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August 1
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The painted buttonquail (Turnix varius) is a species of buttonquail, the family Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae. The painted buttonquail is native to Australia. Its range extends from Queensland southwards to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. A separate population is present in the southwestern part of Western Australia. The subspecies Turnix varius scintillans is endemic to the Houtman Abrolhos islands off the west coast of Australia. Photograph credit: JJ Harrison
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August 2
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Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (2 August 1802 – 28 April 1872) was a French inventor, photographer and photo publisher. He was a cloth merchant by trade, developing an interest in photography in the 1840s, focusing on the technical and economic issues of mass production of photographic prints. Photograph credit: Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard; restored by Jebulon
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August 3
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Dakota Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North Dakota and South Dakota. This is the coat of arms, as it existed in 1876. Credit: Henry Mitchell for Louis Prang; restored by User:Godot13
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August 4
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The white-headed pigeon (Columba leucomela) is a pigeon native to the east coast of Australia, belonging to the same genus as the domestic pigeon C. livia. The white-headed pigeon's nest generally consists of scanty twigs and is usually placed high in canopy up to 18 metres. It tends to lay one cream-white egg. Breeding is mostly from October to December. These pigeons are often found alone, in pairs or in small flocks. They are very quiet and elusive. Their flight is swift and direct. Their call is loud and gruff, sounding like "WHOO!" followed by a gruff inhalation like "uk" (repeated three times). Sometimes the call is a low "oom". Photograph credit: JJ Harrison |
August 5
Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) transporting a dead gecko in Laos. Video credit: Basile Morin |
August 6
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Edith Roosevelt (August 6, 1861 – September 30, 1948) was the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt and served as the First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1901 to 1909. Photograph credit: Frances Benjamin Johnston; restored by Adam Cuerden |
August 7
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French 24 livre coin from 1793. The livre (symbol: ₶. or ₤.; French for "pound") was the currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor state of West Francia from 781 to 1794. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of both units of account and coins. The last coins and notes of the livre currency system were issued in Year II of the Republic (1794). In 1795, the franc was introduced, worth 1₶. 3d. (1+1⁄80₶), and the first one-franc coin was struck in 1803. Still the word livre survived; until the middle of the 19th century it was indifferently used alongside the word franc, especially to express large amounts and transactions linked with property (real estate, property incomes or "rentes", cattle, etc...). Credit: Paris Mint, French First Republic; photographed by the National Numismatic Collection
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August 8
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The rood screen of St Cyprian's, Clarence Gate, a parish church of the Church of England in the Marylebone district of London. The church was consecrated in 1903, but the parish was founded in 1866. It is dedicated to Cyprian, a third-century martyr and bishop of Carthage and is near the Clarence Gate Gardens entrance to Regent's Park, off Baker Street. The parish was formed by the efforts of noted "slum priest" Father Charles Gutch, who wanted a church of his own in London. Gutch negotiated a small portion of St Paul's parish be transferred to a new mission district where church attendance was in any case poor. The district was about one tenth the area of the parish, but it was densely populated due to the overcrowded slums that at that time occupied much of it. Photograph credit: David Iliff
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August 9
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The Black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) is a passerine bird in the family Monarchidae found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, and also New Guinea where most birds migrate to during the austral winter (May to August). Photograph/Painting/etc. credit: JJ Harrison
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August 10
The Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, Quito, commonly known as "el San Francisco", is a large Catholic basilica that stands in the middle of the historic center of Quito, in front of the square of the same name. San Francisco is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "City of Quito", which celebrates its Declaration of Independence on August 10. Photograph credit: Diego Delso
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August 11
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The white-naped honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus) is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to eastern Australia. It dwells in dry sclerophyll eucalypt woodland. Its diet consists of nectar from various flowers, and it also feeds on insects. Photograph credit: JJ Harrison |
August 12
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Heart Mountain Relocation Center was one of ten concentration camps used for the internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II. The first inmates arrived in Heart Mountain on August 12, 1942, and here we see Bill Hosokawa, his wife and son, and three members of staff. Photographer unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden
