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Fourth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year
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Results R1
editCategory - People and human activities #1 – 68 votes in Round 1; Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India. Credit: Wikimedian Paulrudd . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sikh_pilgrim_at_the_Golden_Temple_(Harmandir_Sahib)_in_Amritsar,_India.jpg
Category - Panoramas #1 – 61 votes in Round 1; The Milky Way arches across this 360-degree panorama of the night sky above the Paranal platform, home of ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/ H.H. Heyer . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:360-degree_Panorama_of_the_Southern_Sky.jpg
Category - Diagrams, emblems and maps #1 – 59 votes in Round 1; Partial view of the Mandelbrot set. Credit: Wikimedian Wolfgangbeyer . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mandel_zoom_11_satellite_double_spiral.jpg
Category - Nature views #1 – 58 votes in Round 1; Tavurvur, an active stratovolcano near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea Credit: Taro Taylor, edit by Richard Bartz http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tavurvur_volcano_edit.jpg
Category - Non-photographic art, posters, stamps and historic maps #1 – 52 votes in Round 1; The Great Wave off Kanagawa Credit: created by Katsushika Hokusai, restored and uploaded by Wikimedian Durova . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa2.jpg
Category - Other animals #1 – 51 votes in Round 1; Wild horses in Erlebnispark Tripsdrill, near Cleebronn, Germany. Credit: Wikimedian Brackenheim, Robin Müller . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wildpferde_Tripsdrill.jpg
Category - Plants and fugis #1 – 49 votes in Round 1; The "indigo Lactarius", species Lactarius indigo (Schwein.) Fr. Specimen photographed in Strouds Run State Park, Athens, Ohio, USA. Credit: Mushroom Observer Dan Molter, edit by Tony Wills . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lactarius_indigo_48568_edit.jpg
Category - Birds #1 – 48 votes in Round 1; A Barn Owl (Tyto alba) in flight. Credit: Wikimedian Lviatour, Luc Viatour . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyto_alba_1_Luc_Viatour.jpg Category - Constructions, architecture, cities, ruins and related #7 – 47 votes in Round 1; A exposure blended photo of the Sydney Opera House, as viewed from the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Credit: Wikimedian User:Diliff, David Iliff . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_Opera_House_-_Dec_2008.jpg
Category - Objects, outer space and miscellaneous #1 – 46 votes in Round 1; Bois du Cazier, a ruin of a colliery in Marcinelle, Charleroi, Belgium. Credit: Wikimedian Lviatour Luc Viatour . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bois_du_Cazier_2.jpg
Category - Arthropods #1 – 35 votes in Round 1; Housefly, Austin's Ferry, Tasmania, Australia Credit: Wikimedian Noodle snacks . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musca_domestica_Portrait.jpg
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Table of Finalists
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CatNo | Temp No | Category Filename No. |
Votelist | Votes 06-07 23:59 |
Votes latest count |
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7 | 1 | People #1 File:Sikh pilgrim at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar, India.jpg 200904-064 |
