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The shipwreck of Cabo de Santa Maria in Boa Vista, Cape Verde as it appeared in December 2010. The Spanish cargo ship ran aground at Praia de Atalanta beach on this date in 1968.

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Devonshire Lodge (Low-Martin House), Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Commissioned by the rum-runner Harry Low in 1927, the building was designed in the style of a Cotswold cottage and completed in 1928. It served as the home of Member of Parliament Paul Martin Sr. for almost three decades. It was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2008.

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Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

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

Flower bud of a Succisa pratensis. Focus stack of 36 photos. The main flower is about 11 mm in diameter.

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Circaetus gallicus (Short-toed snake eagle) in Bhigwan, Maharashtra, India.

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Lake Coldai, an alpine lake beneath the Dolomites near village Alleghe, Italy. Today is World Lake Day, designated by the United Nations to raise awareness about the importance of lakes and to promote their sustainable management.

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"The Accidental Burning of the USS Missouri in Gibraltar", lithograph, published by Ackermann & Co. The fire started on this day in 1843. In four hours, the steam frigate was reduced to a blackened and sinking hulk and finally at 03:20 in the morning of 27 August, the forward powder magazine exploded, destroying the burning ship.

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Belle Tout lighthouse and chalk cliffs by the English Channel. Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the channel, reaching France on 25 August 1875.

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Stipa – the symbol of the Tarutyns'kyj steppe. Today is the Independence Day of Ukraine.

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Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

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SBB Ce 6/8 II 14253 "crocodile" electric locomotive with the Gotthard mountain route experience train 31066 Lavorgo - Erstfeld crosses the lower Wattingen bridge near Wassen, Switzerland.

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Acro paraglider shows off infinity tumbling, the most spectacular aerobatics maneuver that exist in paragliding.

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