="Eusociality">subsocial</a> beetles that care for their young; they prepare food for them and help the <a href="/wiki/Larva" title="Larva">larvae</a> construct the <a href="/wiki/Pupa" title="Pupa">pupal case</a>. They are known to produce fourteen <a href="/wiki/Animal_communication" title="Animal communication">acoustical signals</a>, more than many <a href="/wiki/Vertebrate" title="Vertebrate">vertebrates</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:PiccoloNamek" title="User:PiccoloNamek">PiccoloNamek</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_11,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 11, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_11,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_11,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 11, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_11,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_11,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 11, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_11,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> <br/> <b>Mainpage version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_second_feature/February_11,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Today's second feature/February 11, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Today's_second_feature/February_11,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_12_-_Sun" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_12_-_Sun"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_12_-_Sun"></span>February 12 - Sun<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_12_-_Sun"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: February 12 - Sun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gospers_glider_gun.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Gosper's glider gun pattern in Conway's Game of Life"><img alt="Gosper's glider gun pattern in Conway's Game of Life" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Gospers_glider_gun.gif" decoding="async" width="250" height="180" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="180"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life" title="Conway's Game of Life">Game of Life</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Cellular_automaton" title="Cellular automaton">cellular automaton</a> devised by <a href="/wiki/John_Horton_Conway" title="John Horton Conway">John Conway</a>. Ever since its publication in the October <a href="/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Scientific_American" title="Scientific American">Scientific American</a></i>, it has attracted much interest because of the surprising ways the patterns can evolve. Life is an example of <a href="/wiki/Emergence" title="Emergence">emergence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Self-organization" title="Self-organization">self-organization</a> in the way that complex patterns, such as this example of <a href="/wiki/Gun_(CA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gun (CA)">Gosper's glider gun</a>, can emerge from the implementation of very simple rules. </p><p><small>Illustration credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Kieff" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Kieff">Kieff</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_12,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 12, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_12,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_12,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 12, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_12,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_12,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 12, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_12,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> <br/> <b>Mainpage version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_second_feature/February_12,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Today's second feature/February 12, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Today's_second_feature/February_12,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_13_-_Mon" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_13_-_Mon"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_13_-_Mon"></span>February 13 - Mon<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_13_-_Mon"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: February 13 - Mon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Webber_usgp_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mark Webber racing in Formula 1"><img alt="Mark Webber racing in Formula 1" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Webber_usgp_2004.jpg/300px-Webber_usgp_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Webber_usgp_2004.jpg/450px-Webber_usgp_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Webber_usgp_2004.jpg/600px-Webber_usgp_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Webber" class="mw-disambig" title="Mark Webber">Mark Webber</a></b> is an <a href="/wiki/Australian" class="mw-disambig" title="Australian">Australian</a> <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> driver. After rising through the ranks of <a href="/wiki/Motor_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor sport">motor sport</a>, Webber made his Formula 1 debut with <a href="/wiki/Minardi" title="Minardi">Minardi-Asiatech</a> in the 2002 <a href="/wiki/Australian_Grand_Prix" title="Australian Grand Prix">Australian Grand Prix</a>, where he finished 5th. In the next season he joined <a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Racing" title="Jaguar Racing">Jaguar Racing</a> (seen here in the during the 2004 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Grand_Prix" title="United States Grand Prix">United States Grand Prix</a>), then joined the <a href="/wiki/WilliamsF1" class="mw-redirect" title="WilliamsF1">Williams-BMW</a> team for 2005. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Rdikeman" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Rdikeman">Rick Dikeman</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_13,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 13, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_13,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_13,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 13, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_13,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_13,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 13, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_13,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_14_-_Tue" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_14_-_Tue"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_14_-_Tue"></span>February 14 - Tue<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_14_-_Tue"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: February 14 - Tue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Glacial_lakes,_Bhutan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Glacial retreat observed in glaciers of Bhutan"><img alt="Glacial retreat observed in glaciers of Bhutan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Glacial_lakes%2C_Bhutan.jpg/300px-Glacial_lakes%2C_Bhutan.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Glacial_lakes%2C_Bhutan.jpg/450px-Glacial_lakes%2C_Bhutan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Glacial_lakes%2C_Bhutan.jpg/600px-Glacial_lakes%2C_Bhutan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1665"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Glacier_retreat" class="mw-redirect" title="Glacier retreat">Glacier retreat</a></b> is a type of <a href="/wiki/Glacial_motion" title="Glacial motion">glacial motion</a> in which more material <a href="/wiki/Ablation" title="Ablation">ablates</a> from its terminus of the <a href="/wiki/Glacier" title="Glacier">glacier</a> than is replenished by flow into that region. In this region of the <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>-<a href="/wiki/Himalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Himalaya">Himalaya</a>, glacial lakes have been rapidly forming on the surface of the <a href="/wiki/Debris" title="Debris">debris</a>-covered glaciers and researchers have found a strong <a href="/wiki/Correlation" title="Correlation">correlation</a> between <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">increasing temperatures</a> and glacial retreat. