

Commons Picture of the Year 2011 #1 – 143 votes in Final; A view of the lake Bondhus in Norway. In the background a view of the Bondhus Glacier as a part of the Folgefonna Glacier. (POTD) Credit: Heinrich Pniok (Alchemist-hp / ).











#4 – 54 votes in Final; Portrait of the common wasp Vespula vulgaris depicting the characteristic head markings. (POTD) Credit: Tim Evison, from Denmark (Tpe).











# 5 – 46 votes in Final; 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 TGV services between Geneva and Paris. (POTD) Credit: David Gubler (Kabelleger / ).











#6 – 39 votes in Final; CargoNet Di 12 "Euro 4000" (road number 312 006) plowing through snow drifts at about 100 km/h. The train is an intermodal freight train from Bodø towards Trondheim. The picture was taken on the Saltfjellet between Lønsdal and Bolna, Norway. (POTD) Credit: David Gubler (Kabelleger / ).











#7 – 37 votes in Final; Red deer (Cervus elaphus), in Freyr forest, near Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium. (POTD) Credit: Luc Viatour (Lviatour).











#8 – 35 votes in Final; Vicuña, one of 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. (POTD) Credit: David Torres Costales (Dabit100).











#9 – 34 votes in Final; Animation of the act of unrolling a circle's circumference, illustrating the ratio π. (POTD) Credit: John Reid (edited version by MGTom).











#16 – 23 votes in Final; A hot air balloon being inflated before air trip over Cappadocia, central Turkey, as seen from inside.. (POTD) Credit: Benh Lieu Song (Benh).











#16 – 23 votes in Final; Pollination by a bee. (POTD) Credit: Louise Docker ( .











#16 – 23 votes in Final; A snowy ski-lift on top of Åreskutan, in Sweden. (POTD) Credit: Anders Carlsson ( .











#18 – 19 votes in Final; Two boys at the beach. One is buried in the sand and the other is bending forward while holding the other's head. (Not a photo montage) (POTD) Credit: Böhringer Friedrich (Böhringer).











#19 – 18 votes in Final; A Red deer (Cervus elaphus), in Freyr forest, near Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium. (POTD) Credit: Luc Viatour (Lviatour).











#20 – 17 votes in Final; El Golfo Beach in Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Spain). (POTD) Credit: Luc Viatour (Lviatour).











#20 – 17 votes in Final; A mountain massif of Flakstadøya island backgrounding the road (Fylkesvei 807) to Nusfjord village, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway in 2010 September. For example, there are such summits as Stjernhauet, Stjerntinden, Bjørntinden and Sautinden either visible or nonvisible due to the cloud situation. (POTD) Credit: Simo Räsänen (Ximonic).











#22 – 15 votes in Final; Panoramic picture of Rätikon mountain range in Austria, near the border of Switzerland, with Austrian Alpine Club hut Tilisunahütte on the left. (POTD) Credit: Böhringer Friedrich (Böhringer).











#23 – 14 votes in Final; Broad view of Hurricane Isabel captured from ISS. (POTD) Credit: Mike Trenchard, Earth Sciences & Image Analysis Laboratory of Johnson Space Center (NASA).







