Commons:Photo challenge/Submitting

2025 – December – Factory interiors

The new challenge features Factory interiors.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout December UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. December 2025 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

There are 17 days 7 hours left before this challenge ends. (refresh)

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  In the historic compressor hall of Hansa coking plant, Dortmund, Germany
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  Fertigungshalle für Holzmodulbauelemente der Holzingenieurbaufirma Derix, Krefeld
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  Silk factory, throwing: female workers gain filaments from silk moth pupas and combine them to treads wound on weels with machine help, Dalat, Vietnam
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  In a Cuban cigar factory, Santiago de Cuba 1990
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  Turbines of the Geesthacht pumped storage power plant, Geesthacht, Germany
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  Control room of the Geesthacht pumped storage power plant (Original from 1958), Geesthacht, Germany
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  Flywheel of a briquette press, Energiefabrik Knappenrode, Knappenrode, Germany
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  Blast furnace with tapping channel and hot air ring pipe, Belval, Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg
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  Workshop in the former Carstens Keramik Rheinsberg GmbH manufactory
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  Electric kilns in the former Carstens Keramik Rheinsberg GmbH manufactory
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  Brew kettles in the pub brewery "Zum Alten Brauhaus"
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  Trolley of an overhead crane in the former BBC factory "Trafowerk" in Mannheim-Käfertal
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  Gärkeller einer Brauerei in Ulm
  Fermentation cellar of a brewery in Ulm
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  Sudhaus einer Brauerei in Ulm
  Brewhouse of a brewery in Ulm
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  Interior of the Rauberweihermühle mill at the Upper Palatinate Open-Air Museum in Neusath
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  Ships under construction at Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard,2025
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  Ships under construction at Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard,2025
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  Ships under construction at Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard,2025
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  Pump in the waterworks in Bamberg
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  Склад готовой продукции на пищевом производстве
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  A Derelict Factory in South Australia.
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  A steam turbine in the decommissioned coal-fired power station in Boxberg/Germany
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  Metallurgical furnace in operation inside an industrial foundry in Guwahati, Assam, India, showing molten metal being poured and workers engaged in the smelting process.
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  Sawmill in the open air museum Oberpfalz in Neusath
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  Moulin des Oliaux'Cog wheel Villeneuve d'Ascq (France)
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  Ironworker's artisanal workshop, Bergamo (Italia)
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  Inside mine pit of Arenberg (France)
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  Glassblowing demonstration at the Trélon (France)
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  Interior of the Pumphouse Restaurant in Winnipeg Manitoba
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  Inside vacant factory in Duluth Minnesota
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  Huta Pokój hot-rolling mill, water cooling
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  Huta Pokój hot-rolling mill, hot steel
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  Huta Pokój hot-rolling mill, water cooling
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  Huta Pokój hot-rolling mill, hot steel
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  Elektronische schakelruimte van een fabriek
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  To submit your photos please click here

2025 – December – Herders

The new challenge features Herders.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout December UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. December 2025 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

There are 17 days 7 hours left before this challenge ends. (refresh)

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  Modern herder on motor bike driving sheep through a Village in Extremadura, Spain 2011
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  Rabari herder with sheep, Rajasthan, India
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  Women drive their cattle and sheep to the watering hole, Rajasthan, India
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  Herder with water buffalos, Rajasthan, India
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  Small wooden toy figures of a shepherd, a flock of sheep, a dog, and a tree on a mirror
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  Small wooden toy figures of a shepherd, a flock of sheep, a dog, and a tree
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  Shepherd on motor bike with sheep herd, Cedillo, Spain
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  Shepherds with herd during the Almabtrieb in the Pitztal
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  Herders at the cattle-separate in the Kleinwalsertal
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  Herders at the cattle-separate in the Kleinwalsertal
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  Herders at the cattle-separate in the Kleinwalsertal
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  Encounter with a herder and his flock while riding through Montenegro.
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  Schafherde auf der Wiese in Bayern, Deutschland.
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  Schafherde auf der Wiese in Bayern, Deutschland.
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  Schafherde auf der Wiese in Bayern, Deutschland.
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  A shepherd and a flock of sheep on the Gegham Ridge in Armenia
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  Horse breeders in Khustain Nuruu National Park (Mongolia)
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  Goats with herder in an Argan tree in south-western Morocco
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  A Herder with goats in an Argan tree in Morocco
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  Shepherd in the pastures of Văcarea (Romania)
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  Vicugna pacos in Sillustani (Peru)
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  Dolomites, Italy
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  Transhumance of sheep above the village of Azet (France)
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  A shepherd tending goats on the grounds of the Abahuatsa fortress in Abkhazia
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  Pastore con il gregge alla Riserva naturale dell'Insugherata a Roma
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  Mountain pastures in Poland, Beskid Makowski
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  Hala Kamińskiego mountain pasture
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  Herd of Bison at Fort Whyte Alive in Winnipeg Manitoba
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  Sheep and shepherd in Zawoja
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  Herder die kudde door bos drijft
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  To submit your photos please click here