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 Frescos at Sankt Mang Basilica Füssen, main fresco is showing the death of Magnus of Füssen Change image |
English : Frescos at Sankt Mang Basilica Füssen, main fresco is showing the death of Magnus of Füssen
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Song of a Black-chinned Hummingbird. Choose a new media file |
English : Song of a Black-chinned Hummingbird.
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 Black-faced female impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi) drinking from a water hole named "Kalkheuwel Bore Hole" in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Change image |
English : Black-faced female impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi) drinking from a water hole named "Kalkheuwel Bore Hole" in Etosha National Park, Namibia.
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A maize dish making by roadside vendor in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. Choose a new media file |
English : A maize dish making by roadside vendor in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
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 Italy, Sicily, Agrigento, Valley of the Temples, Temple of Juno Lacinia. Change image |
English : Italy, Sicily, Agrigento, Valley of the Temples, Temple of Juno Lacinia.
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Parachute Landing Choose a new media file |
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 Caracal caracal in the Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa Change image |
A marsh fly (Trypetoptera punctulata) moving in the grass of a meadow. Choose a new media file |
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 Taagepera manor main building in Estonia. Change image |
English : Taagepera manor main building in Estonia.
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 Finnish gymnast Laura Viherva. Change image |
English : Finnish gymnast Laura Viherva.
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A severe case of sleep apnea: after strong rhythmic snoring, the patient does not breathe for a long (32 s) period of sleep apnoea before snoring is finally resumed (the slightly audible background noise is due to a TV set). Choose a new media file |
English : A severe case of sleep apnea: after strong rhythmic snoring, the patient does not breathe for a long (32 s) period of sleep apnoea before snoring is finally resumed (the slightly audible background noise is due to a TV set).
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 Coulommiers cheese, a cousin of the brie cheese. Change image |
Pine Grosbeak, Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada. Common Redpoll in the background. Choose a new media file |
English : Pine Grosbeak, Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada. Common Redpoll in the background.
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Dog walking with an Irish Wolfhound mix in the Mission in San Francisco. Choose a new media file |
English : Dog walking with an Irish Wolfhound mix in the Mission in San Francisco.
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 Portrait of Fedor Dostoyevsky, by Vasily Perov. Change image |
Expo 2010 Shanghai China, Opening-ceremony fireworks, looking SW towards site, from under Puxi side of Nanpu bridge Choose a new media file |
English : Expo 2010 Shanghai China, Opening-ceremony fireworks, looking SW towards site, from under Puxi side of Nanpu bridge
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The ship "Noordam" of the Holland America Line brings the first relief supplies from America to the port of Rotterdam, as agreed upon in the Marshall Plan. On board there is wheat, general cargo, soy oil, agricultural machinery, steel and cars. SHOTS - with fireworks, the ship's nachtst (three hours in the morning), welcomed into the port of Hoek van Holland - in the dawn steam reached the port of Rotterdam and moors - the Dutch swimmer Nel van Brook rushing down the ramp and is greeted on the dock - port workers begin using cranes to unload the ship - the U.S. ambassador, Dr. Henry Baruch (goatee and cane), comes with his wife (?) And company, starting on the quay and went to the Philadelphia pilot of HAL, - int. pilot: a great company listens to speakers, including Foreign Minister, Mr. CGWH Baron of Boetzelaer van Oosterhout, the Minister of Economic Affairs, Dr. JRM van den Brink, and Dr. Baruch, - the captain of the ship, Koster, submit to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ir SL Mansholt, symbolically, a small bag of wheat - Baruch, Mansholt and company walk the dock road, - an elevator gets wheat from the hold of the Noordam and pours it into the hold of smaller vessel. Choose a new media file |
English : The ship "Noordam" of the Holland America Line brings the first relief supplies from America to the port of Rotterdam, as agreed upon in the Marshall Plan. On board there is wheat, general cargo, soy oil, agricultural machinery, steel and cars. SHOTS - with fireworks, the ship's nachtst (three hours in the morning), welcomed into the port of Hoek van Holland - in the dawn steam reached the port of Rotterdam and moors - the Dutch swimmer Nel van Brook rushing down the ramp and is greeted on the dock - port workers begin using cranes to unload the ship - the U.S. ambassador, Dr. Henry Baruch (goatee and cane), comes with his wife (?) And company, starting on the quay and went to the Philadelphia pilot of HAL, - int. pilot: a great company listens to speakers, including Foreign Minister, Mr. CGWH Baron of Boetzelaer van Oosterhout, the Minister of Economic Affairs, Dr. JRM van den Brink, and Dr. Baruch, - the captain of the ship, Koster, submit to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ir SL Mansholt, symbolically, a small bag of wheat - Baruch, Mansholt and company walk the dock road, - an elevator gets wheat from the hold of the Noordam and pours it into the hold of smaller vessel.
