Wikipedia article of the day is Barren Island, Brooklyn. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Barren Island is a former island on the southeast shore of Brooklyn in New York City. Located on Jamaica Bay, it was occupied by the Lenape Native Americans prior to the arrival of Dutch settlers in the 17th century. Its name […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on June 13, 2021: Volcanic landscape featuring from left to right Tomasamil (5,890 m or 19,320 ft), Cañapa (5,882 m or 19,298 ft), Ollagüe (5,868 m or 19,252 ft) and Aucanquilcha (6,176 m or 20,262 ft), Andes, southern Bolvia/northern Chile. More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on June 12, 2021: The complex of a former Jesuit College, Kremenets, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Durrell’s vontsira. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Durrell’s vontsira (Salanoia durrelli) is a Madagascan mammal in the family Eupleridae of the order Carnivora. It is most closely related to the brown-tailed mongoose (Salanoia concolor), with which it forms the genus Salanoia. The two are genetically similar, but morphologically distinct, […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Sutton United 2–1 Coventry City (1989). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: A 7 January 1989 match between Sutton United and Coventry City took place as part of the third round of the 1988–89 FA Cup association football competition. Coventry City were in the top tier of English league football, while Sutton […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on June 11, 2021: Window of an abandoned, graffiti-covered building at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, looking out to Mill Basin More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Hurricane Fay. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Hurricane Fay was the first of two hurricanes to make landfall on Bermuda in October 2014. The fifth hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, it was Bermuda’s first landfalling hurricane since Emily in 1987. Fay briefly achieved Category 1 hurricane status while making […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on June 10, 2021: House of scientists, Lviv, Ukraine. More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on June 9, 2021: National Museum in Wrocław, 1883-1886, former Regierungsbezirk Breslau administration building designed by Anton von Behr. View from the River Oder. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Emma Louisa Turner. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Emma Louisa Turner (9 June 1867 – 13 August 1940) was an English ornithologist and pioneering bird photographer. Due to family responsibilities, she did not take up photography until 1900. By 1904 she was giving talks illustrated with her own photographic slides and by 1908 was […]