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> & <a href="/wiki/USGS" class="mw-redirect" title="USGS">USGS</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_14,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 14, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_14,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_14,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 14, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_14,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_14,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 14, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_14,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_15_-_Wed" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_15_-_Wed"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_15_-_Wed"></span>February 15 - Wed<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_15_-_Wed"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: February 15 - Wed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="500" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Common_blue_damselfly02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Common blue damselfly"><img alt="Common blue damselfly" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Common_blue_damselfly02.jpg/250px-Common_blue_damselfly02.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Common_blue_damselfly02.jpg/375px-Common_blue_damselfly02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Common_blue_damselfly02.jpg/500px-Common_blue_damselfly02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1200"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Damselfly" title="Damselfly">Damselfly</a></b> (suborder <b>Zygoptera</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Insect" title="Insect">insect</a> in the order <a href="/wiki/Odonata" title="Odonata">Odonata</a>. They are similar to a <a href="/wiki/Dragonfly" title="Dragonfly">dragonfly</a>, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact their wings are held along the body when at rest. They are also usually smaller, and weaker fliers than dragonflies, and the <a href="/wiki/Compound_eye" title="Compound eye">eyes</a> are separated. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Fir0002" title="User:Fir0002">Fir0002</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_15,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 15, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_15,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_15,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 15, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_15,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_15,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 15, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_15,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_16_-_Thu" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_16_-_Thu"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_16_-_Thu"></span>February 16 - Thu<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_16_-_Thu"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: February 16 - Thu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Przysiega_Kosciuszki.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tadeusz Kościuszko taking the oath to liberate Poland from oppression"><img alt="Tadeusz Kościuszko taking the oath to liberate Poland from oppression" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Przysiega_Kosciuszki.jpg/300px-Przysiega_Kosciuszki.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Przysiega_Kosciuszki.jpg/450px-Przysiega_Kosciuszki.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Przysiega_Kosciuszki.jpg/600px-Przysiega_Kosciuszki.jpg 2x" data-file-width="792" data-file-height="600"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko" title="Tadeusz Kościuszko">Tadeusz Kościuszko</a></b> was a <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Polish</a> national hero, general and a leader of the <a href="/wiki/Ko%C5%9Bciuszko_Uprising" title="Kościuszko Uprising">Kościuszko Uprising</a> against Russia in <a href="/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a>. In this painting, he is shown taking the oath as leader of Kościuszko Uprising in <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a> market square. He also fought in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> as a colonel in the Continental Army on the side of <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">Washington</a>. </p><p><small>Painting credit: <a href="/wiki/Wojciech_Kossak" title="Wojciech Kossak">Wojciech Kossak</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_16,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 16, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_16,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_16,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 16, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_16,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_16,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 16, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_16,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_17_-_Fri" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_17_-_Fri"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_17_-_Fri"></span>February 17 - Fri<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_17_-_Fri"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: February 17 - Fri"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koh_Samui_Lipa_Noi2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ko Samui"><img alt="Ko Samui" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Koh_Samui_Lipa_Noi2.jpg/300px-Koh_Samui_Lipa_Noi2.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Koh_Samui_Lipa_Noi2.jpg/450px-Koh_Samui_Lipa_Noi2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Koh_Samui_Lipa_Noi2.jpg/600px-Koh_Samui_Lipa_Noi2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The island <b><a href="/wiki/Ko_Samui" title="Ko Samui">Ko Samui</a></b> has a population of about forty thousand, and survives on a successful <a href="/wiki/Tourist" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourist">tourist</a> industry, as well as exports of <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rubber" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubber">rubber</a>. It even has its own international <a href="/wiki/Airport" title="Airport">airport</a>, with flights daily to <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a> and other major airports in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>. It has not forgotten its roots, however, and the people are still by-and-large the same easygoing island folk they were before the world landed on their doorstep. