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posting links and context for the daily picture from Wikipedia, plus the occasional comment & reskeet.
Maintained by @drezner.xyz
See how I work at: github.com/ndrezn/wikipedia-pic-of-the-day/
posting links and context for the daily picture from Wikipedia, plus the occasional comment & reskeet.
Maintained by @drezner.xyz
See how I work at: github.com/ndrezn/wikipedia-pic-of-the-day/
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vela_supernova_-_VST_-_Eso2214a.jpg
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vela_supernova_-_VST_-_Eso2214a.jpg
Appears in "Vela supernova remnant": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_supernova_remnant
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Appears in "Vela supernova remnant": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_supernova_remnant
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AliceCooperO2_250522_-_Sheryl_Cooper_-_(94_of_133)_(52100040162)_(cropped).jpg
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AliceCooperO2_250522_-_Sheryl_Cooper_-_(94_of_133)_(52100040162)_(cropped).jpg
"... She was also one of three co-founders of Alice Cooper's Solid Rock, a non-profit foundation for inner-city teens in Arizona." Appears in "Sheryl Cooper": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Cooper
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"... She was also one of three co-founders of Alice Cooper's Solid Rock, a non-profit foundation for inner-city teens in Arizona." Appears in "Sheryl Cooper": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Cooper
Authored by JJ Harrison. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silver-breasted_Broadbill_0A2A9641.jpg
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Authored by JJ Harrison. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silver-breasted_Broadbill_0A2A9641.jpg
"... Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest." Appears in "Silver-breasted broadbill": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver-breasted_broadbill
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"... Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest." Appears in "Silver-breasted broadbill": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver-breasted_broadbill
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PK_Thatta_asv2020-02_img08_Shah_Jahan_Mosque.jpg
December 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PK_Thatta_asv2020-02_img08_Shah_Jahan_Mosque.jpg
Appears in "Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan_Mosque,_Thatta
December 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Appears in "Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan_Mosque,_Thatta
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_bath_white_(Pontia_edusa)_underside_Istria.jpg
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_bath_white_(Pontia_edusa)_underside_Istria.jpg
"... It is a migrant that can also be encountered in Belgium, the Netherlands, northern Germany and Poland, in the Baltic states, and in southern Sweden and Norway." Appears in "Pontia edusa": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontia_edusa
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"... It is a migrant that can also be encountered in Belgium, the Netherlands, northern Germany and Poland, in the Baltic states, and in southern Sweden and Norway." Appears in "Pontia edusa": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontia_edusa
Authored by Ivar Leidus. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blackberry_(Rubus_fruticosus).jpg
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Authored by Ivar Leidus. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blackberry_(Rubus_fruticosus).jpg
"... Similar to the raspberry, it is not a berry in the botanical sense, being classified as an aggregate fruit composed of small drupelets. Blackberries are perennial plants bearing biennial stems from their roots." Appears in "Blackberry": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackberry
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"... Similar to the raspberry, it is not a berry in the botanical sense, being classified as an aggregate fruit composed of small drupelets. Blackberries are perennial plants bearing biennial stems from their roots." Appears in "Blackberry": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackberry
Authored by . Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Karl_Stieler's_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Authored by . Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Karl_Stieler's_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg
Appears in "Ludwig van Beethoven": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Appears in "Ludwig van Beethoven": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_Chaffinch_(Fringilla_spodiogenys)_female_Sfax.jpg
December 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_Chaffinch_(Fringilla_spodiogenys)_female_Sfax.jpg
"... There is also an isolated population in northeastern Libya." Appears in "African chaffinch": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_chaffinch
December 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"... There is also an isolated population in northeastern Libya." Appears in "African chaffinch": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_chaffinch
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McClure_Tunnel_west.jpg
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McClure_Tunnel_west.jpg
"... The first tunnel on the site was a Southern Pacific Railroad tunnel constructed in 1886." Appears in "McClure Tunnel": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McClure_Tunnel
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"... The first tunnel on the site was a Southern Pacific Railroad tunnel constructed in 1886." Appears in "McClure Tunnel": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McClure_Tunnel
Authored by Godot13. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antarctic_Sound-2016-Brown_Bluff–Leopard_seal_(Hydrurga_leptonyx)_04.jpg
December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Authored by Godot13. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antarctic_Sound-2016-Brown_Bluff–Leopard_seal_(Hydrurga_leptonyx)_04.jpg
"... It feeds on a wide range of prey including cephalopods, other pinnipeds, krill, birds and fish. Together with the Ross seal, the crabeater seal and the Weddell seal, it is part of the tribe of Lobodontini seals." Appears in "Leopard seal": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_seal
December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"... It feeds on a wide range of prey including cephalopods, other pinnipeds, krill, birds and fish. Together with the Ross seal, the crabeater seal and the Weddell seal, it is part of the tribe of Lobodontini seals." Appears in "Leopard seal": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_seal
Authored by Rhododendrites. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Glass_(32606)a.jpg
December 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Authored by Rhododendrites. Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Glass_(32606)a.jpg
Appears in "Glassblowing": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassblowing
December 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Appears in "Glassblowing": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassblowing
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guanaco_(Lama_guanicoe)_Leona_Amarga_2.jpg
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guanaco_(Lama_guanicoe)_Leona_Amarga_2.jpg
"... It is a diurnal animal, living in small herds consisting of either one male and several females with their young, or separate bachelor herds. It can run at speeds of up to 64 km/h (40 mph), important for avoiding predation." Appears in "Guanaco": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanaco
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"... It is a diurnal animal, living in small herds consisting of either one male and several females with their young, or separate bachelor herds. It can run at speeds of up to 64 km/h (40 mph), important for avoiding predation." Appears in "Guanaco": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanaco
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IsabellaofCastile03.jpg
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Original image and metadata can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IsabellaofCastile03.jpg