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Skeudenn an deiz
5 Gouere 2026
Photographic art based on pastel chalks, taken in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany The photo was taken using ICM technique and multiple exposure. +/− [br], +/− [en]

Gallout a rafe ar skeudennoù-mañ bezañ lakaet en Degemer evel skeudenn an deiz. Pa vo embannet war ar bajenn-se e vo amzer gant an droourien da ouzhpennañ an testennoù a glot ganto.

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English : Willan's chromodoris (Chromodoris willani), Anilao, Philippines. This 5 centimetres (2.0 in)-long nudibranch can be found in the Western Pacific Ocean and feeds, like many other nudibranchs, on sponges.

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English : Schwäbisch Hall, Germany: the northern old town on Salinenstrasse, seen over the River Kocher. In the foreground is the Kocher weir with a fish ladder (right).

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English : Common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) feeding on fig (Ficus sur), in the Kibale Forest, Uganda

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English : The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. commemorates the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826). Today marks the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's death as well as the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, drafted primarily by Jefferson.

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English : Photographic art based on pastel chalks, taken in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany The photo was taken using ICM technique and multiple exposure.

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English : Photograph of Louis Armstrong playing Trumpet by Harry Warnecke and Gus Schoenbaechler, 1947. Armstrong died on this day 55 years ago.

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English : Seed pods of a Silene dioica. Focus stack of 40 photos.

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English : The Lower Vistula Valley in Kokocko, Poland

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English : St. Jude's Church, Chinnathurai, built on sandy soil near the beach, cemetery to the left. Thoothoor, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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English : Cacomantis sonneratii (Banded Bay Cuckoo) in Ajodhya Hills, West Bengal, India.

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English : Scarlet flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) in Mato Grosso, Brazil

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English : Eastern Facade of Spøttrup Castle, Denmark.

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English : Arhbalou village nestled in the foothills of the barren north face of the Western High Atlas, Al Haouz, Morocco.

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English : The Medieval town of Belcastel in Aveyron, France, named one of "the most beautiful villages of France". Today is Bastille Day, the French National Day.

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English : Adult woman of the Laarim Tribe smoking in a pipe, Kimotong, South Sudan.

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English : Emerald swift (Sceloporus malachiticus) Finca El Pilar, Antigua Guatemala. Also known as the green spiny lizard.

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English : Westrup Heide in the early morning during the heather blossom season, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : Sur En/Sent, municipality of Scuol, kanton Graubünden. Sculpture Negativ - Positive. Artwork by Peter Gredig.

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English : Cinnyris asiaticus (Purple Sunbird) in Bhigwan, Maharashtra, India.

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English : The Chess Queen, a.k.a. The Totem Pole, located a few hundred yards east of Cottonwood Cove, in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, northern Arizona. Today is International Chess Day.

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English : Space Shuttle Atlantis being towed back from the Shuttle Landing Facility to Orbiter Processing Facility-2 after completing STS-135, bringing the Space Shuttle program to an end. Today marks the 15th anniversary of said event.

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English : This statue of Mary Magdalene is at the main altar of the parish church St. Georg in Hüfingen-Mundelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Today is Mary Magdalene's feast day.

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English : Male Green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) in Mato Grosso, Brazil

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English : 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.

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English : Soviet FD20 steam locomotive exposed at Zuyevka railway station, Kirov Oblast, Russia

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English : Magnus Cort in the French Alps on Tour de France 2024. Tour de France will finish today on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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English : Haigerloch, Germany: view of Haigerloch Castle and the castle church with the surrounding valley.

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English : View of Buiba Valley in Ergaki Range. Metamorphic schists and granites of ancient glaciation in mountain tundra. Western Sayan Mountains, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

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English : The Raising of Lazarus at the St. Wolfgang Altarpiece of the Catholic parish- and pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria. Michael Pacher, 1471–79, set up in 1481. Today is the feast day of St. Lazarus in Western Christianity.

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English : Interior of the Shandong Grand Theater

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English : Parasols, Evening on the beach, Rincón de la Victoria, Andalusia, Spain.

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