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 Dwarf honey bees (Apis florea) were introduced from Oman to Jordan most probably through a cargo ship that docked in the port of Aqaba. First reported in 2007, this species has established in southern Jordan and Israel and is considered there as invasive. The agricultural and conservation sectors in Israel have expressed fears that the bees will spread northwards, potentially competing with local bees for food resources and jeopardizing crop pollination. Pictured here is a worker foraging on a native plant on the outskirts of Eilat. Change image |
English : Dwarf honey bees (Apis florea) were introduced from Oman to Jordan most probably through a cargo ship that docked in the port of Aqaba. First reported in 2007, this species has established in southern Jordan and Israel and is considered there as invasive. The agricultural and conservation sectors in Israel have expressed fears that the bees will spread northwards, potentially competing with local bees for food resources and jeopardizing crop pollination. Pictured here is a worker foraging on a native plant on the outskirts of Eilat.
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A mediterranean species of short-horned grasshoppers (Pezotettix giornae) in copula. Choose a new media file |
English : A mediterranean species of short-horned grasshoppers (Pezotettix giornae) in copula.
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 A young wild boar in his environment in the Wisentgehege Springe game park near Springe, Hanover, Germany. Change image |
English : A young wild boar in his environment in the Wisentgehege Springe game park near Springe, Hanover, Germany.
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On the street where you live (हिंदी टाइटल : तेरे घर के सामने) Neighbours and neighbourhoods often shape our identities.This film by Snehal Phadakale tells us about an enigmatic neighbour whose mansion is next to a slum. He is rarely seen but very influential in the lives of the people in the locality. Choose a new media file |
English : On the street where you live (हिंदी टाइटल : तेरे घर के सामने)
Neighbours and neighbourhoods often shape our identities.This film by Snehal Phadakale tells us about an enigmatic neighbour whose mansion is next to a slum. He is rarely seen but very influential in the lives of the people in the locality.
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 A sight of dry, hot and salt-encrusted Etosha pan over the parched savannah in Namibia. The air in the background is hot, very shimmering and dusty. The tree is an acacia tortilis. Change image |
English : A sight of dry, hot and salt-encrusted Etosha pan over the parched savannah in Namibia. The air in the background is hot, very shimmering and dusty. The tree is an acacia tortilis.
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Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four rings. Choose a new media file |
English : Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four rings.
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 Lectotype, partial individual from excavation 'St' at Kindope, Tendaguru, Tanzania; Length 4,5 m; Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Change image |
English : Lectotype, partial individual from excavation 'St' at Kindope, Tendaguru, Tanzania; Length 4,5 m; Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
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On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative in February last year, philosopher Peter Suber is interviewed about his views on past, present and future developments in open access to scholarly publications. Choose a new media file |
English : On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Budapest Open Access Initiative in February last year, philosopher Peter Suber is interviewed about his views on past, present and future developments in open access to scholarly publications.
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 Gabrielle Cot, daughter of Pierre Auguste Cot, painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Change image |
Pan shot of the famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Choose a new media file |
English : Pan shot of the famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
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 A female Pygmy Dartlet (Agriocnemis pygmaea), a very small damselfly (less than 20 mm long). Photographed in Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Change image |
English : A female Pygmy Dartlet (Agriocnemis pygmaea), a very small damselfly (less than 20 mm long). Photographed in Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
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English : Hairy Woodpecker, female, feeding on fat, Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada
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English : Iguana (Iguana iguana) at Butterfly World, Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
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Crochet is a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook. Choose a new media file |
English : Crochet is a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook.