Votelist | 34 | 64 | Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India. (POTD) ( 2009-06#19 - caption) |
Wikimedian Paulrudd (credit) | |
19 | 2 | Nature #2 File:Elakala Waterfalls Swirling Pool Mossy Rocks.jpg 200910-075 |
Votelist | 27 | 56 | Done | Elakala Waterfalls in the Blackwater Falls State park, West Virginia, United States. (POTD) ( 2010-08#28 - caption) |
Forest Wander from Cross Lanes, USA (credit) |
8 | 3 | People #2 File:Russian honor guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Alexander Garden welcomes Michael G. Mullen 2009-06-26 2.jpg 200910-086 |
Votelist | 30 | 52 | Done | The Russian military honor guard welcomes U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, June 26, 2009. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country, meeting with counterparts and touring the Russian military academy. (POTD) ( 2010-05#20 - caption) |
MC1 Chad J. McNeeley (credit) |
28 | 4 | Arthropods #2 File:Apis mellifera flying.jpg 200906-029 |
Votelist | 25 | 37 | Done | A European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) flying back to its hive carrying pollen in a pollen basket. (POTD) ( 2009-08#02 - caption) |
Wikimedian Muhammad Mahdi Karim (credit) |
34 | 5 | Other animals #1 File:Wildpferde Tripsdrill.jpg 200905-010 |
Votelist | 21 | 35 | Done | Wild horses in Erlebnispark Tripsdrill, near Cleebronn, Germany. (POTD) ( 2009-07#04 - caption) |
Wikimedian Brackenheim, Robin Müller (credit) |
21 | 6 | Panoramas #1 File:360-degree Panorama of the Southern Sky.jpg 200912-023 |
Votelist | 19 | 34 | Done | The Milky Way arches across this 360-degree panorama of the night sky above the Paranal platform, home of ESO’s Very Large Telescope. (POTD) ( 2010-11#09 - caption) |
ESO/H.H. Heyer (credit) |
15 | 7 | Objects #1 File:Bois du Cazier 2.jpg 200904-007 |
Votelist | 24 | 32 | Done | Bois du Cazier, a ruin of a colliery in Marcinelle, Charleroi, Belgium. (POTD) ( 2009-06#16 - caption) |
Wikimedian Lviatour Luc Viatour (credit) |
18 | 8 | Nature #1 File:Tavurvur volcano edit.jpg 200903-034 |
Votelist | 21 | 29 | Done | Tavurvur, an active stratovolcano near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea (POTD) ( 2009-06#07 - caption) |
Taro Taylor edit by Richard Bartz (credit) |
17 | 9 | Objects #3 File:Casing.jpg 200909-049 |
Votelist | 15 | 29 | Done | A shell casing flies out with a trail of smoke as U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Freise fires an M-4 rifle (POTD) ( 2011-03#23 - caption) |
DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Day, U.S. Air Force. (credit) |
31 | 10 | Birds #1 File:Tyto alba 1 Luc Viatour.jpg 200908-014 |
Votelist | 13 | 25 | Done | A Barn Owl (Tyto alba) in flight. (POTD) ( 2010-01#24 - caption) |
Wikimedian Lviatour, Luc Viatour (credit) |
27 | 11 | Arthropods #1 File:Musca domestica Portrait.jpg 200909-054 |
Votelist | 20 | 25 | Done | Housefly, Austin's Ferry, Tasmania, Australia (POTD) ( 2010-08#11 - caption) |
Wikimedian Noodle snacks (credit) |
14 | 12 | Constructions #3 File:Eilean Donan castle - 95mm.jpg 200912-049 |
Votelist | 17 | 24 | Eilean Donan Castle is a rebuilt castle at Dornie in the Scottish Highlands. It is located on Eilean Donan, an island near the point where the sea lochs Loch Duich, Loch Alsh and Loch Long meet. This view from north was made at high tide. (POTD) ( 2010-08#10 - caption) |
Wikimedian Eusebius (Guillaume Piolle) (credit) | |
