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Silk painting of Heungseon Daewongun, now in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, created by an unknown artist circa 1869. It is designated a Treasure of Korea.

이한철(李漢喆, 1812～1893이후), 유숙(劉淑, 1827～1873)으로 추정됨, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Torii path with a hanging lantern at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine Senbontorii, Kyoto, Japan.

Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Waterloopbos, detail of the monumental work of art Deltawerk // formerly Delta Flume. (artists RAAAF en Atelier de Lyon).

Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

The Kuroshio Sea, the main tank of the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Today is World Oceans Day.

Jordy Meow, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus), Ebony Forest Reserve Chamarel, Mauritius. In 1974, this Mauritius endemic was the rarest bird in the World. Due to ground-breaking conservation work the population rose to 800, but has now slumped to possibly 400 birds. In 2023, the Government of Mauritius declared the Mauritius Kestrel as its national bird.

Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

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National Museum in Wrocław, Poland.

Marek Śliwecki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Ceiling of the Oratory of Saint Mary Queen and Mother, Málaga, Spain. The church was constructed in 2008 and is host of the Confraternity of the Sorrows. The paintings in the ceiling, done with acrylic paint, are work of Raúl Berzosa Fernández and were executed in different phases between 2008 and 2014. The 140 square metres (1,500 sq ft) surface is dedicated to the Coronation of the Virgin.

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Clouds over the Greater Caucasus Range, along with fog and atmospheric mist. The landscape represents geological features from different geological epochs: Triassic, Jurassic, and the Oligocene. View from Mount Asbestnaya, Republic of Adygea, Caucasus Mountains.

Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Photo art based on a picture of a rolling gate at blast furnace 5 in the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyThe original shot used the creative technique of intentional camera movement. This image was mirrored and recomposed to achieve the symmetry effect.

Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

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A European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in flight at Pfyn-Finges, Switzerland. This image was created by merging three successive photographs of the same bird's flight.

Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.