Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 2022
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December 1
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The Danube Delta is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. While a small part of the delta lies in Ukraine (Odessa Oblast), a majority of its 3,446 km2 (1,331 sq mi) of surface area lies in Romania (Tulcea County), which celebrates their Great Union Day today. With the lagoons of Razim–Sinoe, located south of the main delta, the combined territory of 5,165 km2 (1,994 sq mi) is listed as a World Heritage Site. Photograph credit: European Space Agency
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December 2
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The Khone Phapheng Falls and Pha Pheng Falls together form a waterfall located in Champasak Province on the Mekong River in southern Laos, near the border with Cambodia. At 10,782 metres (6.7 miles) wide, it is the widest waterfall in the world. The Khone Falls are the largest in southeast Asia, and are the main reason that the Mekong is not fully navigable into China. The falls are characterised by thousands of islands and countless waterways, giving the area its name Si Phan Don or 'the 4,000 islands'. Laos celebrates Lao National Day today. Photograph credit: User:Basile Morin; Water from a wide calm river tumbles over jagged rocks into the rapids below.
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December 3
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Coat of arms of the New Mexico Territory, an organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912. It was created from the U.S. provisional government of New Mexico, as a result of Nuevo México becoming part of the American frontier after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It existed with varying boundaries until the territory was admitted to the Union as the U.S. state of New Mexico. This jurisdiction was an organized, incorporated territory of the US for nearly 62 years, the longest period of any territory in the contiguous United States. Illustration credit: Henry Mitchell; restored by Godot13
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December 4
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Hazel MacKaye (born New York City, New York, August 24, 1880; died Westport, Connecticut, August 11, 1944) was an American theater professional and suffragist. She is best known for helping present a series of pageants in support of women's suffrage. Photograph credit: Harris & Ewing; restored by Adam Cuerden
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December 5
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William Utermohlen (December 5, 1933 – March 21, 2007) was an American figurative artist who became known posthumously for the self-portraits that he created after his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in 1995. Pictured here is a self-portrait that he created in 1967. Drawing (self-portrait) credit: William Utermohlen
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December 6
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The Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. This large and powerful bird eats mainly carrion, scraps, and faeces but will opportunistically eat almost any animal matter it can swallow. It occasionally eats other birds including Quelea nestlings, pigeons, doves, pelican and cormorant chicks, and even flamingos. During the breeding season, adults scale back on carrion and take mostly small, live prey since nestlings need this kind of food to survive. Common prey at this time may consist of fish, frogs, insects, eggs, small mammals and reptiles such as crocodile hatchlings and eggs, Though known to eat putrid and seemingly inedible foods, these storks may sometimes wash food in water to remove soil. Increasingly, marabous have become dependent on human garbage and hundreds of the huge birds can be found around African dumps or waiting for a hand out in urban areas. Marabous eating human garbage have been seen to devour virtually anything that they can swallow, including shoes and pieces of metal. Marabous conditioned to eating from human sources have been known to lash out when refused food. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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December 7
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Let Kunovice, operating as Let, n.p., is a Czech (before December 1993 Czechoslovak) civil aircraft manufacturer. Its most successful design has been the L-410 Turbolet, of which more than 1200 units have been built (an upgraded version, the L-410 NG, is pictured here). Its head office is in Kunovice, Uherské Hradiště District. Let was owned by the Russian company UGMK from 2008 to 2022, when it was acquired by Czech-based Omnipol Group. Today is recognized by the United Nations as International Civil Aviation Day. Photograph credit: Julian Herzog
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December 8
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Shanghai is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China. The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. With a population of 24.89 million as of 2021, Shanghai is the most populous urban area in China and the most populous city proper in the world. It is the only city in East Asia with a GDP greater than its corresponding capital. As of 2018, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area, which includes Suzhou, Wuxi, Nantong, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Zhoushan, and Huzhou, was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of nearly 9.1 trillion RMB ($1.33 trillion). Shanghai is divided into 16 county-level districts, including the Pudong district pictured here. Photograph credit: Tony Jin
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December 9
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December 10
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December 11
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December 12
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Elizabeth Glendower Evans (February 28, 1856–December 12, 1937) was an American social reformer and suffragist. She pursued social reform, serving in a variety of positions including as a delegate to the International Congress of Women at the Hague, the first National Organizer of the Woman's Peace Party, and a national director of the American Civil Liberties Union. Photograph credit: The Washington Times; restored by Adam Cuerden
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December 13
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December 14
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December 15
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December 16
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December 17
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Buddy Hield (born 1992) playing basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners at the Lloyd Noble Center, 2016. credit:ChristopherM01
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December 18
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Chorda filum, commonly known as dead man's rope or sea lace among other names, is a species of brown algae in the genus Chorda. It is widespread in the temperate waters of the northern hemisphere. The species also has numerous other common names related to its physical appearance. Names include mermaid's tresses, cat's gut or sea-catgut, bootlace weed, sea-twine, and mermaid's fishing line. Photograph credit: W.carter
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December 19
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Pauline Gracia Beery Mack (December 19, 1891 – October 22, 1974) was an American chemist, home economist, and college administrator. Her research in calcium, nutrition, radiation, and bone density began during the 1930s, and culminated in work for NASA when she was in her seventies. Photograph credit: Underwood & Underwood; restored/photographed/etc. by Adam Cuerden
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December 20
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December 21
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Midvinterblot (Swedish for "Midwinter sacrifice") is a painting by the Swedish painter Carl Larsson, created in 1915 for the hall of the central staircase in Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. The painting depicts a legend from Norse mythology in which the Swedish king Domalde is sacrificed to avert famine. After long debate, the painting was rejected by the museum; but the controversy resurfaced in the late 20th century, and the painting finally was placed where Larsson had intended. credit: Carl Larsson; photo edited by W.carter
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December 22
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Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late-Baroque era. Though his early work was firmly rooted in traditional late-19th-century Romantic Italian opera he later developed his work in the realistic verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents. Photograph credit: Attilio Badodi; restored by Adam Cuerden |
December 23
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December 24
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December 25
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[[]] Illustration credit: Rose O'Neill; restored by Adam Cuerden
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December 26
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December 27
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December 28
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Greenbacks were emergency paper currency issued by the United States during the American Civil War that were printed in green on the back. They were in two forms: Demand Notes, issued in 1861–1862, and United States Notes, issued in 1862–1865. A form of fiat money, the notes were legal tender for most purposes and carried varying promises of eventual payment in coin, but were not backed by existing gold or silver reserves. Credit: Bureau of Engraving and Printing/Natonal Numismatic Collection; prepared by Godot13
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December 29
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December 30
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December 31
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