Picture of the day Aerial view of the ruins of Takht-i-Bahi, a 1st-century CE Buddhist monastery complex located in what was once the ancient Indian region of Gandhara, in the present-day northern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is representative of Buddhist monastic architecture from its era and the ruins were listed as a World Heritage Site in 1980, with UNESCO describing it as having been "exceptionally well-preserved".

Picture of the day Chalcophaps indica (Asian Emerald Dove) in Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha, India.

Picture of the day Flower buds in development of a Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (Montbretia). Focus stack of 54 photos.

Picture of the day A staircase of Liesikuja parking hall in Myyrmäki, Vantaa, Finland in 2022 May.

Picture of the day A Marmelade fly (Episyrphus balteatus) on flight.

Picture of the day Small waterfall on Gunung Lambak, one of several along the stream that flows next to the main path up the mountain. This is a focus stack of 2 photographs, and a neutral density filter was used to allow a long exposure time of 2 seconds.

Picture of the day Fields in the Nilgiri mountains in early morning light, near Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India

Picture of the day Operating an aerial camera Wild Heerbrugg from a biplane Häfeli DH-5 (military) for aeronautical photogrammetry. Image captured in 1930.

Picture of the day Platypus or Duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) near Scottsadale, Tasmania, Australia.

Picture of the day Boat poled through a mangrove arch, Ashtamudi Lake, Kollam, Kerala, India

Picture of the day Escheckstraße (with mast of a T-bar lift), Schönwald im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Picture of the day View of the coastal artillery site Castillitos, Cartagena, Spain. It was built together with the coastal artillery Cenizas in order to protect the entrance to the Bay of Cartagena in the Mediterranean Sea. The construction took place between 1933 and 1936 following a project from 1926 during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. It's a Spanish National Heritage Monument since 1985.