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Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat: Some of the best pictures of 2017.

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Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat

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The Signpost congratulates the winner and finalists of the Picture of the Year 2017 competition. The top 12 are presented in order below; full results are available on Wikimedia Commons.

Winner: Two Phyllomedusa rohdei vie for a branch, one passing over the other.

Attribution: Renato Augusto Martins / CC BY-SA 4.0

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  Second place: Royal pavilion in Phraya Nakhon Cave in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand
  Attribution: BerryJ (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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  Third place: Computer Generated Cross Section 3d Model of Heart
  Attribution: DrJanaOfficial (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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  #4: Aniva lighthouse, Sakhalin, Russia
  Attribution: Yaroslav Shuraev (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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  #5: NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-126 on top flies over California's Mojave Desert on its way back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec 10, 2008.
  Attribution: NASA - Photo by Carla Thomas. (public domain)
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  #6: Margaret Hamilton standing next to the navigation software that she and her MIT team produced for the Apollo Project
  Attribution: Draper Laboratory; restored by Adam Cuerden. (public domain)
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  #7: Ogoy Island in winter, Lake Baikal, Pribaikalsky National Park, Russia
  Attribution: Sergey Pesterev / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-4.0
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  #8: Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in the protected area of the Tietê River in São Paulo state, Brazil
  Attribution: Clodomiro Esteves Junior (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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  #9: A Wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) feeds its offspring.
  Attribution: Manojiritty (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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  #10: Temple dedicated to Khanderaya, also known as Khandoba, located in Jejuri, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  Attribution: PKharote (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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  #11: Pedra Azul (Blue Stone) peak with the center of the Milky Way above it.
  Attribution: EduardoMSNeves (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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  #12: Capuchin Bridge, Škofja Loka, Slovenia
  Attribution: Bernd Thaller (CC BY 2.0)

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I'm fairly sure that tree frog was a major character in the comedy horror movie Cabin in the Woods. MPS1992 (talk) 22:09, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

• Naw. That is a Wikimedian welcoming folks to a recent edit-a-thon. I think it was an 'Art and Amphibi-ism' event. Barbara Page
  

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