Wikipedia:Picture of the day/June 2024
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June 1
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Jeremiah Gurney (1812–1895) was an American daguerreotype photographer. Initially working in the jewelry trade in Saratoga, New York, he took up photography after learning of daguerreotype from Samuel Morse, moving to New York City where he began selling photographs alongside jewelry. He was one of the earliest photographers in the city, and may have been the owner of the first photographic gallery in the United States. Gurney took this self-portrait photograph around 1869; it is now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Photograph credit: Jeremiah Gurney; restored by Adam Cuerden
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June 2
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Moissac Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, in south-western France. A number of its medieval buildings survive, including the abbey church, which has a notable Romanesque sculpture around the entrance. This picture shows the abbey's cloisters. Photograph credit: Benh Lieu Song
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June 3
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Laothoe populi, the poplar hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species is found throughout the Palearctic realm and the Near East, and is one of the most common members of the family in the region. The larvae are pale green on first hatching, at which point they are known as hornworms, later developing yellow diagonal stripes on its sides, and pink spiracles. This photograph, taken in Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont, France, shows a L. populi larva in the late instar stage. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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June 4
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HMS Malabar was a 74-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1818 at Bombay Dockyard. In 1838, Malabar ran aground off Prince Edward Island in British North America and was damaged, with the loss of two crew members. She was refloated later that year and towed into Three Rivers in Lower Canada. In August 1843, Malabar, under the command of Sir George Sartorius, assisted in fighting a fire that destroyed the United States Navy sidewheel frigate USS Missouri at Gibraltar, taking aboard about 200 of that ship's survivors. Malabar was converted to a hulk in 1848, eventually becoming a coal hulk, and was renamed Myrtle in 1883. The hulk was sold out of the navy in 1905. This lithograph from around 1843 shows the crew of Malabar watching as USS Missouri explodes and burns in the distance. Lithograph credit: Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton, based on Edward Duncan's artwork, based on George Pechell Mends's sketch; restored by Adam Cuerden
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June 5
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The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae, which is native to western North America. Douglas grow to a height of around 20–100 metres (70–330 feet) and commonly reach 2.4 m (8 ft) in diameter. The largest coast Douglas firs regularly live for more than 500 years, with the oldest specimens older than 1,300. This photograph shows a young female cone, cultivated near Keila in Estonia. The cones are pendulous and differ from true firs as they have persistent scales. The cones have distinctive long, trifid (three-pointed) bracts which protrude prominently above each scale. They become tan when mature, measuring 6–10 cm (2+1⁄2–4 in) long for coastal Douglas firs. Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus
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June 6
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The martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) is a large eagle native to sub-Saharan Africa. A species of the booted eagle subfamily (Aquilinae), it has feathering over its tarsus. One of the largest and most powerful species of booted eagle, it is a fairly opportunistic predator that varies its prey selection between mammals, birds and reptiles. It is one of few eagle species known to hunt primarily from a high soar, by stooping on its quarry. Currently, the martial eagle is classified as endangered by the IUCN. This martial eagle was photographed in the Matetsi Safari Area in Zimbabwe. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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June 7
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June 8
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Dimitri is an 1876 French-language grand opera in five acts by Victorin de Joncières. Set to a libretto by Henri de Bornier and Paul Armand Silvestre after Friedrich Schiller's incomplete play Demetrius, itself a story based on the life of the Russian pretender False Dmitry I (reigned 1605–1606), the opera was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre National Lyrique. Antonín Dvořák's 1881 opera Dimitrij was also based on Schiller's play. This picture shows the set design for Act V of Dimitri's première. Art credit: Philippe Chaperon; restored by Adam Cuerden
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June 9
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Euchloe penia, commonly known as the eastern greenish black-tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and northern Iraq. The habitat consists of dry and warm rocky areas. Adults are bright greenish off yellow, with a wingspan of 32–36 mm. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in April and from June to July. The larvae feed on plants of the Matthiola genus. This E. penia individual was photographed at Pletvar, North Macedonia. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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June 10
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June 11
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June 12