36 | 13 | Other animals #3 File:PortraitOfAnIguana.jpg 200904-041 |
Votelist | 14 | 24 | Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) posing in the Oslo Reptile Park. (POTD) ( 2009-09#23 - caption) |
Wikimedian Uspn, Bjørn Christian Tørrissen (credit) | |
9 | 14 | People #3 File:Piers Sellers spacewalk.jpg 200904-059 |
Votelist | 16 | 22 | Astronaut Piers Sellers during the third spacewalk of STS-121, a demonstration of orbiter heat shield repair techniques. (POTD) ( 2009-08#03 - caption) |
NASA, Astronaut Michael Edward Fossum (credit) | |
33 | 15 | Birds #3 File:Dendrocygna bicolor wilhelma.jpg 200905-052 |
Votelist | 15 | 22 | A swimming Fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) (POTD) ( 2010-08#24 - caption) |
Wikimedian Nnc.banzai, Branko Kannenberg (credit) | |
24 | 16 | Plants and fungis #1 File:Lactarius indigo 48568 edit.jpg 200910-085 |
Votelist | 11 | 21 | The "indigo Lactarius", species Lactarius indigo (Schwein.) Fr. Specimen photographed in Strouds Run State Park, Athens, Ohio, USA. (POTD) ( 2010-08#06 - caption) |
Mushroom Observer Dan Molter edit by Tony Wills (credit) | |
23 | 17 | Panoramas #3 File:Back-scattering crepuscular rays panorama 1.jpg 200910-047 |
Votelist | 11 | 18 | Back-scattering Crepuscular rays. (POTD) ( 2010-09#26 - caption) |
Wikimedian Mbz1, Mila Zinkova (credit) | |
30 | 18 | Arthropods #3 File:Perclimenes imperator (Emperor shrimp) on Bohadschia argus (Sea cucumber).jpg 200903-055 |
Votelist | 12 | 17 | Done | Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus) (POTD) ( 2009-05#22 - caption) |
Wikimedian Nhobgood Nick Hobgood (credit) |
16 | 19 | Objects #2 File:Middelgrunden wind farm 2009-07-01 edit filtered.jpg 200908-002 |
Votelist | 10 | 17 | Middelgrunden offshore wind farm (40 MW) in the Øresund, 3.5 km outside Copenhagen, Denmark. (POTD) ( 2010-08#17 - caption) |
Wikimedian Slaunger, Kim Hansen Postprocessing by Richard Bartz and Kim Hansen. (credit) | |
29 | 20 | Arthropods #3 File:Cetonia aurata take off composition 05172009.jpg 200906-018 |
Votelist | 10 | 14 | Done | This is a compilation of multiple images showing a take-off of Cetonia aurata. (POTD) ( 2009-08#13 - caption) |
Wikimedian Wilder Kaiser, Ernie (credit) |
10 | 21 | Constructions #1 File:Sydney Opera House - Dec 2008.jpg 200908-033 |
Votelist | 11 | 13 | A exposure blended photo of the Sydney Opera House, as viewed from the Sydney Harbour Bridge. (POTD) ( 2009-10#09 - caption) |
Wikimedian User:Diliff, David Iliff (credit) | |
12 | 22 | Constructions #3 File:Cappadocia March 2006.jpg 200904-106 |
Votelist | 4 | 13 | Town of Ortahisar in Cappadocia, a region in central Turkey. (POTD) ( 2010-08#13 - caption) |
Wikimedian Mbz1 Mila Zinkova (credit) | |
13 | 23 | Constructions #3 File:80 - Machu Picchu - Juin 2009 - edit.jpg 200910-082 |
Votelist | 9 | 13 | The Macchu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Cusco in Peru, at twilight (POTD) ( 2010-03#28 - caption) |
Wikimedian S23678, Martin St-Amant (credit) | |
3 | 24 | Diagrams #3 File:Geneva mechanism 6spoke animation.gif 200908-003 |
Votelist | 7 | 12 | This animation shows a six-position Geneva Mechanism in operation (POTD) ( 2010-09#16 - caption) |
Wikimedian Mike1024 (credit) | |
4 | 25 | Artworks #1 File:Great Wave off Kanagawa2.jpg 200901-005 |
Votelist | 7 | 12 | The Great Wave off Kanagawa (POTD) ( 2010-04#12 - caption) |
created by Katsushika Hokusai, restored and uploaded by Wikimedian Durova (credit) | |
