Wikipedia:Featured pictures

This page highlights images and charts that we find beautiful, striking, shocking, impressive, titillating, fascinating, or in short just brilliant. It is the visual equivalent to Featured articles and, as such, even more subjective. To see these pictures without having to click on every link, see Wikipedia:Featured pictures visible. Be warned, however, that that page may take a while to load. To browse through all the pictures at a glance see Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs, which has smaller images, but loads faster than Feature pictures visible.

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• First nominate it on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates (see that page for further instructions).
• Images listed here should be either in the public domain or covered by the GNU Free Documentation License. While we tolerate some degree of fair use, a simple image gallery is of limited educational value (a requirement for fair use), and showcasing other people's work without their permission may be considered unfair.
• Please do not add too many images of the same category/type. There are many beautiful flowers, for example, but it will suffice for us to list a few representative, especially beautiful photos here (providing a link to more pictures of the same type would of course be appropriate).

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There are currently 170 featured pictures.

Images created by Wikipedians

Architecture

• MIT Stata Center from Stata Center by Raul654 as reprocessed by Finlay McWalter
• Basilica of Mary Magdalene from Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume by Ericd as reprocessed by Solitude
• Cathedral of Magdeburg in Cathedral of Magdeburg, by Chris 73
• Kievskaya station on the Moscow Metro on Moscow Metro, by Worldtraveller

Artwork

• Sand sculpture by Guyking, on sand art and play.
• Tawaret by ChrisO, on Tawaret.
• Glass ball by Chmouel Boudjnah, on glass
• Reclining figure at Henry Moore by Solipsist
• Barlach Magdeburger Ehrenmal in Degenerate art, by Chris 73

Astronomy

• The moon by Mkfairdpm
• Persian astrolabe by Solipsist

Biology

• Three cell growth types From Cell growth. Created by JWSchmidt
• Diagram summarising control of stomach acid secretion From Gastric acid and Stomach. Created by Prisonblues
• Magnetic resonance imaging From Magnetic resonance imaging. Created by Fastfission

Chemistry

• Gallium in Gallium, by Foobar
• Macro photograph of coca-cola bubbles in Carbonated water by Spiff

Culture

• High Cross in Ireland From High cross. Taken by Chmouel Boudjnah
• Geisha-fullheight.jpg from geisha. Taken by MykReeve
• Pitstone Windmill at Windmill by MykReeve
• Circle of Lebanon in Highgate Cemetery, taken by MykReeve
• Onsen in Nachikatsuura at Onsen by Chris 73
• Hansom cab at Hansom cab by Solipsist
• Natto at Natto by Gleam
• Austrian Barrel organ at Barrel organ by Chepry
• Horse and Plough at Plough by Marcela
• Sake barrels at Sake by Rdsmith4

Drawings and diagrams

• Epicyclic gear ratios.png at Epicyclic gearing by Wapcaplet
• Four stroke cycle (first of six) at Four stroke cycle by Wapcaplet
• Diagram of traffic flow at a left-hand-drive roundabout at Roundabout intersection by Fredrik, original by Mintguy
• Painter's algorithm at Painter's algorithm by Fredrik
• Pin tumbler with key at Pin tumbler lock by Wapcaplet
• Pin tumbler with key (Unlocked) at Pin tumbler lock by Wapcaplet
• Enigma rotor at Enigma machine by Wapcaplet
• Pentakis Dodecahedron at Pentakis dodecahedron by Cyp
• Tughra Mahmud II at Tughra by Baba66
• Gun-type Nuclear weapon at Little Boy by Fastfission

Entertainment and lifestyle

• Circlestrafing from Circlestrafing by Fredrik
• BDSM collar back from Collar (BDSM) by Grendelkhan
• Monopoly game in progress from Monopoly_(game) by Horst Frank
• Large bonfire from Fire by Fir0002
• Chevrolet Corvette roadster at Chevrolet Corvette by Softeis
• Baseball pitching motion at Baseball by Rick Dikeman
• Mark Webber at Mark Webber by Rick Dikeman

Mathematics

• Mandelbrot set at Mandelbrot set by Evercat
• Buddhabrot deeply iterated at Mandelbrot set by Evercat

