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Torii path with a hanging lantern at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine Senbontorii, Kyoto, Japan.
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Waterloopbos, detail of the monumental work of art Deltawerk // formerly Delta Flume. (artists RAAAF en Atelier de Lyon).
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The Kuroshio Sea, the main tank of the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Today is World Oceans Day.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nymphs of Chromacris speciosa, Paulo César Vinha State Park, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
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Fresh water collecting in the valleys between sand dunes in the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil. A layer of rock beneath the sand prevents the rain water from dissipating during the rainy season, resulting in a broad expanse of lagoons.
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This stained glass window (1880) located in the Cathédrale Saint-Louis (La Rochelle, France) depicts Joan of Arc. Today is St. Joan’s feast day.
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Join us on Tuesday, June 10 at 3pm Eastern for a virtual orientation to maps of the Second World War at the Library of Congress.
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The Geography and Map Division collections include vibrant nineteenth century maps showcasing brand new American communities and promises of the “good life” to prospective lot or home buyers. This post explores the common themes and fascinating details of these highly artistic maps designed to lure investment.
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Kishū Kumano iwatake tori by Hiroshige II, a Japanese woodblock print in the ukiyo-e style, depicting the harvesting of iwatake mushrooms (Umbilicaria esculenta) near Kumano in the Kishū Domain.
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Bicycle parked in front of a graffitied building façade with doors, in a street near Kloveniersburgwal, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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The window in a cafe in San Gimignano opens on Valdelsa, in Tuscany (Italy).
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Runners in tunnel. São Martinho do Porto, Portugal.
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This image of Mary Help of Christians was painted after the original by Lucas Cranach the Elder and is located in Maria Hilf pilgrimage church (Moosbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Today is the feast day of Mary Help of Christians in the Catholic Church.
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Worm’s-eye view of Tokyo Skytree, Japan. The tower was opened to the public on this day in 2012.
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Landscape in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine
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Ursus arctos arctos from the Bear Sanctuary in Synevyr National Nature Park, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.
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Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt.
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Closed flower of an Oenothera stricta ‘Sulphurea’ (Night bloomer) Focus stack of 54 photos.
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Ore bunker in the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Green garden lizard (Calotes calotes). A juvenile has climbed a flowering bush, hoping to catch the female common jezebel butterfly (Delias eucharis) in the Sinharaja Forest, Viharahena, Sri Lanka
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Florence Bascom broke barriers in the 19th century as a leading geologist of her time. This post discusses her life and career with the United States Geological Survey including the geologic maps she made which are in the Geography and Map Division collections.
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50th International Dixieland Festival Dresden: Allotria Jazz Band on the open-air stage ‘Junge Garde’, trombone. The 53rd festival is taking place this week.
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American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) close up
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Örebro Castle on the Svartån river in Sweden.
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Barn swallow juvenile (Hirundo rustica rustica) at the Ormož Basins nature reserve, Slovenia. Taken during a period when the storm Boris blocked migration routes, and low temperatures left the swallows struggling to find prey and stay warm in that area. This one was visibly weak, nevertheless, it had just caught a moth, with remains visible around the beak, and its scales on the face.
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Crooked doors and decaying brickwork of a building in Savannakhet, Laos
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Interior of the Estates Theatre in Prague, Czechia
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Deelerwoud, (the eastern part.) Birchs on a heathland.
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Motorsport, IDM, Finale Hockenheimring 2022: Melvin van der Voort (NED, Niederlande), IDM Supersport 600.
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Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) male in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.
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Church of St Joseph, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
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Canoes on the coast, Tsitsikamma National Park (part of Garden Route National Park), Eastern Cape, South Africa
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A man wearing face mask cycling by Wat Phra Kaew outside the wall of the Grand Palace, Bangkok.
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The submerged St. Nicholas Church in Mavrovo, North Macedonia. Built in 1850, the church served as the main village church of Mavrovo. With the construction of the hydroelectric power station in Mavrovo and the artificial Mavrovo Lake, the church got submerged under water in 1953.
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The Geography & Map Division recently digitized an important set of maps of Austria-Hungary. In this post, we explore these 19th- and early 20th-century maps and the layers of history and language that they contain.
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The Geography and Map Division has thousands of topographic maps in its collections but some have a unique take on the rest of the category. This blog post highlights several maps and models that stand out as being different in form and shape from other topographic maps including a chocolate bar map, a pop up map, and a map made of compressed paper among others.
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Israeli chief of staff in a meeting in Northern Command, during Yom Kippur War. Today is Yom HaZikaron.
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Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Łazienki Park, Warsaw
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Young boy feeding hay to a cow in a rice paddy field in Si Phan Don, Laos
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Fog around Pico do Itaguaré (Itaguaré Peak) as seen from Pico dos Marins (Marins Peak) in the Mantiqueira Mountains, Minas Gerais–São Paulo border, Brazil.
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An image of Saint Mark from Grandes Heures d’Anne de Bretagne. Today is the Feast of Saint Mark.
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Bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus) Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India
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