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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Wikimedia Commons, the most popular website for sharing and using photographs, has compiled the best pictures of 2011.

In the first part of this photo series, rediff.com presents some of the most popular photographs from Wikimedia Commons.

Also See: Wiki's Pictures of the Year-Part II

A view of the lake Bondhus in Norway. In the background, a view of the Bondhus Glacier as a part of the Folgefonna Glacier. 

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Self portrait of Tracy Caldwell Dyson in the Cupola module of the International Space Station observing the Earth below during Expedition 24.

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Cueva de los Verdes, Canary Islands, Spain. Reflection on water.

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Marsh Wren, Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Portrait of the common wasp is depicting the characteristic head markings.

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Grandidier's Baobab, picture taken near Morondava, Madagascar.

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

A SNCF TGV Duplex trainset is crossing the Cize - Bolozon viaduct over the Ain river. The viaduct is part of the Haut-Bugey line, which was reopened in December 2010 for services between Geneva and Paris.

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

CargoNet Di 12 'Euro 4000' (plowing through snow drifts at about 100 km/h. The train is an intermodal freight train from Bodo towards Trondheim. The picture was taken on the Saltfjellet between Lonsdal and Bolna, Norway.

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Red deer in Freyr forest, near Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium.

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Vicuna, one of the two wild South American camelids. In the background, the point on the Earth's surface that is farthest from the Earth's center, Chimborazo volcano -- Ecuador.

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Si-o-se Pol, also called the Allah-Verdi Khan Bridge, in Isfahan, Iran. It is ranked as being one of the most famous examples of Safavid bridge design.

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Saint Petersburg Mosque, Maiolica of portal, in the form of Muqarnas.

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Wiki's Pictures of the Year

Castle Neuschwanstein, Bavaria, Germany.

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