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June 1
 | After being forced to leave thePhilippines after theJapanese victory in 1942, GeneralDouglas MacArthur vowed, "I shall return." 31 months later, he waded ashore at Palo Beach at the outset of theBattle of Leyte, fulfilling his pledge as the United States retook the island. Photo credit:United States Army Recently featured: |
June 2
 | Broadbarred firefish (Pterois antennata) inSchönbrunn Zoo,Vienna,Austria.Pterois is agenus of marine fish found mostly in theIndo-Pacific.Scorpionfish is another common name ofPterois, as its spines arevenomous. Photo credit:Christian Mehlführer Recently featured: |
June 3
 | An AmericanMedium Tank M3, commonly called the "General Lee" (afterRobert E. Lee) in Britain, on training exercises atFort Knox,Kentucky in June, 1942. At the outset ofWorld War II, the M3 was developed as an interim solution to replace the outdatedM2, before theM4 Sherman could be mass-produced. A slightly different model was known as the "General Grant" (afterUlysses S. Grant). Photo credit: Alfred T. Palmer,FSA-OWI Recently featured: |
June 4
 | TheEastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata) is alizard found in wooded parts ofAustralia. It is a large species of grey-black colour distinguished from its relative, theCentral Bearded Dragon, by its less robust body and the row ofspines along the lateral edge of the body, which continues over the forearm. It has an adult snout-tail length of about 60 cm (24 in). Photo credit:John O'Neill Recently featured: |
June 5
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An 1851daguerreotype ofPortsmouth Square,San Francisco, California. Now a one-block square inChinatown, it is located on the site of the firstpublic square established inYerba Buena, the Mexican community that became San Francisco. It is named after theUSS Portsmouth, which raised theAmerican flag here at the onset of theMexican–American War. Daguerreotype credit: Unknown Recently featured: |
June 6
 | Awild boar (Sus scrofa), shown here in ananimal sanctuary, the wild ancestor of thedomestic pig. Boars are native across much ofCentral Europe, theMediterranean Region and much ofAsia. Wild boars almost always have thick, short bristly coats ranging in colour from brown through grey to black. Photo credit:Richard Bartz Recently featured: |
June 7
 | A maleLeopard Lacewing (Cethosia cyane), aspecies ofheliconiine butterfly found inSouth Asia. Photo credit:Airbete Recently featured: |
June 8
 | An adultDunlin (Calidris alpina) in breeding plumage. This bird is one of the most common and best-knownwaders throughout its breeding and wintering ranges, and it is the species with which other waders tend to be compared. Photo credit:Mdf Recently featured: |
June 9
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This true-color image, taken by theMars Exploration RoverOpportunity, shows theVictoria Crater fromCape Verde, Mars. Cape St. Vincent is thepromontory visible on the left of the photo. On the right is Duck Bay, and beyond that, on the inner crater wall, is the north face of the 15 meter (50 foot)-tall stack of layered rocks called Cabo Frio. Photo credit:Opportunity rover Recently featured: |
June 10
 | Infantrymen of the 255th Infantry Regiment move down a street inWaldenburg, Baden-Württemberg,Germany, searching for a fugitive after a recent raid by the63rd Infantry Division in 1945. Photo credit: 2d Lt. Jacob Harris,U.S. Army Recently featured: |
June 11
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Adaguerreotype of theUnited States Capitol in 1846, with the original greencopperdome as designed byCharles Bulfinch. Over time, extensions to both the north and south wings, made to accommodate the addition of newstates to the Union, made the dome aesthetically displeasing, and as a result, it was replaced by a whitecast iron dome which was completed in 1866. Daguerreotype credit: John Plumbe Recently featured: |
June 12
 | Acollage of sixmustard images: Seeds of themustard plant (top left) may be ground (top right) to make different kinds of mustard. The four mustards pictured are a simple table mustard withturmeric coloring (center left), a Bavarian sweet mustard (center right), a Dijon mustard (lower left), and a rough French mustard made mainly from black mustard seeds (lower right). Image credit:Rainer Zenz Recently featured: |
June 13
 | United States Army forces targetrailway cars south ofWonsan,North Korea, an east coast port city, during theKorean War. Trains in North Korea were targets of attack by U.S. and otherU.N. forces, so much so that both military and civilian trains often had to wait out the daylight hours intunnels. Photo credit:United States Army Recently featured: |
June 14
 | A Common Brown Robber fly (Zosteria sp.), one of the 7,100 described species ofrobber flies, shown here feeding on ahoverfly. Adult robber flies attack other flies,beetles,butterflies andmoths, variousbees,dragon anddamselflies,ichneumon wasps,grasshoppers, and somespiders. Photo credit:Fir0002 Recently featured: |
June 15
 | A map oftroop movements during theWaterloo Campaign, leading up to theBattle of Waterloo whereNapoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Napoleon'sArmy of the North came up against a coalition army composed of forces from theUnited Kingdom, theNetherlands,Prussia,Hanover,Nassau, andBrunswick. Beginning 15 June 1815, the combatants fought successively in theBattle of Quatre Bras, theBattle of Ligny, the Battle of Waterloo, and lastly theBattle of Wavre. Map credit:Gsl/I. Pankonin Recently featured: |
June 16