26 | 26 | Plants and fungis #3 File:Boletus in Finnish forest.jpg 200909-071 |
Votelist | 5 | 11 | Unidentified Boletus growing in a Finnish forest at Heinäsaari island of Lake Saimaa in Lappeenranta, Finland (POTD) ( 2010-09#15 - caption) |
Wikimedian Petritap (credit) | |
37 | 27 | Other animals #3 File:Dendrobates azureus (Dendrobates tinctorius) Edit.jpg 200905-006 |
Votelist | 9 | 11 | Dendrobates azureus (POTD) ( 2009-10#19 - caption) |
Wikimedian Michael Gäbler (credit) | |
6 | 28 | Artworks #3 File:Aivazovsky, Ivan - The Ninth Wave.jpg 200909-066 |
Votelist | 7 | 9 | The Ninth Wave (Девятый вал) by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1850) (POTD) ( 2010-08#18 - caption) |
Иван Константинович Айвазовский (Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, painter) (credit) | |
11 | 29 | Constructions #2 File:Petronas Panorama II.jpg 200905-040 |
Votelist | 5 | 9 | Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The night view conveys a symmetry impression. (POTD) ( 2010-08#04 - caption) |
Wikimedian Someformofhuman (credit) | |
35 | 30 | Other animals #2 File:Tamias striatus CT.jpg 200908-085 |
Votelist | 5 | 8 | Eastern Chipmunk with cheeks filled of food supply, Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada (POTD) ( 2010-08#08 - caption) |
Wikimedian Cephas (credit) | |
2 | 31 | Diagrams #2 File:Universal joint.gif 200909-056 |
Votelist | 6 | 7 | Animation of a universal joint. (POTD) ( 2010-08#16 - caption) |
Wikimedian Van helsing (credit) | |
1 | 32 | Diagrams #1 File:Mandel zoom 11 satellite double spiral.jpg 200909-074 |
Votelist | 1 | 5 | Partial view of the Mandelbrot set. (POTD) ( 2010-09#12 - caption) |
Wikimedian Wolfgangbeyer (credit) | |
25 | 33 | Plants and fungis #2 File:Carrots of many colors.jpg 200906-014 |
Votelist | 0 | 5 | Carrots of many colors. (POTD) ( 2009-07#12 - caption) |
USDA Stephen Ausmus (credit) | |
22 | 34 | Panoramas #2 File:Chichen Itza 1.jpg 200909-002 |
Votelist | 1 | 3 | Temple of Warriors in Chichén Itzá, Mexico. (POTD) ( 2010-08#07 - caption) |
Wikimedian Dschwen, Daniel Schwen (credit) | |
32 | 35 | Birds #2 File:Weisskopf Seeadler haliaeetus leucocephalus 8 amk.jpg 200906-030 |
Votelist | 1 | 3 | A Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). (POTD) ( 2010-01#06 - caption) |
Wikimedian AngMoKio (credit) | |
38 | 36 | Other animals #3 File:Arothron hispidus is kissing my camera at Big Island of Hawaii.jpg 200911-012 |
Votelist | 0 | 3 | A Puffer Fish, Arothron hispidus in Hawaii. (POTD) ( 2010-08#19 - caption) |
Wikimedian Mbz1, Mila Zinkova (credit) | |
20 | 37 | Nature #3 File:F5 tornado Elie Manitoba 2007.jpg 200907-003 |
Votelist | 2 | 2 | Category F5 tornado (upgraded from initial estimate of F4) viewed from the southeast as it approached Elie, Manitoba on Friday, June 22nd, 2007. (POTD) ( 2009-11#13 - caption) |
Wikimedian Justin1569, (Justin Hobson) (credit) | |
5 | 38 | Artworks #2 File:VanGogh-starry night ballance1.jpg 200901-029 |
Votelist | 0 | 0 | Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night. Oil on canvas, 73×92 cm, 28¾×36¼ in. (POTD) ( 2009-12#18 - caption) |
created by Vincent van Gogh (credit) |
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editFourth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year
(Preparation) · (Translations) · (Discussion) · Organising committee · (Issues / Help)
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