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  Sunset over Trommekilen, a part of Brofjorden, as seen from Norrkila, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden by: W.carter https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_ove… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Belle Tout lighthouse and chalk cliffs by the English Channel. Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the channel, reaching France on 25 August 1875. by: kallerna https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seven_Sist… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  This image was selected as a picture of the week on the Czech Wikipedia for 26th week, 2018. by: Peng Chen https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finnish_Ai… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Panixersee (Lag da Pigniu) above Andiast, Switzerland. Rock face above the reservoir. by: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panixersee… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  The Milky Way over Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in the Caucasus. The Serpens–Aquila Rift stands in the center of the view: a group of dark interstellar clouds in the constellations Aquila, Serpens Cauda, and eastern Ophiuchus. by: oliwok https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milky_way_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Samango monkey (Cercopithecus mitis labiatus), Mount Sheba, Pilgrim's Rest, South Africa. by: Charles J. Sharp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samango_mo… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  HMS Belfast is a museum ship permanently moored in the Port of London. The ship was commissioned on this day in 1939 by: Dmitry A. Mottl https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Belfas… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  The 108-metre-long Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II connects the historic centre of Rome, east of the Tiber, with the Vatican City. by: Anil Öztas https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rom_(IT),_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Red deer (Cervus elaphus), in Freyr forest, near Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium. by: Lviatour https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cervus_ela… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Ceiling of Sala della Stufa, Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. The room, created between 1627 and 1641, was originally an open gallery, but it was closed off later in the 17th century and restructured as a “stove” room, a bathroom heated using the same techniques as the Roman baths and intended for private use by the Grand Duke, whose bedroom is believed to be next door. The decoration, specially the frescos and stuccos, commissioned by Grand Duke Ferdinand II de' Medici, are a wor...

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  Parasols, Evening on the beach, Rincón de la Victoria, Andalusia, Spain. by: Jebulon https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parasols,_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Interior of the Shandong Grand Theater, China by: Ermell https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jinan_Gran… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  The Raising of Lazarus at the St. Wolfgang Altarpiece of the Catholic parish- and pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria. Michael Pacher, 1471–79, set up in 1481. Today is the feast day of St. Lazarus in Western Christianity. by: Uoaei1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Wolfga… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  View of Buiba Valley in Ergaki Range. Metamorphic schists and granites of ancient glaciation in mountain tundra. Western Sayan Mountains, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. by: Vyacheslav Argenberg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ergaki,_Bu… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Haigerloch, Germany: view of Haigerloch Castle and the castle church with the surrounding valley. by: Roman Eisele https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haigerloch… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Magnus Cort in the French Alps on Tour de France 2024. Tour de France will finish today on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. by: kallerna https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stage_20_T… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Soviet FD20 steam locomotive exposed at Zuyevka railway station, Kirov Oblast, Russia by: A.Savin https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kirov_Obla… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Photograph of Machu Picchu taken in 1912 by Hiram Bingham during the Yale Peruvian Expedition. The site, an important Inca citadel in the Andes of Peru, had been visited earlier by local people such as Agustín Lizárraga in 1902, and was later brought to international attention through Bingham’s expeditions of 1911 and 1912. Today marks the anniversary of Bingham’s 1911 visit, which contributed to its worldwide recognition. by: Hiram Bingham III https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Machu_P...

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  Male Green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) in Mato Grosso, Brazil by: Giles Laurent https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:024_Male_g… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  This statue of Mary Magdalene is at the main altar of the parish church St. Georg in Hüfingen-Mundelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Today is Mary Magdalene's feast day. by: H. Zell https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Georg_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Space Shuttle Atlantis being towed back from the Shuttle Landing Facility to Orbiter Processing Facility-2 after completing STS-135, bringing the Space Shuttle program to an end. Today marks the 15th anniversary of said event. by: Kim Shiflett https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-135_At… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  The Chess Queen, a.k.a. The Totem Pole, located a few hundred yards east of Cottonwood Cove, in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, northern Arizona. Today is International Chess Day. by: John Fowler https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Chess_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Sur En/Sent, municipality of Scuol, kanton Graubünden. Sculpture Negativ - Positive. Artwork by Peter Gredig. by: Agnes Monkelbaan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sur_En-Sen… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Westrup Heide in the early morning during the heather blossom season, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany by: Dietmar Rabich https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haltern_am… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Emerald swift (Sceloporus malachiticus) Finca El Pilar, Antigua Guatemala. Also known as the green spiny lizard. by: Charles J. Sharp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emerald_sw… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Giant otter eating a fish caught from the river, Mato Grosso, Brazil by: Giles Laurent https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:018_Giant_… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  I have published this image as author under the Creative-Commons-License CC-by-SA-4.0 and GNU Free Documentation License. This means that free usage outside of Wikimedia projects under the following terms of licence is possible: 1.1 The image is credited with "Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0" If this is not possible due to shortage of space, please contact me first. 1.2 If possible a weblink to the original image would be great: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_Gies...

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  Little street musicians, Paris. Image captured between 1910 and 1929. by: Séeberger frères https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A9ebe… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Photographic art based on pastel chalks, taken in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyThe photo was taken using ICM technique and multiple exposure. by: Dietmar Rabich https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pastellkre… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured

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  Seed pods of a Silene dioica. Focus stack of 40 photos. by: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dagkoekoek… #image #photography #photo #photos #wikipedia #wiki #potd #picture #pictures #today #featured