Passage through wall in the Chinese Garden in the Hortus Haren in Haren, Groningen, Netherlands. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of …

Landscape of salt and sulfur formations and hot springs on Dallol volcano, Afar Region, Ethiopia. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Love has a tide!" - Helen Hunt Jackson #LoveQuote - - - - - - - - - -…

Monument to Emperor Nicholas I in Saint Petersburg (Russia). Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin #FunnyQuote …

Valley of Tasman River in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in Canterbury Region, South Island of New Zealand.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "When all else is lost, the future still remains." - Chris…

Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World, Montreal, Canada. The construction of the cathedral, ordered by Ignace Bourget, began in 1875 in order to replace the former Saint-Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. The building is …

Today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which on its first commemeration in 1987, had 100,000 people gathering on Human Rights and Liberties Plaza in Trocadéro to honour victims of poverty, hunger, violence and fear.…

Garden locust (Acanthacris ruficornis). In the 1870s, the largest locust swarm in history was recorded in the USA and was estimated to contain over 12 trillion (12,000,000,000,000) locusts.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the d…

Bridge to Gracht Castle in Erftstadt (NRW, Germany). Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously." - Henry Kissinger #Quote - - - - - - - - - - "And when I…

Hochschwab (2,277 metres (7,470 ft) – view from Hochanger mountain (1,682 metres (5,518 ft)) near Turnau, Styria, Austria. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "The actions of men are the best interpreters…

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) near its whale calf, breaching off to keep away males. Taken offshore (Tahiti, French Polynesia).. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Change before you have to." …

War memorial monument ("Kriegerdenkmal"), Hofgarten, in front of the Bayerische Staatskanzlei, Munich, Germany. The monument is composed of an open crypt, that consist of 12 stone blocks, lcoated in the middle of a rectangular pit. The cry…

Meadow at dawn near Desenka railway halt. Vinnytsia Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Art doesn't transform. It just plain forms." - Roy Lichtenstein #ArtQuote - - - -…

Helophilus pendulus in France. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh #Quote - - - - - - - - - - "No spr…

Dome of the Spanish Synagogue (in Czech Španělská synagoga) in Josefov, Prague, Czech Republic. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.…

Panorama of Tasman Lake in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, South Island of New Zealand.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies…

1849 "Annie" Daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe, who died 170 years ago today.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "All good things which exist are the fruits of originality." - John Stuart Mill #ArtQuote …

Panoramic view of Salar de Carcote, a salt flat located in northern Chile. It covers an area of around 108 square kilometres (42 sq mi) and its surface elevation is 3,690 metres (12,110 ft).. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the …

Knapweed fritillary butterfly (Melitaea phoebe) in Bulgaria. Bulgaria became an independent state on 5 October 1908.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did…

Altar of Our Lady at the Catholic parish church Hallstatt, Upper Austria. Lienhart Astl (signed), 1510–1520.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that l…

Sunset in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. High peak on left site is Ben Lomond (974m). Scotland. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evide…

Eurygaster maura on eyelet.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "How can I know what I think till I see what I say?" - E. M. Forster #FunnyQuote - - - - - - - - - - "Man is a creature who lives not upon …

The hexagon-shaped tower which sits on top of an elevator going down to underground garages in Uptown, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "We have the capacity to recei…

Vakil Bath, an old public bath with the status of national monument built around 1769 in Shiraz, Iran. It was a part of the royal district constructed during Karim Khan Zand's reign, which also includes Arg of Karim Khan, Vakil Bazaar, Vak…

Zecca, Biblioteca Marciana, Saint Mark's Campanile, and Palazzo Ducale, Venice.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more." - Kin Hubbard #Quote - - - -…

The Orb Aqueduct in Béziers, France.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty." - Edgar Allan Poe #Quote - - - - - - - - - -…

Self-portrait of Nadar between 1900 and 1910.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men." - Friedrich Schiller #…

Asarkina, probably Asarkina ericetorum in India. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Let your mind alone, and see what happens." - Virgil Thomson #Quote - - - - - - - - - - "Love is blind." - Geoffrey Ch…

Rib vault in the choir of the parish church Freistadt, Upper Austria. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it." - Norman Douglas #FunnyQuote - - - - - - - -…

Night view of the Moskva River, Moscow, Russia. In the centre is the headquarters of the Rosneft, a petrol company, and on the right the Kremlin.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "But what do we know …

The Church of St. Donatus and the belltower of Zadar Cathedral, Zadar, Croatia. Zadar is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of the Ravni Kotari region.. Learn more.…