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Picture of the day Apple orchards after snowfall in Sangla in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. India has the second largest area under apple cultivation in the world and is the fifth largest producer of the fruit globally. More than 90% of India's apple production comes from just two of its northern Himalayan states: Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh. Today is Republic Day in India. +/− [en]

Galleries Contents: Animals · Astronomy · Food and drink · Fungi · Historical · Natural phenomena · Objects · Other lifeforms · People · Photo techniques · Places · Plants · Space exploration · Sports · Static non-photographic media Animals Pez globo (Arothron manilensis), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-23, DD 170 Lunulicardia hemicardium 01 Common green bottle flies (Lucilia sericata) female left and male Bürgerpark Serpiente marina de hocico ancho (Laticauda colubrina), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 129 More ... Arachnida (Arachnids) · Diptera (Flies) · Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps & Sawflies) · Lepidoptera (Moths & Butterflies) · Odonata (Damselflies and dragonflies) · Arthropoda (Arthropods) · Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fish) · Amphibia (Amphibians) · Reptilia (Reptiles) · Aves (Birds) · Accipitriformes (hawks, eagles, vultures and relatives)  · Anseriformes (Waterfowl)  · Charadriiformes (Waders) · Coraciiformes · Passeriformes (Passerines) · Pelecaniformes · Mammalia (Mammals) · Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates) · Carnivora (Carnivores) · Primates · Others · Bones and fossils · Shells · Animals in their habitats Astronomy California nebula from Estonia Kitt Peak National Observatory Beneath Star Trails (noirlab2512ae) Comet C 2025 A6 Lemmon and Northen lights in Maarja-Magdaleena Eagle Nebula M16 and Comet C2025 R2 SWAN More ... Food and drink Romanesco broccoli 2025 G2 2025 Venda de castañas. Rúa Nova. Santiago-2 Edible fungi in basket 2025 G2 Chilaquiles at the Grand Cantina, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-09-01 04 More ... Fungi Gele trilzwam (Tremella mesenterica) 15-01-2026. (d.j.b.) Dunkler Hallimasch (Armillaria ostoyae) Bruderwald-20251022-RM-164721 Rehbrauner Dachpilz Bruderwald-20251017-RM-164830 2025-10-15 D500-1030 Achim-Lammerts Suillus-luteus More ... Historical Joan Baez and Bob Dylan Reception of Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich by Prince Metternich in the Vienna Hofburg in 1829, by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller Covered board sidewalk in Tombstone, Arizona - May 1940 (cropped) Alexander Graham Bell 1895 NPG 77 363 More ... Historical · Historical portraits Natural phenomena Son Doong Cave DB (1) Parque Nacional de Aparados da Serra (01) - Lucio Stabile Clevedon MMB 77 006 Dune 45 in Sossusvlei at sunrise Photo by Giles Laurent More ... 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People · Working people · Portrait Photo techniques Blick durch die Gewölbe an der Götzschtalbrücke Flowers of Prunus mume (Armenaca mume ‘Bumpi’) at Nagai Botanical Garden, February 2024 - 5452 A artE de pORtas abERtas -- 2025 2005. Necesidade de atención dun neno galego. Galicia (Spain) More ... Composites and Montages · Styles and Techniques · Modern black and white photos Places Memmelsdorf Seehof Zitrusbäume Orthophoto-20240526-RM-111833 Charlton House - tower detail - Jan 2026 At London 2026 0166 - Centre Point Kaiserfeldgasse 8 Leoben 06-2025 More ... Agriculture · Architecture–Exteriors · Bridges · Castles and fortifications · Palaces · Cemeteries · Cityscapes · Industry · Interiors · Natural · Religious buildings · Religious buildings–Interiors · Religious buildings–Ceilings · Satellite images · Settlements · Others · Towers · Transport · Roads · By country Plants Rose The Squire Raureif-20241201-RM-101557 Flowers of Prunus mume (Armeniaca mume ‘Setsugekka’) at Nagai Park, January 2024 - 9435 Cipreskegels van een Chamaecyparis lawsoniana). 02-09-2025. (actm.) 02 Pelargonium 2025 G1 More ... » Plants · Asparagales (asparagoid lilies) · Asterales · Fagales · Ranunculales · Rosales Space exploration At Sardinia 2025 010 - Sardinia Radio Telescope Ritchey–Chrétien at Kickapoo Valley Reserve 2-b Apollo 17 Harrison H. Schmitt and Tracy's Rock - AS17-140-21493+AS17-140-21497 2025 NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars by Perseverance Mastcam-Z, Sol 768 (53475637956) More ... Sports Die letzten Meter zum Gipfel 2025-10-31 Dresdner Eislöwen gegen Löwen Frankfurt (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2025-26) by Sandro Halank–136 Stage 20 Tour de France 2024 Col de la Couillole 40 Tam Nakano in the wrestling ring at Yokohama Arena - ASGQ2025 More ... Static non-photographic media Zittend naakt, Amedeo Modigliani, (1917), Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, 2060 Victor Meirelles – Juramento da Princesa Isabel, 1875 – Museu Imperial, Petrópolis Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album art Grigory Chernetsov - Parade Celebrating the End of Military Action in the Kingdom of Poland on Tsaritsa Meadow in St Petersburg on 6 october 1831 - Google Art Project More ... Computer-generated · Entertainment · Exteriors · Maps · People · Printed media · Religion · Scientific art · Others