 | Diagram showing the appearances and relative sizes of 18 basal species ofCeratopsians (frilled, beakeddinosaurs typified byTriceratops). Animals are shown in order ofgeologic stage from left to right and top to bottom, with species names and stage information as annotation. Ceratopsians were beakedherbivores who lived in what are nowNorth America andAsia, during theCretaceous Period. Early members such asPsittacosaurus were small andbipedal. Later members, including ceratopsids likeCentrosaurus andTriceratops, became very largequadrupeds and developed elaborate facialhorns and a neck frill. Image credit:ArthurWeasley Recently featured: |
June 17
 | The 71st plate from German biologistErnst Haeckel'sKunstformen der Natur, showingradiolarians of the orderStephoidea. Radiolarians form intricate mineralskeletons, usually with a central capsule dividing thecell into inner and outer portions. Radiolarians are found aszooplankton throughout the ocean and are importantdiagnostic fossils, found from theCambrian period onwards. Image credit:Ernst Haeckel Recently featured: |
June 18
 | ACanada Goose (Branta canadensis) looking for food on a partially frozen pond inMassachusetts. This species is native toNorth America. It breeds inCanada and the northernUnited States in a variety of habitats. Canada Geese are also found naturally on theKamchatka Peninsula in easternSiberia, easternChina, and throughoutJapan. They have reachednorthern Europe naturally, as has been proved byringing recoveries. Photo credit:Eric Baetscher Recently featured: |
June 19
 | Peyto Lake, located inBanff National Park in theCanadian province ofAlberta, as seen from a viewpoint atIcefields Parkway. The turquoise colour is caused byrock flour found inglaciermeltwater. Photo credit:Tobias Alt Recently featured: |
June 20
 | Ukrainian fashionmodelNataliya Gotsiy modeling forCynthia Rowley, Spring 2007New York Fashion Week. She was the winner of the Ford Supermodel of the World 2004 search. She has appeared on the cover of FrenchElle and ItalianMarie Claire and modeled forBehnaz Sarafpour,Christian Lacroix,Diane von Furstenberg,Dior,Dolce & Gabbana,Dries van Noten,Gucci,Oscar de la Renta,Valentino, andVivienne Westwood, among others. Photo credit: Peter Duhon Recently featured: |
June 21
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Apanorama ofUpernavik,Greenland, a small town in theArctic Circle. The series of photos was taken at 23:50 (11:50 PM) local time, showing themidnight sun. Upernavik (pop. 1140) is a town in the Upernavik district, which covers an area comparable to theUnited Kingdom but has only 3,000 inhabitants. With apopulation density of only 0.015 persons/km², the district is one of the least populated areas of the world. Photo credit:Kim Hansen Recently featured: |
June 22
 | Lilium 'Citronella', alilycultivar (as indicated by the name being in singlequotation marks). Lilies areherbaceous flowering plants normally growing frombulbs. Although the common name "lily" is applied to other related plants, only those in theLiliumgenus are considered "true lilies". Photo credit:Derek Ramsey/Chanticleer Garden Recently featured: |
June 23
 | TheAustralian painted lady (Vanessa kershawi)butterfly is found in bothAustralia andNew Zealand. It is similar to the near-cosmopolitanPainted LadyV. cardui and is sometimes considered asubspecies of that butterfly. Photo credit:Fir0002 Recently featured: |
June 24
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Charles Minard'sCarte figurative (1869), which details the losses of men, the position of the army, and the freezing temperatures onNapoleon's disastrous 1812invasion of Russia. Created in an effort to show the horrors of war, the graph "defies the pen of the historian in its brutal eloquence" and has been called the beststatistical graphic ever drawn. Image credit:Charles Joseph Minard Recently featured: |
June 25
 | ARestless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) in flight. Thispasserine bird is found inAustralia andPapua New Guinea. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long, with a glossy dark blue crown, a grey back and white underparts. It is similar to theWillie Wagtail, though the lack of a black throat & white eyebrow are distinguishing features. Its main food is insects. Photo credit:Fir0002 |
June 26
Anewsreel showing the breaking of thesound barrier on 14 October 1947 byChuck Yeager in the rocket-poweredBell X-1. Flying at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13.7 km), Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier in level flight. Film credit:United States Air Force |
June 27
 | TheMice Galaxies, NGC 4676A (right) and NGC 4676B (left), are twospiral galaxies in theconstellationComa Berenices that are presently in the process of colliding and merging. Their name refers to the long tails produced bygalactic tides. Photo credit:Hubble Space Telescope Recently featured: |
June 28
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Buffalo Soldiers of the United States Army's25th Infantry, some wearingbuffalo robes, Fort Keogh, Montana, 1890. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the termBuffalo Soldiers became a generic term for allAfrican American soldiers. It is now used for U.S. Army units that trace their direct lineage back to the9th and10th Cavalry. Photo credit: Chr. Barthelmess Recently featured: |
June 29
 | Aracist political campaign poster from the 1866Pennsylvania gubernatorial election. The poster specifically characterizesDemocratic candidateHiester Clymer'swhite supremacistplatform as "for theWhite Man," represented here by the idealized head of a young man. In contrast, a stereotyped black head represents Clymer's opponentJohn W. Geary's platform, "for theNegro." Poster credit: Unknown Recently featured: |
June 30
 | The "Double O Arch", a naturalsandstonearch inArches National Park inUtah, United States. This is one of over 2,000 natural arches found in the park and is so named because there are two arches that form circular holes: the easily visible large one, and the smaller hole underneath it. Photo credit:Flicka Recently featured: |
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