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The green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) is a species of bird in the kingfisher family, Alcedinidae. It is found from in the southern United States, south through Central America, and in every mainland South American country except for Chile. The green kingfisher is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs about 35 to 40 g (1.2 to 1.4 oz), with females being larger and heavier than males. It has various vocalisations, including one described as resembling "the striking of two pebbles together" and another as "a harsh, buzzy scold". This male green kingfisher, a member of the C. a. americana subspecies, was spotted close to the Cristalino River in Pantanal, Brazil. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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June 13
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June 14
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Al-Hajj is the 22nd chapter (sūrah) of the Quran, describing the pilgrimage to Mecca known as the Hajj. This Chinese scroll from the Khalili Collections includes the full text of the chapter as well as an illustration of the pilgrims' destination, the Kaaba. Scroll by unknown artist; restored/photographed by Khalili Collections
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June 15
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Trithemis annulata, commonly known as the violet dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in most of Africa, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Europe. Males of this species are violet-red with red veins in the wings, while females are yellow and brown. Both sexes have red eyes. This female violet dropwing was photographed near Kalopanagiotis in Cyprus. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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June 16
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June 17
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June 18
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The copper sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is native to tropical Africa, its range extending from Senegal and Guinea in the west to South Sudan and Kenya in the east, and southwards to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It feeds on nectar that it extracts from selected flowers, such as Calliandra spp., Leonotis leonurus, Syzygium spp., and Senegalia polyacantha. It also takes fruits, spiders and insects, some of which are caught while in flight. This female copper sunbird was photograped in Kakum National Park, Ghana. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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June 19
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June 20
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June 21
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June 22
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June 23
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June 24
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The sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) is a passerine bird in the Acrocephalidae family, the reed warblers. It is a medium-sized warbler with a brown, streaked back and wings and a distinct pale supercilium. Sedge warblers are migratory, crossing the Sahara to get from their European and Asian breeding grounds to spend winter in Africa. The male's song is composed of chattering phrases and can include mimicry of other species. The sedge warbler is mostly insectivorous. This sedge warbler was photographed in the Otmoor RSPB reserve in Oxfordshire, England. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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June 25
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June 26
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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer born in Belfast. He was the Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow for 53 years, where he undertook significant research and mathematical analysis of electricity, the formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and contributed significantly to unifying physics, which was then in its infancy of development as an emerging academic discipline. He received the Royal Society's Copley Medal in 1883, and served as its president from 1890 to 1895. In 1892, he became the first British scientist to be elevated to the House of Lords. The Kelvin scale of temperature is named in his honour. He is seen here resting on a binnacle (the stand for a marine compass) of his invention, and holding a marine azimuth mirror. Kelvin's balls have been removed or not yet put in; they are the iron balls meant to help balance out the magnetic fields around the binnacle, since a metal ship can easily pull the compass needle off of true north. Photograph credit: T. & R. Annan & Sons; restored by Adam Cuerden
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June 27
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June 28
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June 29
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The Battle of Inab, also called Battle of Ard al-Hâtim or Fons Muratus, was fought on 29 June 1149, during the Second Crusade. The Zengid army of Atabeg Nur ad-Din Zangi destroyed the combined army of Prince Raymond of Poitiers and the Assassins of Ali ibn-Wafa. The Principality of Antioch was subsequently pillaged and reduced in size as its eastern border was pushed west, and both Raymond and his ally, Ali ibn-Wafa, were killed. This image, from the 14th-century Passages d'outremer depicts the Battle of Inab in the main image, and the recovery of Raymond's body in the lower one. The volume it came from, with illustrations by Jean Colombe, is considered a masterpiece of manuscript illumination art, though it can't be considered particularly accurate to what things would have looked like in 1149. Credit: Jean Colombe
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June 30
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