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August 13
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Nell Mercer (August 13, 1893–September 30, 1979) was a member of the Silent Sentinels picketing Woodrow Wilson's White House for women's suffrage. Photographer unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden |
August 14
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The ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana) is a Eurasian bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. A native of most European countries and western Asia. It reaches as far north as Scandinavia and beyond the Arctic Circle, frequenting cornfields and their neighbourhoods. It is an uncommon vagrant in spring, and particularly autumn, to the British Isles. Seeds are the bird's natural diet, but beetles and other insects are taken when feeding their young. The ortolan is served in French cuisine, typically cooked and eaten whole. Traditionally diners cover their heads with their napkin, or a towel, while eating the delicacy. The bird is so widely used that its French populations dropped dangerously low, leading to laws restricting its use in 1999. In September 2007, the French government announced its intent to enforce long-ignored laws protecting the bird. Photograph credit: Pierre Dalous
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August 15
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A female Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in the Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. Today is Independence Day in India. 75 years since Independence from the United Kingdom in 1947. photograph by Charlesjsharp
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August 16
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The Double-barred finch (Stizoptera bichenovii) is an estrildid finch found in dry savannah, tropical (lowland) dry grassland and shrubland habitats in northern and eastern Australia. It is sometimes referred to as Bicheno's finch or as the owl finch, the latter of which owing to the dark ring of feathers around the face. Photograph credit: User:JJ Harrison
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August 17
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The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, Lobster Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula (catalogued as Messier 17 or M17 or NGC 6618) is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745. Charles Messier catalogued it in 1764. It is by some of the richest starfields of the Milky Way, figuring in the northern two-thirds of Sagittarius. Credit: ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM; Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute
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August 18
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Glyphoglossus molossus is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae Its common names include blunt-headed burrowing frog and balloon frog. Their natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, temporary ponds, and heavily degraded former forest in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Photograph credit: Rushen
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August 19
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Plate X by Henry Holiday from the original illustrations for the first edition of Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark, a nonsense poem published in 1876 that tells the story of ten individuals who cross the ocean to hunt the Snark. Things end badly for the Baker:
Illustration credit: Henry Holiday; restored by Adam Cuerden
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August 20
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The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and a weight of up to 96 kg (212 lb), it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world. Its distinctively marked coat features pale yellow to tan colored fur covered by spots that transition to rosettes on the sides, although a melanistic black coat appears in some individuals. The jaguar's powerful bite allows it to pierce the carapaces of turtles and tortoises, and to employ an unusual killing method: it bites directly through the skull of mammalian prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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August 21
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Eight escudo gold coins issued by the Argentine Confederation (a precursor state of Argentina) in 1836. They were worth 128 real, and Juan Manuel de Rosas and a mountain with crossed flags. Only six are known to exist. Credit: Argentine Confederation, photographed by the National Numismatic Collection
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August 22
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Wells Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, commenced around 1175 on the site of a late-Roman mausoleum and an 8th-century abbey church. The cathedral has been described by the historian John Harvey as Europe's first truly Gothic structure, lacking the Romanesque work that survives in many other cathedrals. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells. This photograph depicts the cathedral's organ, built in 1909–1910 by Harrison & Harrison of Durham, which used parts retained from the old organ that dated back to the 17th century. Photograph credit: David Iliff
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August 23
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The Goldfinch (Dutch: Het puttertje) is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius of a life-sized chained goldfinch. Signed and dated 1654, it is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. The work is a trompe-l'œil oil on panel measuring 33.5 by 22.8 centimetres (13.2 in × 9.0 in) that was once part of a larger structure, perhaps a window jamb or a protective cover. It is possible that the painting was in its creator's workshop in Delft at the time of the gunpowder explosion that killed him and destroyed much of the city.