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Tsui" class="extiw" title="de:Benutzer:Tsui">Tsui</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_17,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 17, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_17,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_17,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 17, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_17,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_17,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 17, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_17,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_18_-_Sat" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_18_-_Sat"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_18_-_Sat"></span>February 18 - Sat<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_18_-_Sat"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: February 18 - Sat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Falkirk Wheel boat lift in Scotland"><img alt="The Falkirk Wheel boat lift in Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg/300px-FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg/450px-FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg/600px-FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2315" data-file-height="1644"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel" title="Falkirk Wheel">Falkirk Wheel</a></b> is a rotating <a href="/wiki/Boat_lift" title="Boat lift">boat lift</a> connecting the <a href="/wiki/Forth_and_Clyde_Canal" title="Forth and Clyde Canal">Forth and Clyde Canal</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Union_Canal_(Scotland)" title="Union Canal (Scotland)">Union Canal</a> near <a href="/wiki/Falkirk" title="Falkirk">Falkirk</a> in central <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. It consists of two diametrically opposed <a href="/wiki/Canal_inclined_plane" title="Canal inclined plane">caissons</a> which rotate to transfer boats between the two canals through a height of 35 <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">metres</a>. Thanks to <a href="/wiki/Archimedes%27_principle" title="Archimedes' principle">Archimedes' principle</a>, the caissons always weigh the same, whether carrying up to 600 <a href="/wiki/Tonnage" title="Tonnage">tonnes worth</a> of <a href="/wiki/Narrowboat" title="Narrowboat">canal barges</a>, or just water. As such, the wheel is always perfectly balanced and despite its enormous mass, rotates through 180° in less than four minutes using just a few <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kilowatts</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:SeanMack" title="User:SeanMack">SeanMack</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_18,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 18, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_18,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_18,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 18, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_18,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_18,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 18, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_18,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> <br/> <b>Mainpage version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_second_feature/February_18,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Today's second feature/February 18, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Today's_second_feature/February_18,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_19_-_Sun" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_19_-_Sun"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_19_-_Sun"></span>February 19 - Sun<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_19_-_Sun"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: February 19 - Sun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GreenSeaTurtle-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Green Sea Turtle"><img alt="Green Sea Turtle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/GreenSeaTurtle-2.jpg/300px-GreenSeaTurtle-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/GreenSeaTurtle-2.jpg/450px-GreenSeaTurtle-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/GreenSeaTurtle-2.jpg/600px-GreenSeaTurtle-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1562" data-file-height="1171"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Sea_turtle" title="Sea turtle">Sea turtles</a></b> are large, <a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">ocean</a>-dwelling <a href="/wiki/Turtle" title="Turtle">turtles</a>. There are seven surviving <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of sea turtle and all are <a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">endangered</a>. Sea turtles are found in all the world's oceans with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Ocean" title="Arctic Ocean">Arctic Ocean</a>, and some species travel between oceans. Sea turtles have an extraordinary sense of time and location. They are highly <a href="/wiki/Sense" title="Sense">sensitive</a> to the Earth's <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_field" title="Magnetic field">magnetic field</a> and probably use it to <a href="/wiki/Navigation" title="Navigation">navigate</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Tokugawapants" title="User:Tokugawapants">Tokugawapants</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_19,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 19, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_19,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_19,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 19, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_19,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_19,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 19, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_19,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> <br/> <b>Mainpage version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_second_feature/February_19,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Today's second feature/February 19, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Today's_second_feature/February_19,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_20_-_Mon" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_20_-_Mon"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_20_-_Mon"></span>February 20 - Mon<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_20_-_Mon"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: February 20 - Mon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fisherman_on_Lake_Tanganyika.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lake Tanganyika"><img alt="Lake Tanganyika" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Fisherman_on_Lake_Tanganyika.jpg/300px-Fisherman_on_Lake_Tanganyika.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Fisherman_on_Lake_Tanganyika.jpg/450px-Fisherman_on_Lake_Tanganyika.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Fisherman_on_Lake_Tanganyika.jpg/600px-Fisherman_on_Lake_Tanganyika.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="462"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tanganyika" title="Lake Tanganyika">Lake Tanganyika</a></b> is situated within the Western Rift of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Rift_Valley" title="Great Rift Valley">Great Rift Valley</a> and is confined by the mountainous walls of the valley. It is the largest rift lake in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and the second largest lake by surface area on the continent. It is the deepest lake in Africa and holds the greatest volume of <a href="/wiki/Fresh_water" title="Fresh water">fresh water</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Worldtraveller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Worldtraveller (page does not exist)">Worldtraveller</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_20,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 20, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_20,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_20,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 20, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_20,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_20,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 20, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_20,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_21_-_Tue" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_21_-_Tue"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_21_-_Tue"></span>February 21 - Tue<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_21_-_Tue"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: February 21 - Tue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seawifs_global_biosphere.