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The small European Empidid fly Dolichocephala irrorata shows a strange looking mating behaviour. This 3 mm sized couple was found in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, Germany. Choose a new media file |
English : The small European Empidid fly Dolichocephala irrorata shows a strange looking mating behaviour. This 3 mm sized couple was found in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, Germany.
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 A Belgian F-16 Fighting Falcon during a training flight before the Air Show 2009 in Radom, Poland. Change image |
English : A Belgian F-16 Fighting Falcon during a training flight before the Air Show 2009 in Radom, Poland.
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Hundreds gathered inside and outside the landmark bar, where protests over a 1969 police raid helped trigger the movement. Shortly before midnight, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill to make gay marriage legal in New York, the country's most populous state. Choose a new media file |
English : Hundreds gathered inside and outside the landmark bar, where protests over a 1969 police raid helped trigger the movement. Shortly before midnight, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill to make gay marriage legal in New York, the country's most populous state.
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English : A male grasshopper of species Atractomorpha lata photographed at Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
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An emu feeding on grass near a dam. Taken in Victoria, Australia in February 2009 Choose a new media file |
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.jpg) Crater-like salt formation on the Dead Sea surface shot from a helicopter at approximately 400 feet (120m). Change image |
English : Crater-like salt formation on the Dead Sea surface shot from a helicopter at approximately 400 feet (120m).
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The Gordon Sisters Boxing, movie from 1901 ( Edison Manufacturing Company) Choose a new media file |
English : The Gordon Sisters Boxing, movie from 1901 ( Edison Manufacturing Company)
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 View of the crescent moon through the top of the earth's atmosphere. Photographed from International Space Station by Expedition 13 crew over the South China Sea, just south of Macau. Change image |
English : View of the crescent moon through the top of the earth's atmosphere. Photographed from International Space Station by Expedition 13 crew over the South China Sea, just south of Macau.
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A pair of Common Cranes (Grus grus) showing the specific mating behaviour. Choose a new media file |
English : A pair of Common Cranes (Grus grus) showing the specific mating behaviour.
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 Kuremaa manor windmill in Estonia, built probably in the middle of the 19th century. Change image |
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An adult passionvine hopper (Scolypopa australis) moving around on a New Zealand flax (Phormium) leaf. Choose a new media file |
English : An adult passionvine hopper (Scolypopa australis) moving around on a New Zealand flax (Phormium) leaf.
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 Portrait of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, king of Persia (1831–1896). Change image |
English : Portrait of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, king of Persia (1831–1896).
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Magic Carpet Ski Lift in the Snowbird Tunnel. Snowbird, Utah Choose a new media file |
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 RhB ABe 8/12 "Allegra" multiple unit with a local train to Tirano in the grade between Bernina Lagalb and Ospizio Bernina. Change image |
English : RhB ABe 8/12 "Allegra" multiple unit with a local train to Tirano in the grade between Bernina Lagalb and Ospizio Bernina.
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A movie of the coronal rain (right limb of sun) in the 304 Å wavelength. The footage in this video was collected by the Solar Dynamics Observatory's AIA instrument. SDO collected one frame every 12 seconds so each second in this video corresponds to 6 minutes of real time. The video covers 4:30 UTC on July 19th to 2:00 UTC on July 20th, a period of 21 hours and 30 minutes. Choose a new media file |
English : A movie of the coronal rain (right limb of sun) in the 304 Å wavelength. The footage in this video was collected by the Solar Dynamics Observatory's AIA instrument. SDO collected one frame every 12 seconds so each second in this video corresponds to 6 minutes of real time. The video covers 4:30 UTC on July 19th to 2:00 UTC on July 20th, a period of 21 hours and 30 minutes.
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 High-speed photography of a light bulb shot with an airsoft pistol (positioned right of the lamp). Change image |
English : High-speed photography of a light bulb shot with an airsoft pistol (positioned right of the lamp).
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English : View from the bridge behind the dam of the Kemnader See at the border between Bochum and Hattingen to the dam's boat lane (and a parallel fish ladder).
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A video documenting cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) running. The film was shot using a Phantom camera at 1200 frames per second. Choose a new media file |
English : A video documenting cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) running. The film was shot using a Phantom camera at 1200 frames per second.
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