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David statue

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Could you take a look at the file page of the statue photo, there is some formatting error there, making a CG image obliterate part of the page. BTW: Thanks for your very valuable work on FPC! Janke | Talk 08:46, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Janke, I can't fix it. People at Commons:Help desk will know what to do. Bammesk (talk) 02:30, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Castle Bravo

Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear-weapon design tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Castle. Detonated on March 1, 1954, the device was the most powerful nuclear device detonated by the United States and the first lithium deuteride–fueled thermonuclear weapon tested using the Teller–Ulam design. Castle Bravo's yield was 15 megatonnes of TNT (63 petajoules), 2.5 times the predicted 6 megatonnes of TNT (25 petajoules), due to unforeseen additional reactions involving lithium-7, which led to radioactive contamination in the surrounding area. This photograph shows the Castle Bravo nuclear device, known as SHRIMP, in its shot cab.

Photograph credit: United States Atomic Energy Commission; restored by Bammesk

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Happy Onam

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Happy and prosperous Onam!

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Restored, with a query. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.5% of all FPs. 07:24, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Bammesk,

This is to let you know that File:AS15-88-11866 -_Apollo_15_flag,_rover,_LM,_Irwin_-_restoration1.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 26, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-07-26. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 11:16, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Apollo 15

Apollo 15 (July 26 – August 7, 1971) was the fourth crewed mission to land on the Moon. It was the first of three J missions, with a longer stay on the Moon, a greater focus on science, and the use of the first Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). David Scott and James Irwin landed near Hadley Rille and spent 18 and a half hours on extravehicular activity (EVA), collecting 170 pounds (77 kg) of surface material. During the return trip, Alfred Worden performed the first spacewalk in deep space. The mission included the collection of the Genesis Rock, thought to be part of the Moon's early crust, and Scott used a hammer and a feather to demonstrate Galileo's theory that, absent air resistance, objects fall at the same rate regardless of mass. The mission was later marred when it was found that the crew had carried unauthorized postal covers to the lunar surface, some of which were sold by a West German stamp dealer. The crew was reprimanded for poor judgment, and none flew in space again. This photograph, taken by Scott during an EVA on August 2, shows Irwin giving a military salute beside the U.S. flag. The Lunar Module Falcon is in the center, with the LRV on the right.

Photograph credit: David Scott; restored by Bammesk and Basile Morin

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest and most massive of the four rocky planets. About 29% of Earth's surface is land, with the remaining 71% covered with water and much of Earth's polar regions covered in ice. Earth's interior is active with a solid iron inner core, a liquid outer core that generates Earth's magnetic field, and a convective mantle that drives plate tectonics. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Within the first billion years of Earth's history, life appeared in the oceans and began to affect Earth's atmosphere and surface. Since then, the combination of Earth's distance from the Sun, physical properties and geological history have allowed life to evolve and thrive, including more than 8 billion humans. Earth is orbited by one permanent natural satellite, the Moon, which orbits Earth at 384,400 km (1.28 light seconds) and is roughly a quarter as wide as Earth. This view of Earth was taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2015, from above the Compton crater on the Moon.

Photograph credit: NASA

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A barnstar for you!

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The Original Barnstar
Perfect for my wiki. Thanks. Cojoilustrado (talk) 01:02, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

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Seasonal greetings!!

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

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Hi Bammesk,

This is to let you know that File:Entire-embroidery-magna-carta-cornelia-parker - edit1.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for June 15, 2025. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2025-06-15. I will use the tall image template for this POTD, I hope that's alright. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! ―Howard🌽33 20:57, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Embroidery of Magna Carta wikipedia article

Magna Carta (An Embroidery) is a 2015 work by English installation artist Cornelia Parker. The artwork is an embroidered representation of the complete text and images of an online encyclopedia article for Magna Carta, as it appeared in English Wikipedia on 15 June 2014, the 799th anniversary of the document. The hand-stitched embroidery is 1.5 metres (5') wide and nearly 13 metres (42') long. The embroidery formed part of an exhibition celebrating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta on 15 June 2015. It was displayed in the Entrance Hall of the British Library from 15 May to 24 July 2015.

Embroidery credit: Cornelia Parker; Scanned by British Library; edited by Bammesk

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Hi Bammesk,

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Photograph of Nikola Tesla seated next to a high-voltage generator

Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating-current electricity supply system. This photograph, taken in Tesla's laboratory in Colorado Springs in December 1899, supposedly shows him reading in a chair next to his giant "magnifying transmitter" high-voltage generator while the machine produces huge bolts of electricity. The image was created through a double exposure as part of a promotional stunt by the photographer Dickenson V. Alley. The machine's huge sparks were first photographed in the darkened room, then the photographic plate was exposed again with the machine off and Tesla sitting in the chair. Tesla admitted that the photograph was false in his book Colorado Springs Notes, 1899–1900.

Photograph credit: Dickenson V. Alley; restored by Bammesk

Sorry for the late notice. I have moved the POTD to July 10th (Template:POTD/2024-07-10) to coincide with Tesla's birthday. --PFHLai (talk) 18:31, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Bammesk,

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Marie Curie

Marie Curie (1867–1934) was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. Born in Warsaw, she studied in Poland until she was 24, when she moved to Paris to earn her higher degrees. In 1895, she married French physicist Pierre Curie, and in 1903 she shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Pierre and physicist Henri Becquerel for their pioneering work developing the theory of "radioactivity" – a term she coined. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She won a second Nobel Prize in 1911, the first person to do so, for her discovery of the elements polonium and radium. Under her direction, the world's first studies were conducted into the treatment of neoplasms by the use of radioactive isotopes. During World War I, she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals. She founded the Curie Institute in Paris in 1920, and the Curie Institute in Warsaw in 1932. This photograph of Curie was taken in around 1920 by French photographer Henri Manuel.

Photograph credit: Henri Manuel; restored by FMSky and Bammesk

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This is to let you know that File:Aerial image of Grand Prismatic Spring (view from the south).jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for September 13, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-09-13. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! :Jay8g [VTE] 01:46, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Grand Prismatic Spring

Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world. It is located in the Midway Geyser Basin. Grand Prismatic Spring was noted by geologists working in the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871, and named by them for its striking coloration. Its colors match most of those seen in the rainbow dispersion of white light by an optical prism: red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. The bright, vivid colors in the spring are the result of microbial mats around the edges of the mineral-rich water. The mats produce colors ranging from green to red; the amount of color in the microbial mats depends on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids and on the temperature gradient in the runoff. In the summer, the mats tend to be orange and red, whereas in the winter the mats are usually dark green. The deep blue color of the water in the center of the pool results from the intrinsic blue color of water. The effect is strongest in the center of the spring, because of its sterility and depth. This aerial photo shows Grand Prismatic Spring from the south in August 2022.

Photograph credit: Carsten Steger