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="SeaWiFS Global Biosphere September 1997 - August 1998"><img alt="SeaWiFS Global Biosphere September 1997 - August 1998" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Seawifs_global_biosphere.jpg/300px-Seawifs_global_biosphere.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Seawifs_global_biosphere.jpg/450px-Seawifs_global_biosphere.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Seawifs_global_biosphere.jpg/600px-Seawifs_global_biosphere.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="819"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Primary_production" title="Primary production">Primary production</a></b> is the production of biological <a href="/wiki/Organic_compound" title="Organic compound">organic compounds</a> from inorganic materials through <a href="/wiki/Photosynthesis" title="Photosynthesis">photosynthesis</a> or <a href="/wiki/Chemosynthesis" title="Chemosynthesis">chemosynthesis</a>. <a href="/wiki/Organism" title="Organism">Organisms</a> that can create <a href="/wiki/Biomass" title="Biomass">biomass</a> in this manner (notably <a href="/wiki/Plant" title="Plant">plants</a>) are known as <i>primary producers</i>, and form the basis of the <a href="/wiki/Food_chain" title="Food chain">food chain</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Oceanography" title="Oceanography">oceanography</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limnology" title="Limnology">limnology</a> the primary producers in aquatic environments are <a href="/wiki/Phytoplankton" title="Phytoplankton">phytoplankton</a> utilizing energy from sunlight. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/w/index.php?title=SeaWiFS_Project&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SeaWiFS Project (page does not exist)">SeaWiFS Project</a>, <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_21,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 21, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_21,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_21,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 21, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_21,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_21,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 21, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_21,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_22_-_Wed" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_22_-_Wed"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_22_-_Wed"></span>February 22 - Wed<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_22_-_Wed"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: February 22 - Wed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zabriskie_Point_at_sunrise_in_Death_Valley_NP.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Zabriskie Point at sunrise in Death Valley"><img alt="Zabriskie Point at sunrise in Death Valley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Zabriskie_Point_at_sunrise_in_Death_Valley_NP.JPG/300px-Zabriskie_Point_at_sunrise_in_Death_Valley_NP.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Zabriskie_Point_at_sunrise_in_Death_Valley_NP.JPG/450px-Zabriskie_Point_at_sunrise_in_Death_Valley_NP.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Zabriskie_Point_at_sunrise_in_Death_Valley_NP.JPG/600px-Zabriskie_Point_at_sunrise_in_Death_Valley_NP.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Zabriskie_Point" title="Zabriskie Point">Zabriskie Point</a></b> is an area in <a href="/wiki/Death_Valley_National_Park" title="Death Valley National Park">Death Valley National Park</a> noted for its beautiful <a href="/wiki/Erosion" title="Erosion">erosional</a> landscape. It is called a <a href="/wiki/Badland" class="mw-redirect" title="Badland">badlands</a> due to its difficult-to-traverse topography. The area is composed of sediment from Lake Zabriskie, which dried-up 9 million years ago - long before <a href="/wiki/Death_Valley" title="Death Valley">Death Valley</a> existed. Zabriskie Point is named after Christian Brevoort Zabriskie of <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Territory" title="Wyoming Territory">Wyoming Territory</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Maveric149" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Maveric149">Daniel Mayer</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_22,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 22, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_22,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_22,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 22, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_22,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_22,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 22, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_22,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_23_-_Thu" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_23_-_Thu"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_23_-_Thu"></span>February 23 - Thu<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_23_-_Thu"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: February 23 - Thu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="500" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahdist_in_the_Khalifa%27s_house,_Omdurman,_Sudan.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Mahdist in the Khalifa's house, Omdurman, Sudan"><img alt="Mahdist in the Khalifa's house, Omdurman, Sudan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Mahdist_in_the_Khalifa%27s_house%2C_Omdurman%2C_Sudan.png/250px-Mahdist_in_the_Khalifa%27s_house%2C_Omdurman%2C_Sudan.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Mahdist_in_the_Khalifa%27s_house%2C_Omdurman%2C_Sudan.png/375px-Mahdist_in_the_Khalifa%27s_house%2C_Omdurman%2C_Sudan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Mahdist_in_the_Khalifa%27s_house%2C_Omdurman%2C_Sudan.png/500px-Mahdist_in_the_Khalifa%27s_house%2C_Omdurman%2C_Sudan.png 2x" data-file-width="792" data-file-height="1000"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Khalifa" title="Khalifa">Khalifa</a></b> (خليفة ẖalīfä) is <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Stewardship" title="Stewardship">stewardship</a>" of nature and family, and is a key obligation of a <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>. The word is most commonly used for the Islamic leader of the <a href="/wiki/Ummah" title="Ummah">Ummah</a>, which is translated into English as <a href="/wiki/Caliph" class="mw-redirect" title="Caliph">Caliph</a>. While <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shia</a> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> differ sharply on the conduct of a <a href="/wiki/Caliph" class="mw-redirect" title="Caliph">caliph</a> and the right relations between a leader and a community, they do not differ on the underlying theory of stewardship. </p><p><small>Photo credit: G. 