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Third Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

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Here is the gallery of the Finalists by categories. See also:

Emblems & Diagrams (30)[edit]

  • 1 Round 1 votes A 3D projection of a four-dimensional hypercube performing a simple rotation about a plane which bisects the figure from front-left to back-right and top to bottom. Credit: Wikimedian JasonHise.
    1 Round 1 votes
    A 3D projection of a four-dimensional hypercube performing a simple rotation about a plane which bisects the figure from front-left to back-right and top to bottom.
    Credit: Wikimedian JasonHise.
  • 2 Round 1 votes Animation of a simple constant-velocity joint. Credit: Wikimedian Pwld.
    2 Round 1 votes
    Animation of a simple constant-velocity joint.
    Credit: Wikimedian Pwld.
  • 3 Round 1 votes Wrist and hand deeper palmar dissection Credit: Wikimedian The Photographer.
    3 Round 1 votes
    Wrist and hand deeper palmar dissection
    Credit: Wikimedian The Photographer.

Non-photographic art and historic maps (31)[edit]

  • 1 Round 1 votes Drawing of a revealing figure Sythatia illustrating the term ecchi. Credit: Wikimedian Niabot.
    1 Round 1 votes
    Drawing of a revealing figure Sythatia illustrating the term ecchi.
    Credit: Wikimedian Niabot.
  • 2 Round 1 votes "Studies of Embryos" by Leonardo da Vinci (Pen over red chalk 1510-1513) Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour (Original drawing: Leonardo da Vinci).
    2 Round 1 votes
    "Studies of Embryos" by Leonardo da Vinci (Pen over red chalk 1510-1513)
    Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour
    (Original drawing: Leonardo da Vinci).
  • 3 Round 1 votes The Girl with a Pearl Earring. Credit: Johannes Vermeer (painter) .
    3 Round 1 votes
    The Girl with a Pearl Earring.
    Credit: Johannes Vermeer (painter) .

People and human activities (45)[edit]

  • 1 Round 1 votes Fire breathing Credit:Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
    1 Round 1 votes
    Fire breathing
    Credit:Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
  • 2 Round 1 votes Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, age thirty-two, in the 1930s. Credit: Dorothea Lange (photograph) Durova (restoration) .
    2 Round 1 votes
    Destitute pea pickers in California, mother of seven children, age thirty-two, in the 1930s.
    Credit: Dorothea Lange (photograph)
    Durova (restoration) .
  • 3 Round 1 votes A New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center (Text by U.S. Navy) Credit: Preston Keres .
    3 Round 1 votes
    A New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center (Text by U.S. Navy)
    Credit: Preston Keres .
  • Round 1 votes The United States Marine Corps (USMC) M-198 155mm Howitzer gun crew of 4th Battalion, 14th Marines, Marines at Camp Fallujah, Iraq in support of Operation Phantom Fury." Credit: Lance Corporal Samantha L. Jones .
    Round 1 votes
    The United States Marine Corps (USMC) M-198 155mm Howitzer gun crew of 4th Battalion, 14th Marines, Marines at Camp Fallujah, Iraq in support of Operation Phantom Fury."
    Credit: Lance Corporal Samantha L. Jones .

Objects and outer space (41)[edit]

  • 1 Round 1 votes Reflection in a soap bubble Credit: Wikimedian Mila Zinkova
    1 Round 1 votes
    Reflection in a soap bubble
    Credit: Wikimedian Mila Zinkova
  • 2 Round 1 votes The tall ship Irving Johnson lies hard aground, only yards from shore, near the entrance to Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, California, March 2005. Credit: Mike Brodey Edited by Massimo Catarinella .
    2 Round 1 votes
    The tall ship Irving Johnson lies hard aground, only yards from shore, near the entrance to Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, California, March 2005.
    Credit: Mike Brodey
    Edited by Massimo Catarinella .
  • 3 Round 1 votes A pyrotechnics stunt exhibition by "Giant Auto Rodéo" Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
    3 Round 1 votes
    A pyrotechnics stunt exhibition by "Giant Auto Rodéo"
    Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
  • Round 1 votes The Whirlpool Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy M51, NGC 5194) in the Canes Venatici constellation. Credit: NASA and European Space Agency .
    Round 1 votes
    The Whirlpool Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy M51, NGC 5194) in the Canes Venatici constellation.
    Credit: NASA and European Space Agency .