Nature

Animals

• Icefish (Antarctica) at Icefish by Uwe Kils
• Eastern Yellow Robin at Eastern Yellow Robin by Tannin
• A cat in Greece at Cat by Chmouel Boudjnah
• Compound Eye at Compound eye by Pollinator
• Blue Morpho butterfly by Hadal
• Indonesia Bull by Chmouel Boudjnah
• Bumblebee by MarkBurnett
• Carolina Anole at Carolina Anole by Pollinator
• Common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) at Clownfish by Jan Derk
• Emperor Gum Moth at Moth by Fir0002
• Frogspawn at Frog by Tarquin
• Large White caterpillar at Large White by Sannse
• Redback frontal view at Red-back spider by Fir0002
• Detail of a peacock's feathers at Peacock by Adrian Pingstone
• Bald eagle closeup at Bird of prey by Adrian Pingstone
• American white ibis at American White Ibis by Jcwf
• Baby tortoise at Marginated Tortoise by Richard Mayer
• Meadow Argus Butterfly at Butterfly by Fir0002
• Common blue Damselfly at Damselfly by Fir0002
• Wolf spider at Wolf spider by Fir0002
• Australian Garden Orb Weaver at Australian Garden Orb Weaver Spider by Fir0002
• Emperor Gum Moth caterpillar at Emperor Gum Moth by fir0002

Phenomena

• Environmental Impact of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens at 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens a composite of three images by Daniel Mayer, the U.S. Forest Service and the USGS, photoeditted by Fir0002
• Surface tension on a Daisy in water see Surface tension by William M. Connolley
• Icicles at Ice by Barfooz

Plants

• A close-up of the flowers of yellow rattle at Yellow rattle by sannse
• Darlingtonia Californica (pitcher plant) at Darlingtonia by DanKeshet
• Horse Chestnuts at Aesculus by Solipsist
• Lots of Common hazelnuts at Common Hazel by Fir0002
• Yellow Rose at Rose by Fir0002

Weather

• Red sky at night see Weather lore by Denni
• Mackerel sky see Weather lore by Denni
• Blue Sky see Weather lore by Denni
• Red Sunset at Sunset by Fir0002, Swifts Creek, Australia
• Lipa Noi beach at Ko Samui by Tsui

People

• Mad scientist see Mad scientist by User:J.J.
• Villain see Villain by User:J.J.
• Polydactyly left hand in Polydactyly by Drgnu23 and Grendelkhan

Places

Daytime

• Yarra River in Melbourne, Victoria by a friend of User:Robert Merkel
• Zabriskie Point at sunrise in Death Valley by Daniel Mayer (See Zabriskie Point)
• Halong Bay by David Stewart
• Machu Picchu by Chmouel Boudjnah
• Lower Yellowstone Fall by mav
• Gold Coast from The Spit by Gaz
• The Champs Elysees by MykReeve
• Sydney Opera House by Chmouel Boudjnah
• New Scotland Yard at Scotland Yard by User:ChrisO.
• Mount Cook at Mount Cook by User:Mtmsmile.
• Radcliffe Camera at Radcliffe Camera by MykReeve
• Abbey of Senanque at Abbey by Greudin
• Paris from Notre-Dame at Notre-Dame de Paris by MykReeve.
• Lincoln statue at Lincoln Memorial by →Raul654.
• Skyline Bvd winter at San Francisco Bay Area by Jawed
• Skyline Bvd summer at San Francisco Bay Area by Jawed
• Gyeongbokgung at Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, South Korea by Kokiri, edited by Janderk.
• Very Large Array at Very Large Array, taken by Hajor
• London Millennium Bridge at London Millennium Bridge, taken by Paul Lomax

At night

• Brisbane By Night 2004 at Brisbane, Queensland by User:Gaz
• City Hall (London) (see City Hall (London)) by User:ChrisO.
• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc at night (see Sainte Jeanne d'Arc Church (Nice, France)) by Ericd.
• London National Gallery (see National Gallery, London) by MykReeve
• "Promenade des Anglais" in Nice at Nice by W. M. Connolley
• Palace of Westminster at Palace of Westminster by Andrew Dunn
• Lake Tanganyika at Lake Tanganyika by Worldtraveller

Panorama

• Bryce Amphitheater from Bryce Point (see Bryce Canyon National Park) by Mav

Mountains

• Schlern in South Tyrol, Italy by Fantasy
• Remarkables Range, Queenstown, New Zealand by Tiles
• Argentina-Perito Moreno-Glacier in Glacier by Chmouel
• Mount Rainier in Pierce County, USA by JediMaster16
• Zermatt and Matterhorn in Matterhorn, by Stan Shebs
• Zabriskie Point at sunrise in Death Valley in Zabriskie Point, by Daniel Mayer

Maps

• Image:Mtl-metro-map.png of Montreal Metro, by Montréalais
• Madrid-metro-map.png of Madrid Metro by Montréalais See also: User:Montrealais/Metro maps (special mention!)
• Philippines - physical map at Geography of the Philippines by seav

Airflight

• Hot Air Balloon Inflation by Randy Oostdyk
• Apollo 15 Space Suit in Spacesuit, taken by Jawed

Images found by Wikipedians

Artwork

• Twilight wilderness by Frederic Edwin Church, uploaded by Cgs
• Dostoevsky by Vasily Perov in Fyodor Dostoevsky, uploaded by Ktotam, nonimated by Finlay McWalter
• Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger in Thomas More, uploaded by Neutrality

