Commons:Picture of the Year/2012/Slideshow

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  #1: European Bee-eater, Ariège, France. The female (in front) awaits the offering which the male will make.
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  #2: On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the Sun's atmosphere, the Corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT.
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  #3: High-speed photography of a light bulb shot with an airsoft pistol (positioned right of the lamp).
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  #4: A wide evening view to Måbødalen in Eidfjord municipality, Hordaland, Norway, in 2011 August.
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  #5: Yak near Yamdrok lake, Tibet. It is a long-haired bovinae found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia.
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  #6: Šmarjetna gora, view towards Škofja Loka, Slovenia.
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  #7: Heritage castle park in Pszczyna, Poland.
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  #8: Merging in the mist - Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal.
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  #9: Tarvasjõgi, Kõrvemaa Nature Park, Estonia.
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  #10: The silhouette of space shuttle Endeavour seen against Earth's colorful horizon during shuttle mission STS-130
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  #11: Arlington Row, Bibury, built in 1380 as a monastic wool store. The buildings were converted into weaver cottages in the 17th century.
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  #12: The bridge "Mintarder Ruhrtalbrücke" in Mülheim an der Ruhr is an impressive landmark in the Ruhr valley connecting the cities Düsseldorf and Essen through a motorway.