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Picture of the day
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.
050 Yellow-billet cardinal under Pink Ipê tree in Encontro das Águas State Park Photo by Giles Laurent
141 Dassie rat in Twyfelfontein Photo by Giles Laurent
Coral oreja de elefante (Amplexidiscus fenestrafer), Nosy Kalakajoro, Madagascar, 2025-09-14, DD 90
Black-winged Kite in Baruipur November 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01
Solar eclipse taken from Artemis II - April 2026
Поглед на Млечен Пат над Кокино
Edible fungi in basket 2026 G01
Steckerlfisch auf der Auer Maidult 05
Table for Badnjak celebration (2026 Christmas Eve, Serbian Christmas celebrations)
Young Macrolepiota Grass Ooty Jul26 A7CR 11715-60 zsd
Under Macrolepiota Grass Ooty Jul26 A7CR 11472-515 zsp
White Fungus Lentinus Ooty Jun26 A7CR 11026-70 zsp
Mucronella flava - 18 images - Tillamook, Oregon
Ramones rocket to russia photo
2nd Infantry Division, E-1 draw, Easy Red sector, Omaha Beach, D+1, June 7, 1944
Martin Van Buren by Mathew Brady c1855-58 sepia original restored
Lunch atop a Skyscraper - Charles Clyde Ebbets
G5 aurora over Tuntorp, Lysekil Municipality 15
Zeiss Icon slide viewer Ikoscop BW 2026-07-12 16-21-36 fs
Schlepperpier - Bremerhaven 01
Boeing B-17G Sentimental Journey N9323Z HGR MD8
A Swirl of a Day for Phytoplankton (154086)
Scanning electron micrograph of a human H9 T cell infected with HIV virus particles
Algal mat in Marine Park (90933)
Alfombra de algas amarillas, parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-27, DD 42
Drying the cottom silk fabric
Woman Baby Mane Spiti Jun18 DSC05475
Venezuelan woman of 94 years old from Margarita island
A Sattriya dancer performing the dance form in Assam, India2
Tocumen International Airport alt
The pier at Velenje Lake (Velenje, Slovenia, 2026)
Music Express at Herbstmess Freiburg 2023
Isola del Figarolo e Capo Figari (Olbia) - 2026-06 (GT)
Castle of Vendeuvre-sur-Barse (10)
Bloemknop van een Fuchsia cultivar Origami. 28-06-2026 (d.j.b.)
20260317 Veronica diosmifolia
Pelargonium-Sitia-Crete-7
Bloem van een Rosa canina 01-06-2026. (actm.)
The Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft is in the grasp of the Canadarm2 robotic arm (iss074e0378294)
Zhuque-2E propellant dump over Wisconsin
Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Big Sky' Drilling Site (PIA19920)
At Sardinia 2025 010 - Sardinia Radio Telescope
2026-05-24 61. Karate-Europameisterschaften 2026 Frankfurt-Main STP 6787
Samuel Fernandez Garcia at finish of Stage 5, 2026 Tour of Slovenia
25 Cassutt (N-6291N) Formula One Racer 2014 Reno Air Races photo D Ramey Logan
Die letzten Meter zum Gipfel
Vincent van Gogh - Enclosed Field with Ploughman - Google Art Project
Alphabeth de la Bourbonnoise LCCN2007685768-restored
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