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Bild vum Dag
23. August 2025

The Qianlong Emperor in Ceremonial Armour on Horseback by Giuseppe Castiglione +/− [lb], +/− [en]

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Dëst sinn ausgewielte Biller déi op der Haaptsäit als Bild vum Dag ze gesi sinn. D'Verëffentlechung op dëser Säit erlaabt et Benotzer, d'Beschreiwung an aner Sproochen z'iwwersetzen.

Zënter dem 1. Juli 2007 ginn d'Biller vum Dag aus den "exzellente Biller" vu Commons erausgesicht. exzellent Biller sinn déi beschte Biller op Wikimedia Commons a ginn duerch Konsens hei bestëmmt. Fir ze wësse wéi een e Bild vum Dag kann derbäisetzen kuckt hei.

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D'aktuellt Bild vum Dag kann op eng Säit agebaut ginn, andeems folgend Schabloun benotzt gëtt:
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English : La Fuentona, Muriel de la Fuente, Soria, Spain. The natural spring is a natural monument since 1998. There are only 6 such monuments in the Community of Castile and León (the biggest in Spain by surface).

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English : The Colosseum was built between 72 and 80 AD and is the largest amphitheatre ever built. It is the symbol of the Italian capital Rome.

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English : West side of Hochosterwitz Castle, municipality of Sankt Georgen am Längsee, Carinthia, Austria

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English : Common yellow gilder (Cymothoe egesta), Kakum National Park, Ghana. Feeding on overripe banana

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English : Ensemble of the Solovetsky Monastery in the fog on a summer evening. Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

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English : A close-in image of a protoplanetary disc HH 30 around a newly formed star produced by NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. It is surrounded by jets and a disc wind, and is located in the dark cloud LDN 1551 in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. Herbig-Haro objects are small nebulae found in star formation regions, marking the locations where gas outflowing from young stars is heated into luminescence by shockwaves. HH 30 is an example of where this outflowing gas takes the form of a narrow jet. The source star is located on one end of the jet, hidden behind an edge-on protoplanetary disc that the star is illuminating.

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English : This painting on the ceiling in Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, a church on Via Veneto in Rome, depicts the Virgin Mary being assumed body and soul into heaven. Today is the Feast of the Assumption of Mary in much of Western Christianity or the Dormition of the Mother of God in Eastern Christianity.

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English : Eruption of Strokkur (Icelandic for "churn") a fountain geyser located in the Haukadalur geothermal area, southwest of Iceland.

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English : Position light (with image of St. Christopher) of a Rolls-Royce Phantom II

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English : Shrine dedicated to Shiva situated at the shore of the Gangabal Lake, a high altitude glacial lake in the Indian Himalayas. The lake is situated at the foot of Mount Haramukh in Jammu and Kashmir, and is called Gangabal meaning 'place of Ganga' in Kashmiri language. It is considered sacred in Hinduism as an abode of Shiva and used by Kashmiri Hindus to immerse the ashes of their dead after cremation. It has been described as a place of pilgrimage in several ancient Hindu texts and an annual Hindu pilgrimage to the lake starts from a nearby 8th century Shiva temple. This picture was taken in the month of Shravan, the fifth month of the Hindu calendar, which is dedicated to the worship of Shiva.

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English : Moray eels (Muraena augusti) and a cleaner shrimp (Lysmata grabhami), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain. It belongs to the family of moray eel and is endemic of the Canary Islands, Madeira and Azores. It is non-migratory, and dwells at a depth range of 0 to 250 metres (0 to 820 ft), most often at around 0 to 50 metres (0 to 164 ft). Muraena augusti is active during the night and hides in holes or crevices during the day. It can reach up to 100 centimetres (39 in) length and is a carnivore that feeds on small fishes, shrimps and crabs. Like all other moray eels their vision is poor but their sense of smell extraordinary.

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English : A woman from the Koch tribe with a lamb.

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English : Male lion (Panthera leo) in Maasai Mara National Park. The Leo astrological sign ends at this time of year.

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English : The Qianlong Emperor in Ceremonial Armour on Horseback by Giuseppe Castiglione

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English : Patriotic graffiti in Vinnytsia, Ukraine during the war 2022.

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English : Wildlife photographer in a ghillie suit. Some wild animals are very difficult to approach without disturbing them, which sometimes leads some wildlife photographers to wear a ghillie suit when they go in search of them. By remaining undetected, wildlife photographers can observe animal behaviour that would otherwise not be observable if the animal would have had knowledge of human presence.)

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English : View of the old town of Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, seen from the islet Unterwöhrd in the river Kocher.

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English : Children play with bicycle tires among large conical piles of rice at a processing mill in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh

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English : American chocolates from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

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English : Formula 1, Dutch Grand Prix 2024: Carlos Sainz jr (ESP, Scuderia Ferrari). Today is this year's Grand Prix.

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