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Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 31
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"Lantingji Xu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantingji_Xu" scroll (Shenlong version). Today’s lunar calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar day is the third day of March (Chinese: 三月初三), is the Shangsi Festival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Third_Festival, a traditional festival in ancient China. Legend has it that on the Shangsi Festival in 353, Wang Xizhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xizhi held an Orchid Pavilion Gathering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchid_Pavilion_Gathering and wrote the "Lantingji Xu". The original is lost. This Tang Dynasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Dynasty copy by Feng Chengsu (馮承素) is considered the best of all the extant copies. |
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31.3.2025 00:00Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 31Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 30
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Jantar Mantar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantar_Mantar, an astronomical observatory built in the 1730s in Jaipur, Rajasthan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur, India. |
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30.3.2025 00:00Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 30Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 29
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The main greenhouse of the Botanical Garden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanical_Garden_of_Curitiba of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba, Paraná https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_(state), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil. Today is the city's 332nd anniversary. |
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29.3.2025 00:00Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 29Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 28
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Mercedes-Benz W115 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W114/W115, a series of executive sedans introduced in 1968 by https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_private_cars to replace the earlier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W110 series. |
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28.3.2025 00:00Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 28Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 27
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A decorative golf-themed nest box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nest_box on a wooden fence on West Sacramento Avenue in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico,_California, California. The pun “Birdies Welcome” refers to the sport of golf, where a score on a hole is colloquially referred to as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par_(score)#Birdie if the player needs one stroke less than specified. |
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27.3.2025 00:00Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 27Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 26
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NGC 281 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_281 is a bright emission nebula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/emission_nebula in the northern constellation of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_(constellation), at a distance of 9200 ly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year from the Solar System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System. The partial superimposition of a dark nebula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dark_nebula makes it resemble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_(character). |
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26.3.2025 00:00Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 26Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 25
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation_(Leonardo_da_Vinci) (c. 1472–1475), is thought to be Leonardo da Vinci https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci's earliest complete work. Today is the Feast of the Annunciation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Annunciation |
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25.3.2025 00:00Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 25Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 24
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Portrait of French novelist Jules Verne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne taken in 1884 by Étienne Carjat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Carjat. Known for his adventure novels taking into account the technological progress of his time, he's the second most-translated author in the world. He died on this day 120 years ago. |
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24.3.2025 00:00Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 24Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 23
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Singer "Shakey Sue" at a concert by the band "The Hellfreaks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hellfreaks" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt. |
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23.3.2025 00:00Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 23Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 22
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Three Old Ladies by Jēkabs Kazaks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%93kabs_Kazaks, 1916 |
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22.3.2025 00:00Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for March 22