Astronomy

• Mars, the red planet (see Mars (planet)), by NASA
• an asteroid named Eros (see Asteroid), by NASA
• Io (moon) from Io (moon) taken by NASA's Galileo probe
• Planet Osiris in Osiris (planet), by NASA
• Sombrero Galaxy M104 in Sombrero Galaxy M104, by NASA
• Kepler's Supernova in SN 1604, by NASA
• Orion Nebula at Orion Nebula, by NASA
• Eagle Nebula at Eagle Nebula, by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope
• TRACE image of sunspots at Sunspot, by NASA/TRACE, uploaded by Johnstone

Biology

• Germplasm Enhancement for Maize at Biodiversity, by Keith Weller (USDA)
• Pollen and Gerbera at Pollen, by PDPhoto.org
• Veined Leaf at Photosynthesis, by PDPhoto.org

Culture

• Bonsai Trident Maple at Bonsai

Drawings and diagrams

• Shadow Puzzle at Optical illusion
• Flea at Flea by Robert Hooke
• Vitruvian Man at Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci

Entertainment and lifestyle

• Flaming cocktails at Cocktail

Nature

Animals

• A painted bunting at Passerina
• Spot Fetcher, a Presidential dog at Spot Fetcher
• Fennec Fox at Fennec
• Emperor Penguins at Emperor Penguin, by Josh Landis, National Science Foundation
• Joey in pouch at Joey, by Geoff Shaw, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Fire Ants at Fire ant, by Scott Bauer
• Ladybird (aka Ladybug) at Ladybird, by PDPhoto.org
• Pillar coral at Pillar coral, by Commander William Harrigan, NOAA Corps (ret.)
• Cockroach at Cockroach, by Joăo Estęvăo A. de Freitas
• Polar Bears approach the USS Honolulu near the North Pole at Polar Bear by the US Navy
• Coyote portrait at Coyote, by vxdigital

Phenomena

• Dust Storm at Dust storm, by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Halo around the sun at Halo, by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Water colored by Iron at Iron, photo by NASA

Plants

• Peppermint and Corsican mint plant at Peppermint), by the US Agricultural Research Service
• Yellow star thistle at star thistle, by Peggy Greb
• Fractal broccoli at Fractal and broccoli, by pdphoto.org
• Sunflowers at Sunflower, by Bruce Fritz (USDA)
• Strelitzia at Strelitzia, by Scott Bauer USDA
• SEM image of pollen at SEM, image from Dartmouth College
• Alaska Wild Berries at Berry, by United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Weather

• Rolling thunder cloud at Thunderstorm

People

• Che Guevara statue (see Che Guevara), by Augusto Starita
• Landing at Normandy (see Battle of Normandy), by U.S. Army's First Division

Places

Daytime

• Zion Narrows (see Virgin River Narrows) by Jon Sullivan
• Chateau Wood Ypres 1917 (see Trench warfare and Passchendaele) by James Francis Hurley
• Winter storm at Bryce Canyon (see Bryce Canyon National Park) by National Park Service
• Central Arizona Project Aqueduct (see Central Arizona Project Aqueduct) by Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Regional Photo Lab staff

Aerial

• Pearl Harbor in Pearl Harbor, uploaded by Perl
• Passchendaele at Passchendaele, photo credit Imperial War Museum

Panorama

• Tamar and Brunel Bridges on Tamar Bridge and Royal Albert Bridge

Mountains

• Mahameru volcano at Volcano by Jan-Pieter Nap
• Lake Fryxell at McMurdo Dry Valleys by Joe Mastroianni, National Science Foundation
• The Himalaya Mountains at Himalaya by NASA
• Pu'u O'o at Volcanic cone by G.E. Ulrich of the United States Geological Survey

Images of Earth from space

• The Earth at night (see light pollution), a composite satellite photo by NASA and the NOAA
• Antarctica satellite globe — NASA satellite images. Very high resolution version modified and uploaded by Cantus.
• Blue Marble see The Blue Marble, Earth photographed from Apollo 17 by NASA
• Kiritimati Island see Kiritimati Island, taken from the ISS by NASA

Ships

• USS Iowa (see USS Iowa (BB-61))
• Mark 48 Torpedo testing at Mark 48 torpedo by the US Navy, as compiled by Chris 73

Flight

• Sonic Boom at sound barrier)
• Shuttle at Space Shuttle program)
• Air Force One over Mt. Rushmore at Air Force One
• Ejector seat at Ejector seat
• USS Akron over Manhattan at Airship
• Saturn V engine at Saturn V

Missiles

• LG-118A Peacekeeper at LG-118A_Peacekeeper by U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command

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