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31 May 2008

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Dried teasel pod


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Aythorpe Roding Windmill


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Dummy tank

30 May 2008

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Stationmaster Tama


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Forest Kingfisher


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U.S. 127 in East Lansing


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Isvara Temple at Arasikere in Hassan district

29 May 2008

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Hollywood Masonic Temple


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Plumbush


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Balakrishna

28 May 2008

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Sahajanand Swami (Lord Swaminarayan)


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Lady of the Lake


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120-cell 4-dimensional puzzle


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The effigy of Sir Ralph Fitzherbert

27 May 2008

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Commerzbank Tower, at night


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Siddhesvara Temple


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Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis turning over


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Engraving of Brian Boru, Emperor of the Irish

26 May 2008

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Pagoda of Tianning Temple in Changzhou, China


  • 12:51, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Lake Balaton


  • 06:50, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

November Uprising


  • 00:36, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Portrait of Jacopo Sannazaro (1514-18) by Titian

25 May 2008

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Hotel Bellevue Palace


  • 10:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Medal of the State Prize of the Russian Federation


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Baesuk

24 May 2008

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Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia


  • 15:25, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Operación Masacre


  • 09:12, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

landscape of Northern Ireland


  • 01:31, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Samuel Huston, American politician

23 May 2008

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Mary Shelley


  • 12:28, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Dutch Bantam rooster


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Swiss Federal Palace

22 May 2008

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Hylocomium splendens


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Accolade by Edmund Blair Leighton


  • 08:20, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Mahadeva temple


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Drawing of Benjamin Robins' ballistic pendulum

21 May 2008

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Image of Cystatin C


  • 12:54, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Kosa Pan


  • 04:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

SS Kroonland

20 May 2008

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Pickle Barrel House


  • 15:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Erotic sculptures in Tripurantaka Temple, Karnataka state, India


  • 09:18, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

The Triumphal Arch


  • 02:51, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Wardlow Mires

19 May 2008

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Unexpected Visitors


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A lithophane, back lit


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Al-Mufti House in Jordan

18 May 2008

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Ochayagoten at Aizu Matsudaira's Royal Garden


  • 17:25, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Edith Cummings


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Doddabasappa Temple


  • 04:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Thomas Scott (Manitoba politician)

17 May 2008

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Richard Cunningham McCormick


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HMNZS Te Mana (F111)


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Hector Berlioz

16 May 2008

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Thompson and Powell Martyrs Monument


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Messerschmitt


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15 May 2008

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Mechlin lace


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Uppland runestone U 328


  • 08:36, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Baltimore City Hall


  • 02:21, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Bert Haney

14 May 2008

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The Beaufort


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Mango House


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Big Four Bridge

13 May 2008

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Hurricane Alma satellite photo


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HMS Ark Royal (91)


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Buffalo City


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New Mill, Cross in Hand

12 May 2008

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Umbrella swift


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Footprint of the Buddha. 1st century Gandhara.


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Amy Evans

11 May 2008

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Pneumothorax CXR


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Medusa Rondanini


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Herring Buss taking in its net


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10 May 2008

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Stimson House, Los Angeles


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Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones


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Beriah Magoffin Monument

9 May 2008

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Confucius Sinarum Philosophus


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Tornado damage

8 May 2008

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Sark Windmill


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An early edition of Gullivers travels, published by Benjamin Motte


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McCarty Memorial Christian Church

7 May 2008

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Rose Robin


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Windmills in the Isle of Man


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Aberdour Castle

6 May 2008

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Omid Tahvili


  • 10:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Jane Loftus, Marchioness of Ely


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Church of the Deposition of the Robe

5 May 2008

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St Peter's Church


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Warrior Rock Light


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Old Bay Line

4 May 2008

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Steam yacht Gondola


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Duloz issue, 1870-71


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Peter Jones (Ojibway Methodist minister)


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Peter Forsskål

3 May 2008

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Brecon canal, Brecon


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Aerial view of Crater Lake


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Silva rerum

2 May 2008

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Berthouville Treasure


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The city hall of Burbank, California


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Pogórzanie musicians

1 May 2008

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May 1 celebration in Ickwell


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Spring and Mary streets, Newport, Rhode Island


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ruins of Brussels


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Kalasha