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These featured pictures, as scheduled below, appeared as the picture of the day (POTD) on the English Wikipedia's Main Page in August 2008. Individual sections for each day on this page can be linked to with the day number as the anchor name (e.g. Wikipedia:Picture of the day/August 2008#1 for August 1).
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August 1
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A 1918 silent film clip showing tanks in World War I. The tank was the most rapidly developed weapon system in the history of warfare. From non-existence, the tank went from concept to rendering valuable front-line service in World War I in less than three years. Film credit: U.S. National Archives
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August 2
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JetBlue Airways Flight 292, an Airbus A320-232, making an emergency landing at LAX on September 21, 2005 after the front landing gear malfunctioned. The front gear was turned perpendicular to the runway causing the tires to be torn off and sparks to fly up on impact. No one was injured during the landing and passengers began to disembark less than seven minutes later. Photo credit: Andrew Marino
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August 3
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The Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small American sea duck of the genus Bucephala. The name Bufflehead is a combination of buffalo and head, referring to the oddly bulbous head shape of the species. This is most noticeable when the male puffs out the feathers on the head, thus greatly increasing its apparent size. Photo credit: Mdf
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August 4
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The Felbrigge Psalter, an illuminated manuscript Psalter, is the oldest book from England to have an embroidered bookbinding. The needlework on this mid-thirteenth century manuscript probably dates from the early fourteenth century, which puts it more than a century earlier than the next oldest embroidered binding to have survived. Both the design and execution depicting the Annunciation are exceptionally high quality. The cover is made with linen and gold on linen with later leather binding edge. Book credit: Anne de Felbrigge
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August 5
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An Adivasi (indigenous) woman from the Kutia Khond tribal group in the Indian state of Orissa. Khonds were known for their human sacrifices, which were intended to further the fertilization of the earth. Photo credit: PICQ
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August 6
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Maya Lin's original competition submission for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.. Originally designed as a student project at Yale University's School of Architecture in 1981, the memorial is a black granite wall, in the shape of a V, on which the names of American servicemen killed or missing in action from the Vietnam War are inscribed. The architect hoped that "these names, seemingly infinite in number, would convey the sense of overwhelming numbers, while unifying these individuals into a whole." Image credit: Maya Lin
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August 7
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The Spinning Dancer is a kinetic, bistable optical illusion resembling a pirouetting female dancer. Some observers initially see the figure as spinning clockwise and some counter-clockwise. Additionally, some may see the figure suddenly spin in the opposite direction. The illusion derives from an inherent ambiguity from the lack of visual cues for depth. There are other optical illusions that originate from the same or similar kind of visual ambiguity, such as the Necker cube. Image credit: Nobuyuki Kayahara
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August 8
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A view over Paris, at dusk, from the Tour Montparnasse, the tallest skyscraper in France with the Eiffel Tower in the distance. Photo credit: Benh Lieu Song
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August 9
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A Pasture Day Moth (Apina callisto) caterpillar amongst capeweed leaves. This moth species is, unlike other members of the Noctuidae family, diurnal. When the larvae are fully grown, measuring about 60 mm, they burrow down before becoming pupae. Photo credit: Fir0002
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August 10
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A poster of twelve different species of flowers of the Asteraceae family:
Photo credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar, Tony Wills (10)
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