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31 October 2008

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Itzcuintli


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Sylvester


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Cerberus, by William Blake


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Shichirigahama

30 October 2008

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Horizon Air plane


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Embassy of Germany in Saint Petersburg


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Samuel W. Ferguson


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Yellow-bellied slider

29 October 2008

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Radix auricularia


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Demoiselle Crane


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Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System, prior to demolition

28 October 2008

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Pioneer Square in Seattle, U.S.


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Ganesha idol in London at Diwali


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Radiohead (left to right): Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway


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Capt. Collyer's house, Driftwood

27 October 2008

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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams


  • 10:50, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Viburnum plicatum Mariesii


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AMiBA, a Cosmic Microwave Background experiment located in Hawaii, during construction in June 2006

26 October 2008

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X-ray of a patient with a facial injury


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Central American Squirrel Monkey


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Spanish Inquisition Necklace


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Napoleon Diamond Necklace

25 October 2008

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Metsys Elizabeth I The Sieve Portrait c1583


  • 17:15, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Man sleeping on Canadian sidewalk


  • 11:27, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

A Pacific Robin


  • 04:29, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Joe Wilson

24 October 2008

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Zion Memorial Chapel, New Hamburg, NY


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Viviparus georgianus


  • 10:18, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Golden Monarch


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Marie Curie

23 October 2008

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The Two Working Men in Cork


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Kate Nash in 2007


  • 02:38, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

The Chernoznamentsy of Minsk, 1906

22 October 2008

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Peking duck, being dried


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21 October 2008

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Floral Emblem of Western Australia


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Yellow-rumped Thornbill


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Sony Building

20 October 2008

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Hafod Uchtryd estate


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Pawtuckaway State Park campsite


  • 07:38, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Turning Torso


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Merck headquarters

19 October 2008

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Ivor McIntyre


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El Purgatorio


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Kodaikanal Lake

18 October 2008

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Masdevallia veitichiana


  • 12:19, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Colorized snapshot from Chintamani. M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar as Bilwamangal with Serugulathur Sama as Lord Krishna


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Main Street, New Hamburg, NY


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U.S. Marine Corps 155mm artillery piece at the Battle of Khafji

17 October 2008

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Ruffed Lemur


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Malakas and Maganda Emerging from Bamboo

16 October 2008

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The First of May


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Private Edwin Francis Jemison


  • 07:39, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Altar centre-piece, Solna Church


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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

15 October 2008

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River Clun, South Wales


  • 14:27, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Marguerita Sylva


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Woodcut of operation


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David Lloyd George

14 October 2008

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Fijian Iguana


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Dainzú ball-players


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St George's Church, Everton


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MIM-46 Mauler

13 October 2008

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Mexico City Earthquake, September 19, 1985. Eight-story frame structure with brick infill walls broken in two.


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Neel Kashkari


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Altdeutscher Schaeferhund (Old German Shepherd Dog)


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Jackie Robinson

12 October 2008

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Loretta Young, in 1951


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The Wrestler


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The Tate Gallery (now called Tate Britain)

11 October 2008

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Fiji Crested Iguana


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Novaculichthys taeniourus


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Archangel ivory


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Manasbal Lake

10 October 2008

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A marine loading arm connects an oil tanker to a pier.


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Speaker iconOh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning


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Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

9 October 2008

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Monachoides vicinus dart


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Emmeline Pankhurst


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Minthorn Hall

8 October 2008

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Hannikel, ca 1787


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Marie Antoinette


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Madonna of Mercy

7 October 2008

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Kkachi durumagi


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Speaker iconAin't We Got Fun?


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Obando Church


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Speaker iconThat International Rag

6 October 2008

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Part of Puzzlewood, near Coleford, showing scowles overgrown by trees and moss


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Bromma kyrka

5 October 2008

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The Big Orange


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Jeogori


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Ochna serrulata


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Billie Joe Armstrong, lead vocalist of Green Day

4 October 2008

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Henri Pélissier in 1919


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Yingst sprint car


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Speaker iconI'm Just Wild About Harry


  • 04:56, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Dumont Building

3 October 2008

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Dome of the Chain


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Threadfin jack


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Speaker iconFrog Legs Rag


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German stained glass, ca 1240

2 October 2008

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Goodpasture Covered Bridge in 2008


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Khachkar in Holgate School, Nottinghamshire


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Tropical Storm Lester (2004)


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Heinkel Tourist scooter

1 October 2008

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Electrician and Mechanic Feb 1913 Cover


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David Bowie


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