The Goldfinch is unusual for the Dutch Golden Age painting period in the simplicity of its composition and use of illusionary techniques. Following the death of its creator, it was lost for more than two centuries before its rediscovery in Brussels. Painting credit: Carel Fabritius
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August 24
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Kobe Bryant (August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Bryant won five NBA championships, was an 18-time All-Star, a 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), and a two-time NBA Finals MVP. He was posthumously voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020, and August 24 of that year was celebrated as Kobe Bryant Day in recognition of the "8" and "24" jerseys he wore for the Los Angeles Lakers. Photograph credit: Sgt. Joseph A. Lee; derivative work by Kaldari
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August 25
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The citric acid cycle—also known as the TCA cycle (tricarboxylic acid cycle) or the Krebs cycle—is a series of chemical reactions to release stored energy through the oxidation of acetyl-CoA derived from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. In addition, the cycle provides precursors of certain amino acids, as well as the reducing agent NADH, that are used in numerous other reactions. Its central importance to many biochemical pathways suggests that it was one of the earliest components of metabolism and may have originated abiogenically. Hans Adolf Krebs (25 August 1900 – 22 November 1981) received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1953 for his 1937 identification of the cycle. The name of this metabolic pathway is derived from the citric acid that is consumed and then regenerated by this sequence of reactions to complete the cycle. The cycle consumes acetate (in the form of acetyl-CoA) and water, reduces NAD+ to NADH, releasing carbon dioxide. The NADH generated by the citric acid cycle is fed into the oxidative phosphorylation (electron transport) pathway. The net result of these two closely linked pathways is the oxidation of nutrients to produce usable chemical energy in the form of ATP. Diagram credit: Narayanese, WikiUserPedia, YassineMrabet, and TotoBaggins
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August 26
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A white-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) on the Linyanti River, Namibia. The river rises in Angola, passes through Namibia's Caprivi Strip to Botswana and flows into the Zambezi River. Today is Heroes' Day in Namibia. It commemorates the Namibian War of Independence which began on 26 August 1966 at Omugulugwombashe. photograph by Charlesjsharp
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August 27
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Rhacophorus kio is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. First described from Laos, this species is also known from southern China (Yunnan and Guangxi provinces), northern Thailand, eastern India, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Rhacophorus kio is an arboreal species that has been recorded from primary and secondary evergreen rainforests with a closed canopy, generally at low elevations. Photograph credit: Rushenb
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August 28
The Treasury Note (also known as a Coin Note) was a type of representative money issued by the United States government from 1890 until 1893 to individuals selling silver bullion to the Treasury. A distinguishing feature of the Series 1890 notes (and one that greatly appeals to collectors) is the extremely ornate designs on the reverse side of the notes. The intent of this was to make counterfeiting much more difficult, but opponents of the design argued that the extensive detail would make it more difficult to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit notes. Consequently, the reverse designs were simplified on the Series 1891 Treasury Notes issued the following year, which are seen here. Credit: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; prepared by Godot13
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August 29
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Henrietta Rodman (August 29, 1877 – March 21, 1923) was an American educator and feminist. She was active on behalf of married women teachers' rights to promotion and maternity leave. Photograph credit: Bain News Service; restored by Adam Cuerden
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August 30
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Ignace-Gaston Pardies (1636–1673) was a French Catholic priest and scientist. His celestial atlas, entitled Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio, comprised six charts of the night sky and was first published in 1674. The atlas uses a gnomonic projection so that the plates make up a cube of the celestial sphere. The constellation figures are drawn from Uranometria, but were carefully reworked and adapted to a broader view of the sky. This is the fifth plate from a 1693 edition of Pardies's atlas, featuring constellations including Lyra, Cygnus, Hercules, Ophiucus, Sagittarius and Scorpio, Aquila, Delphinus, Corona Austrina and the obsolete constellation Antinous , all visible in the Northern hemisphere, though a few cross the boundary from the northern sky into the southern sky. Map credit: Ignace-Gaston Pardies
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August 31
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Coat of arms of the Idaho Territory, an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1863, until July 3, 1890. Idaho Territory originally covered all of the present-day states of Idaho and Montana, and almost all of the present-day state of Wyoming, omitting only a corner in the state's extreme southwest portion. It was wholly spanned east-to-west by the bustling Oregon Trail and partly by the other emigrant trails, the California Trail and Mormon Trail which since hitting stride in 1847, had been conveying settler wagon trains to the west, and incidentally, across the continental divide into the Snake River Basin, a key gateway into the Idaho and Oregon Country interiors. After several reductions, the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as Idaho. Credit: Henry Mitchell; restored by Godot13
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