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Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for July 01, 2008. It was captioned as followed:
English: The Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River.
Alemannisch: Dr Horseshoe Bend vom Colorado Rivers
العربية: إنحناء حدوة الفرس في نهر كولورادو.
Беларуская: Лукавіна Хосшу-Бенд (Падкова) на рацэ Каларада (штат Арызона, ЗША).
Česky: Meandr řeky Colorado nazvaný Horsehoe Bend v Arizoně
Dansk: Horseshoe Bend på Colorado River i USA.
Deutsch: Der Horseshoe Bend des Colorado Rivers
English: The Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River.
Esperanto: Meandro Horseshoe Bend de la rivero Kolorado, Arizono, Usono
Español: La formación Horseshoe Bend en el río Colorado, América del Norte..
Français : Un méandre en forme de fer à cheval (The Horseshoe Bend), sur le fleuve Colorado, aux États-Unis.
Gaeilge: A formación Horseshoe Bend no río Colorado.
Magyar: A „Patkókanyar” (Horseshoe Bend) a Colorado-folyón
Íslenska: Skeifubugðan í Coloradofljóti í Bandaríkjunum.
Italiano: Il meandro Horseshoe Bend del fiume Colorado, Stati Uniti.
日本語: コロラド川の ホースシューベンド。
한국어: 콜로라도 강의 말굽 모양 협곡.
Lietuvių: Kolorado upės pasagos išlinkimas
Nederlands: de Horseshoe Bend in de Coloradorivier in de Amerikaanse staat Arizona
Polski: Meander rzeki Kolorado o nazwie Horseshoe Bend, Arizona, USA.
Português: A formação Horseshoe Bend no rio Colorado, nos Estados Unidos.
Русский: "Лошадиная Подкова" - изгиб на реке Колорадо
Slovenčina: Meander rieky Colorado nazvaný Horsehoe Bend v Arizone
Svenska: Horseshoe Bend på Coloradofloden i USA.
Українська: «Кінська Підкова» (The Horseshoe) — вигин річки Колорадо.
‪中文(简体)‬: 科罗拉多河 蹄铁湾
‪中文(繁體)‬: 美國 科羅拉多河的 蹄鐵灣

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36°52′44.7″N, 111°30′37.1″W

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Deutsch: Der Horseshoe Bend des Colorado Rivers befindet sich einige Kilometer südlich der Stadt Page in Arizona. Panorama zusammengesetzt aus 2x10 Hochformatbildern. Die Kamera wurde mit Hilfe eines Nodal Ninja Nodalpunktadapters (der auf einem Stativ befestigt war) rotiert. Alle Fotos wurden mit denselben Belichtungseinstellungen im RAW Format aufgezeichnet und mit denselben Einstellungen in einem RAW Konverter entwickelt. Zum Zusammenfügen wurde PTGUI verwendet.
English: The Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River is located a few kilometers south of the city of Page in Arizona. Panorama stitched from 2x10 portrait format images. The camera was rotated using a Nodal Ninja nodal point adapter which was mounted on a tripod. All photos were taken with the same exposure settings in RAW format and developed with exactly the same settings in a RAW converter. For stitching PTGUI was used.
Français : Le Horseshoe Bend de la riviere Colorado se trouve à quelques kilometres au sud de la ville de Page, en Arizona. Panorama construit à partir de 20 clichés format portrait assemblées avec [PTGUI http://www.ptgui.com/].
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Date

13th April 2008
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Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl
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