Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2010
|
Featured picture tools: |
These featured pictures, as scheduled below, appeared as the picture of the day (POTD) on the English Wikipedia's Main Page in January 2010. Individual sections for each day on this page can be linked to with the day number as the anchor name (e.g. [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 2010#1]] for January 1).
You can add an automatically updating POTD template to your user page using {{Pic of the day}} (version with blurb) or {{POTD}} (version without blurb). For instructions on how to make custom POTD layouts, see Wikipedia:Picture of the day.
January 1
|
A 1639 watercolor painting of Havana Harbor, Cuba. The recorded history of Cuba dates to 1492, with the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the Americas. Prior to that, the island had been inhabited by the Guanajatabey, Ciboney and Taíno peoples. By 1514, the Spanish had founded a settlement that eventually became Havana. Artist: Joan Vinckeboons; Restoration: Lise Broer
Recently featured:
|
February 1
|
A portrait of George Washington Carver, American scientist, botanist, educator and inventor, from 1942. Much of Carver's fame is based on his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes. In addition to his work on agricultural extension education for purposes of advocacy of sustainable agriculture and appreciation of plants and nature, Carver's important accomplishments also included improvement of racial relations, mentoring children, poetry, painting, and religion. One of his most important roles was in undermining, through the fame of his achievements and many talents, the widespread stereotype of the time that the black race was intellectually inferior to the white race. Photo: Arthur Rothstein; Restoration: Lise Broer
Recently featured:
|
March 1
|
A quartz crystal cluster from Tibet. Quartz is the second-most abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. There are many different varieties of quartz, several of which are semi-precious gemstones. Pure quartz, traditionally called rock crystal (sometimes called clear quartz), is colorless and transparent (clear) or translucent. Common colored varieties include citrine, rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz, milky quartz, and others. Photo credit: Noodle snacks
Recently featured:
|
April 1
|
An advertisement exhorting readers to "GET FAT", in which the woman depicted makes a conspiratorial wink as she shares the secret to her beauty. Advertisement: The Gribler Bank Note Co. from photo by Bakers Art Gallery
Recently featured:
|
May 1
|
A poster from 1900 for the Barnum & Bailey Circus, an American circus company founded by James Anthony Bailey and P. T. Barnum, who both had separate circus companies that merged in 1881. After Barnum's death in 1891, Bailey became the sole owner. When Bailey himself died in 1905, the circus was purchased by the Ringling brothers, who ran the competing Ringling Brothers Circus. In 1919, the two companies merged and continue to perform today as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Poster: Strobridge Litho. Co.; Restoration: Lise Broer
Recently featured:
|
June 1
|
A female Thomisus onustus crab spider catches a honey bee as its prey. The spider, like many other members of the Thomisus genus, is camouflaged against its preferred waiting location, in this case a Yellow Chamomile flower. Thomisus spiders are found worldwide, with the notable exception of most of South America. Photo: Joaquim Alves Gaspar
Recently featured:
|
July 1
|
A 1919 hand-tinted photograph showing a man from Ramallah spinning wool. Spinning is the act of twisting plant, animal or synthetic fibers into yarn. It is an ancient textile art, with archaeological evidence dating back to the Upper Paleolithic era, some 20,000 years ago. For thousands of years, fiber was spun by hand using simple tools, the spindle and distaff. Only in the High Middle Ages did the spinning wheel increase the output of individual spinners, and mass-production only arose in the 18th century with the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution. In the 20th century, new techniques were invented to produce yarns at rates in excess of 40 metres (130 ft) per second. Hand-spinning remains a popular handicraft. Photo: American Colony; Restoration: Lise Broer
Recently featured:
|
August 1
|
The Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) is a wader native to Australia, where they can be found on sandy coastlines feeding on various bivalve molluscs, but not actually oysters, which are found mostly on rocky shorelines. This oystercatcher species is easily recognized by the characteristic 5–8 cm (2–3 in) long orange-red beak, slender pink legs and black and white plumage. Photo: Fir0002
Recently featured:
|
September 1
|
The Royal Spoonbill is a species of spoonbill found through much of the Australasia region. It lives in wetlands and feeds on crustaceans, fish, amphibians and small insects by sweeping its spoon-shaped bill from side to side through water. Photo: Fir0002
Recently featured:
|
October 1
|
The Pūkeko (Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus) is a subspecies of the Purple Swamphen, native to New Zealand and elsewhere in Australasia. The name comes from the Māori language; the bird is highly revered in Māori culture because the colour red is associated with nobility and power, and the species has red beaks and legs. It is unknown how the species spread to New Zealand from Australia. It may have been brought by ancestors of Māori, or it may have arrived there on its own. Photo: Fir0002
Recently featured:
|
November 1
|
The Tasmanian Native-hen (Gallinula mortierii) is a flightless rail, one of twelve species of birds endemic to the Australian island of Tasmania, except the southwestern portion. Although flightless, it is capable of running quickly and has been recorded running at speeds up to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h). Fossil records indicate that the Tasmanian Native-hen was found on the Australian mainland until around 4700 years ago. Suggested reasons for its extinction there have included the introduction of the dingo, or an extremely dry period. Photo: Noodle snacks
Recently featured:
|
December 1
|
Azurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits. Its primary use is for pigment: it gives a wide range of blues depending on the degree of fineness to which it was ground and its basic content of copper carbonate. Azurite is easily confused with lapis lazuli, another blue stone composed primarily of a different mineral, lazurite. Photo: Noodle snacks
Recently featured:
|
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
<span class="anchor nowrap" id="Error: Invalid time.">Error: Invalid time.
The featured picture for this day has not yet been chosen.
In general, pictures of the day are scheduled in order of promotion to featured status. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines for full guidelines.
Picture of the day archives and future dates