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A <a href="/wiki/Chemical_reaction" title="Chemical reaction">chemical reaction</a> between sodium bicarbonate and <a href="/wiki/Citric_acid" title="Citric acid">citric acid</a> occurred to create carbon dioxide. The person who is usually credited with first successfully creating carbonated water is <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Priestley" title="Joseph Priestley">Joseph Priestley</a> in <a href="/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Spiff&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Spiff (page does not exist)">Spiff</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_24,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 24, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_24,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_24,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 24, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_24,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_24,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 24, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_24,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_25_-_Sat" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_25_-_Sat"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_25_-_Sat"></span>February 25 - Sat<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_25_-_Sat"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: February 25 - Sat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="450" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_Library_of_Victoria_La_Trobe_Reading_room_5th_floor_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The La Trobe Reading Room of the State Library of Victoria"><img alt="The La Trobe Reading Room of the State Library of Victoria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/State_Library_of_Victoria_La_Trobe_Reading_room_5th_floor_view.jpg/225px-State_Library_of_Victoria_La_Trobe_Reading_room_5th_floor_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/State_Library_of_Victoria_La_Trobe_Reading_room_5th_floor_view.jpg/338px-State_Library_of_Victoria_La_Trobe_Reading_room_5th_floor_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/State_Library_of_Victoria_La_Trobe_Reading_room_5th_floor_view.jpg/450px-State_Library_of_Victoria_La_Trobe_Reading_room_5th_floor_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2532" data-file-height="3582"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/State_Library_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="State Library of Victoria">State Library of Victoria</a></b> is the central <a href="/wiki/Library" title="Library">library</a> of the <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, located in the <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>. The Library's combined collections contain over 1.5 million books and 16,000 serials, including the diaries of the city's founders, <a href="/wiki/John_Batman" title="John Batman">John Batman</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Pascoe_Fawkner" title="John Pascoe Fawkner">John Pascoe Fawkner</a>, as well as the folios of <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">Captain James Cook</a> </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Diliff" title="User:Diliff">Diliff</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_25,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 25, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_25,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_25,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 25, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_25,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_25,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 25, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_25,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> <br/> <b>Mainpage version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_second_feature/February_25,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Today's second feature/February 25, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Today's_second_feature/February_25,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_26_-_Sun" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_26_-_Sun"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_26_-_Sun"></span>February 26 - Sun<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_26_-_Sun"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: February 26 - Sun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="550" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Low_pressure_system_over_Iceland.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Low pressure system over Iceland"><img alt="Low pressure system over Iceland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Low_pressure_system_over_Iceland.jpg/275px-Low_pressure_system_over_Iceland.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Low_pressure_system_over_Iceland.jpg/413px-Low_pressure_system_over_Iceland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Low_pressure_system_over_Iceland.jpg/550px-Low_pressure_system_over_Iceland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="5200"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>A <b><a href="/wiki/Low_pressure_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Low pressure area">low pressure area</a></b> is a region where the <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_pressure" title="Atmospheric pressure">atmospheric pressure</a> is lowest with relation to the surrounding area. Air will tend to flow in to fill a low pressure area, but will be deflected perpendicular to its velocity by the <a href="/wiki/Coriolis_effect" class="mw-redirect" title="Coriolis effect">Coriolis effect</a>. A system of <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_equilibrium" title="Mechanical equilibrium">equilibrium</a> can then establish itself creating circular movement, or a <a href="/wiki/Cyclone" title="Cyclone">cyclonic flow</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_26,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 26, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_26,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_26,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 26, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_26,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_26,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 26, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_26,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> <br/> <b>Mainpage version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_second_feature/February_26,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Today's second feature/February 26, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Today's_second_feature/February_26,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_27_-_Mon" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_27_-_Mon"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_27_-_Mon"></span>February 27 - Mon<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_27_-_Mon"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: February 27 - Mon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="600" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gun-type_Nuclear_weapon.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Gun-type Nuclear weapon"><img alt="Gun-type Nuclear weapon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Gun-type_Nuclear_weapon.png/300px-Gun-type_Nuclear_weapon.