Cities, architecture, constructions, and related (79)[edit]

  • 1　Round 1 votes Steam locomotives in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois rail yards in 1942. Credit: Jack Delano (photograph) Durova (restoration) .
    1　Round 1 votes Steam locomotives in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois rail yards in 1942.
    Credit: Jack Delano (photograph)
    Durova (restoration) .
  • 2 Round 1 votes Château de Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France Credit: Wikimedian Ra-smit Edited by Caspian blue.
    2 Round 1 votes
    Château de Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France
    Credit: Wikimedian Ra-smit
    Edited by Caspian blue.
  • 3 Round 1 votes A fire in Massueville, Quebec, Canada. Credit: Wikimedian Sylvain Pedneault.
    3 Round 1 votes
    A fire in Massueville, Quebec, Canada.
    Credit: Wikimedian Sylvain Pedneault.
  • Round 1 votes Opera House of Paris, the Palais garnier's grand salon. Credit: Wikimedian Eric Pouhier
    Round 1 votes
    Opera House of Paris, the Palais garnier's grand salon.
    Credit: Wikimedian Eric Pouhier
  • Round 1 votes Escalators at a Copenhagen Metro station. Credit: Stig Nygaard Edited by Lycaon .
    Round 1 votes
    Escalators at a Copenhagen Metro station.
    Credit: Stig Nygaard
    Edited by Lycaon .
  • Round 1 votes The Walt Disney Concert Hall, home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, features an acoustically superior auditorium paneled in hardwood. Credit: Carol M. Highsmith .
    Round 1 votes
    The Walt Disney Concert Hall, home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, features an acoustically superior auditorium paneled in hardwood.
    Credit: Carol M. Highsmith .
  • Round 1 votes Gordon Dam, Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Credit: Wikimedian Noodle snacks.
    Round 1 votes
    Gordon Dam, Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia.
    Credit: Wikimedian Noodle snacks.

Nature views (42)[edit]

  • 1 Round 1 votes Arching fountain of a Pahoehoe approximately 10 m high (south of Pu‘u Kahaualea). Credit: J.D. Griggs Edited by Mbz1 .
    1 Round 1 votes
    Arching fountain of a Pahoehoe approximately 10 m high (south of Pu‘u Kahaualea).
    Credit: J.D. Griggs
    Edited by Mbz1 .
  • 2 Round 1 votes Yamnuska, officially known as Mount John Laurie, in Kananaskis Country west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Credit: Wikimedian Chuck Szmurlo.
    2 Round 1 votes
    Yamnuska, officially known as Mount John Laurie, in Kananaskis Country west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    Credit: Wikimedian Chuck Szmurlo.
  • 3 Round 1 votes Crepuscular rays. Credit: Wikimedian Mila Zinkova.
    3 Round 1 votes
    Crepuscular rays.
    Credit: Wikimedian Mila Zinkova.
  • Round 1 votes An ice wall and the ocean floor at Explorer's Cover, New Harbor, McMurdo Sound, adjacent to remote-controlled photographic equipment. Credit: Steve Clabuesch Edited by Lycaon .
    Round 1 votes
    An ice wall and the ocean floor at Explorer's Cover, New Harbor, McMurdo Sound, adjacent to remote-controlled photographic equipment.
    Credit: Steve Clabuesch
    Edited by Lycaon .

Panoramas (57)[edit]

  • 1 Round 1 votes Blasting of a chimney at the former Henninger brewery in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Sachsenhausen. Credit: Wikimedian Heptagon.
    1 Round 1 votes
    Blasting of a chimney at the former Henninger brewery in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Sachsenhausen.
    Credit: Wikimedian Heptagon.
  • 2 Round 1 votes View over Paris. Credit: Wikimedian Benh LIEU SONG.
    2 Round 1 votes
    View over Paris.
    Credit: Wikimedian Benh LIEU SONG.
  • 3 Round 1 votes Hong Kong night skyline. Credit: Wikimedian Base64 Edited by CarolSpears.
    3 Round 1 votes
    Hong Kong night skyline.
    Credit: Wikimedian Base64
    Edited by CarolSpears.
  • Round 1 votes The Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River. Credit: Wikimedian Christian Mehlführer.
    Round 1 votes
    The Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River.
    Credit: Wikimedian Christian Mehlführer.
  • Round 1 votes A multi segment panoramic image of the London skyline from the Bermondsey banks of the Thames. Credit: Wikimedian Diliff.
    Round 1 votes
    A multi segment panoramic image of the London skyline from the Bermondsey banks of the Thames.
    Credit: Wikimedian Diliff.
  • Round 1 votes Panorama of the mountains along the Ulvikfjord, a side arm of the Hardangerfjord in Western Norway. Credit: Wikimedian Aqwis.
    Round 1 votes
    Panorama of the mountains along the Ulvikfjord, a side arm of the Hardangerfjord in Western Norway.
    Credit: Wikimedian Aqwis.