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Gun-type_Nuclear_weapon.png/450px-Gun-type_Nuclear_weapon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Gun-type_Nuclear_weapon.png/600px-Gun-type_Nuclear_weapon.png 2x" data-file-width="730" data-file-height="330"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>Although used occasionally in later experimental devices, this <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon_design" title="Nuclear weapon design">nuclear weapon design</a> was used only once as a weapon, in <i><b><a href="/wiki/Little_Boy" title="Little Boy">Little Boy</a></b></i>, because of the extreme danger of a misfire. A simple crash could drive the "bullet" into the "target" and release lethal <a href="/wiki/Radiation" title="Radiation">radiation</a> doses or even a full <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_explosion" title="Nuclear explosion">nuclear detonation</a>. </p><p><small>Illustration credit: <a href="/wiki/User:Fastfission" title="User:Fastfission">Fastfission</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_27,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 27, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_27,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_27,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 27, 2006 (page does not exist)">talk</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_27,_2006&action=history">history</a> <b>)</b> — <b>Condensed version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTD/February_27,_2006" title="Wikipedia:POTD/February 27, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:POTD/February_27,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> <b>)</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="February_28_-_Tue" data-mw-thread-id="h-February_28_-_Tue"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-February_28_-_Tue"></span>February 28 - Tue<span data-mw-comment-end="h-February_28_-_Tue"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2006&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: February 28 - Tue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table width="450" cellspacing="5" style="border-style:solid;border-color:#ccccff;padding:5px;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <p><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day">Picture of the day</a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greenland.A2003233.1340.250m.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Satelite view of the fractal coastline of Greenland"><img alt="Satelite view of the fractal coastline of Greenland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Greenland.A2003233.1340.250m.jpg/225px-Greenland.A2003233.1340.250m.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Greenland.A2003233.1340.250m.jpg/338px-Greenland.A2003233.1340.250m.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Greenland.A2003233.1340.250m.jpg/450px-Greenland.A2003233.1340.250m.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3200"/></a></span> </td> <td> <p>In English usage a <i><b><a href="/wiki/Fjord" title="Fjord">fjord</a></b></i> is a narrow <a href="/wiki/Inlet" title="Inlet">inlet</a> of the sea between <a href="/wiki/Cliff" title="Cliff">cliffs</a> or steep slopes, which results from marine <a href="/wiki/Inundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Inundation">inundation</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Glaciated_valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Glaciated valley">glaciated valley</a>. Fjords are found in locations where current or past glaciation extended below current <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Fractal" title="Fractal">fractal</a> coastline of eastern <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>, seen here, has many fjords. At the bottom is the longest fjord in the world, <a href="/wiki/Scoresby_Sund" class="mw-redirect" title="Scoresby Sund">Scoresby Sund</a>. </p><p><small>Photo credit: <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></small><br/> <small><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2024">Archive</a> - <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Nominate new image</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Text version ( </b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_28,_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 28, 2006">view</a> - <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_28,_2006&action=edit">edit</a> - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Picture_of_the_day/February_28,_2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day/February 28, 2006 (page 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2004">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2004" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2004">June</a> </td> <td><a 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> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2005">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2005">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2005" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2005">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2006: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2006">January</a> </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2006">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2006">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2006">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2006">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2006">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2006">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2006">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2006">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2006">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2006" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 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 day/November 2008">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2008" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2008">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2009: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2009">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2009">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2009">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2009">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2009">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2009">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2009">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2009">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2009">September</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/October_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/October 2009">October</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/November_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 2009">November</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2009" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2009">December</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2010: </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/January_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2010">January</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/February_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/February 2010">February</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2010">March</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/April_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 2010">April</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/May_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2010">May</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/June_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2010">June</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/July 2010">July</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/August_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2010">August</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2010" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2010">September</a> </td> <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 href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/December_2012" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2012">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 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