Plants and fungi (38)[edit]

  • 1 Round 1 votes An Osteospermum en cultivar Credit: Wikimedian Derek Ramsey.
    1 Round 1 votes
    An Osteospermum en cultivar
    Credit: Wikimedian Derek Ramsey.
  • 2 Round 1 votes Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus). Credit: Wikimedian Martin Hirtreiter.
    2 Round 1 votes
    Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus).
    Credit: Wikimedian Martin Hirtreiter.
  • 3 Round 1 votes A flower of Nelumbo nucifera at Botanic Garden, Adelaide, South Australia Credit: Wikimedian Peripitus.
    3 Round 1 votes
    A flower of Nelumbo nucifera at Botanic Garden, Adelaide, South Australia
    Credit: Wikimedian Peripitus.
  • Round 1 votes Dew on grass Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
    Round 1 votes
    Dew on grass
    Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
  • Round 1 votes Some European Larches (Larix decidua) at dusk on the Siusi alp, South Tyrol, Italy near the Sassolungo range Credit: Wikimedian Llorenzi.
    Round 1 votes
    Some European Larches (Larix decidua) at dusk on the Siusi alp, South Tyrol, Italy near the Sassolungo range
    Credit: Wikimedian Llorenzi.

Arthropods (79)[edit]

  • 1 Round 1 votes Electron scan micrography of The Rust Mite (Aceria anthocoptes). Credit:Erbe, Pooley: USDA, ARS, EMU. Edited by Lycaon .
    1 Round 1 votes
    Electron scan micrography of The Rust Mite (Aceria anthocoptes). Credit:Erbe, Pooley: USDA, ARS, EMU.
    Edited by Lycaon .
  • 2 Round 1 votes Animated Gif of a Cicada (Tibicen sp.) Molting. Credit: Wikimedian T. Nathan Mundhenk Edited by CarolSpears .
    2 Round 1 votes
    Animated Gif of a Cicada (Tibicen sp.) Molting.
    Credit: Wikimedian T. Nathan Mundhenk
    Edited by CarolSpears .
  • 3 Round 1 votes Giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) found at 1AM near a light bulb in Newport News, Virginia. Credit: Wikimedian Kevincollins123.
    3 Round 1 votes
    Giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) found at 1AM near a light bulb in Newport News, Virginia.
    Credit: Wikimedian Kevincollins123.
  • Round 1 votes Head of a fly (Caliphrodae) Credit: Wikimedian Richard Bartz.
    Round 1 votes
    Head of a fly (Caliphrodae)
    Credit: Wikimedian Richard Bartz.
  • Round 1 votes "Platycryptus undatus". A 9 millimeter-long female jumping spider found in Newport News, Virginia. Credit: Wikimedian Kevincollins123.
    Round 1 votes
    "Platycryptus undatus". A 9 millimeter-long female jumping spider found in Newport News, Virginia.
    Credit: Wikimedian Kevincollins123.
  • Round 1 votes Eastern Lubber Grasshopper(Romalea microptera) Credit: Wikimedian Tomfriedel.
    Round 1 votes
    Eastern Lubber Grasshopper(Romalea microptera)
    Credit: Wikimedian Tomfriedel.
  • Round 1 votes Photograph of a female Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus en ) feeding on the nectar of the Mexican Sunflower . Credit: Wikimedian Derek Ramsey.
    Round 1 votes
    Photograph of a female Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus en ) feeding on the nectar of the Mexican Sunflower .
    Credit: Wikimedian Derek Ramsey.
  • Round 1 votes Snipe fly (Rhagio_scolopaceus) Credit: Wikimedian Richard Bartz.
    Round 1 votes
    Snipe fly (Rhagio_scolopaceus)
    Credit: Wikimedian Richard Bartz.

Birds (28)[edit]

Other animals (40)[edit]

  • 1 Round 1 votes Horses on Bianditz mountain. Credit: Mikel Ortega Edited by Richard Bartz.
    1 Round 1 votes
    Horses on Bianditz mountain.
    Credit: Mikel Ortega
    Edited by Richard Bartz.
  • 2 Round 1 votes "Synchiropus splendidus" Mandarinfish in aquarium-Muséum Liège (Belgium) Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
    2 Round 1 votes
    "Synchiropus splendidus" Mandarinfish in aquarium-Muséum Liège (Belgium)
    Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
  • 3 Round 1 votes Green turtle, Chelonia mydas, and his total internal reflection. Credit: Wikimedian Mila Zinkova.
    3 Round 1 votes
    Green turtle, Chelonia mydas, and his total internal reflection.
    Credit: Wikimedian Mila Zinkova.
  • Round 1 votes The Red-eyed Tree Frog (Litoria chloris) found in eastern Australia. Credit: Wikimedian LiquidGhoul Edited by Muhammad.
    Round 1 votes
    The Red-eyed Tree Frog (Litoria chloris) found in eastern Australia.
    Credit: Wikimedian LiquidGhoul
    Edited by Muhammad.

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