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 Night view of Shirakawa-go, a traditional Japanese village showcasing a building style known as gasshō-zukuri. Change image |
English : Night view of Shirakawa-go, a traditional Japanese village showcasing a building style known as gasshō-zukuri.
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In this animation the external and internal anatomy of a dorada marked with their names is shown. Choose a new media file |
English : In this animation the external and internal anatomy of a dorada marked with their names is shown.
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 The Paris Town Hall, after the great fire of the Commune in 1871. Change image |
English : The Paris Town Hall, after the great fire of the Commune in 1871.
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Increased flow at the Longtang Dam around 3 days after Typhoon Rammasun (2014), Hainan, China Choose a new media file |
English : Increased flow at the Longtang Dam around 3 days after Typhoon Rammasun (2014), Hainan, China
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 Diagram of the internal structure of Ganymede. Change image |
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English : Carnival procession on Avenida del Saladar, Morro Jable, Pájara, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
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 Pol-e Dokhtar Bridge, Meyaneh, Iran, by Eugène Flandin, 1840. Change image |
English : Pol-e Dokhtar Bridge, Meyaneh, Iran, by Eugène Flandin, 1840.
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Hump yard in Vienna, Austria Choose a new media file |
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 Temple of Friendship in Pavlovsk Park in Saint Petersburg. Change image |
English : Temple of Friendship in Pavlovsk Park in Saint Petersburg.
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Distribtion of food donation 1945 (reenactment). Open Air Museum Roscheider Hof, Living History Dayx, 2014 Choose a new media file |
English : Distribtion of food donation 1945 (reenactment).
Living History Dayx, 2014
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 Aircraft Rescue Firefighting training (U.S. Marine Corps). Change image |
English : Aircraft Rescue Firefighting training (U.S. Marine Corps).
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Extract from the public address of the German Emperor Wilhelm II "To the German people", 6 August 1914. "So now the sword must decide. In the midst of peace, the enemy attacks. So, rise up! To arms! Any dithering, any faltering would be treason to the Fatherland." Choose a new media file |
English : Extract from the public address of the German Emperor Wilhelm II "To the German people", 6 August 1914.
"So now the sword must decide. In the midst of peace, the enemy attacks. So, rise up! To arms! Any dithering, any faltering would be treason to the Fatherland."
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Waterfall Sgwd Gwladus, Wales Choose a new media file |
English : Waterfall Sgwd Gwladus, Wales
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 Ferronor GR12U 412 on the gradient between Montadon and Codelcos Potrerillos plant, Chile. Change image |
Mint moth (Pyrausta aurata) on shrubby cinquefoil (Dasiphora fruticosa) Choose a new media file |
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 Indian streetseller hands displaying green chickpeas. Change image |
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 Cologne Cathedral at night in Köln, Germany. Change image |
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English : The phase and libration of the Moon for 2014, at hourly intervals. Includes supplemental graphics that display the Moon's orbit, subsolar and sub-Earth points, and the Moon's distance from Earth at true scale.
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English : A Drilus “L” larva (in the lab) creating an exit bore-hole from within a prey Albinaria meleaus, followed by stills from the lengthy procedure by which the larva emerges from the shell.
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Urilift by Kungsportsplatsen in Gothenburg. It is a pissoir that is lowered in the ground during the day, and can only be used at night. Choose a new media file |
English : Urilift by Kungsportsplatsen in Gothenburg. It is a pissoir that is lowered in the ground during the day, and can only be used at night.
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 This broad panorama of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Change image |
English : This broad panorama of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope.
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A popular 19th-century brass band arrangement of the Hunters' Chorus, from The Rose of Erin, also known as The Lily of Killarney (1862). Choose a new media file |
English : A popular 19th-century brass band arrangement of the Hunters' Chorus, from The Rose of Erin, also known as The Lily of Killarney (1862).
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 A European Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) Change image |
English : A European Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
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Crystallization of aqueous potassium permanganate KMnO4 solution on ceramic surface due to evaporation at room temperature. Choose a new media file |
English : Crystallization of aqueous potassium permanganate KMnO4 solution on ceramic surface due to evaporation at room temperature.
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 Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) Change image |
English : Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
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Le Voyage sur Jupiter is a French silent film directed by Segundo de Chomón in 1909. Choose a new media file |
English : Le Voyage sur Jupiter is a French silent film directed by Segundo de Chomón in 1909.
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 French actress Sarah Bernhardt, by Félix Nadar, around 1864. Change image |
Berako inude eta artzaiak (Nursemaids and shepherds of Bera) is a festival during the carnival of Bera, a village in Navarre. Girls from the village play shepherds, and boys play nursemaids. Choose a new media file |
English : Berako inude eta artzaiak (Nursemaids and shepherds of Bera) is a festival during the carnival of Bera, a village in Navarre. Girls from the village play shepherds, and boys play nursemaids.
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 The tungsten filament burning with a flame in the light bulb. Change image |
English : The tungsten filament burning with a flame in the light bulb.
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,_South_Olive_Street_--_2012_--_4847.jpg) New Downtown (Bunker Hill) in Los Angeles (California, USA) Change image |
English : New Downtown (Bunker Hill) in Los Angeles (California, USA)
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Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) on nest. Choose a new media file |
English : Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) on nest.
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Griffon 2000TD hovercraft in Sweden Choose a new media file |
English : Griffon 2000TD hovercraft in Sweden
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 Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico Change image |
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English : Ruminating female fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Naturwildpark Granat in Haltern am See, Germany
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 The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured this richly detailed new image of the Lagoon Nebula. Change image |
English : The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured this richly detailed new image of the Lagoon Nebula.
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Southern shore of Aura river in Turku between Föri cabel ferry and Martinsilta and Myllysilta bridges. Video taken from river ferry Jakke. Choose a new media file |
English : Southern shore of Aura river in Turku between Föri cabel ferry and Martinsilta and Myllysilta bridges. Video taken from river ferry Jakke.
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 Office building of the Westdeutsche Lotterie, Munster (Westphalia), Germany Change image |
Masstransiscope artwork in New York City Subway Choose a new media file |
English : Masstransiscope artwork in New York City Subway
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The exterior of Landeshaus in Kiel. Choose a new media file |
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 Spring rose (Helleborus orientalis). Change image |
English : Spring rose (Helleborus orientalis).
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The Evidence of the Film is a 1913 American silent short crime film directed by Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser starring William Garwood. Choose a new media file |
English : The Evidence of the Film is a 1913 American silent short crime film directed by Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser starring William Garwood.
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An excerpt from a film showing the courtship rituals of the Heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido), which has been extinct since 1932. Choose a new media file |
English : An excerpt from a film showing the courtship rituals of the Heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido), which has been extinct since 1932.
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 The Île de la Cité in Paris, France, shortly before sunrise Change image |
English : The Île de la Cité in Paris, France, shortly before sunrise
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Two single-celled Vorticella on the root of duckweed. One Vorticella is clearly trying to feed itself by capturing smaller, swimming organisms. Choose a new media file |
English : Two single-celled Vorticella on the root of duckweed. One Vorticella is clearly trying to feed itself by capturing smaller, swimming organisms.
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 Audience hall of Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre in Ukraine. Change image |
Arrival and reception of Belgian refugees in a (military?) camp in the south of the Netherlands at the beginning of the First World War Choose a new media file |
English : Arrival and reception of Belgian refugees in a (military?) camp in the south of the Netherlands at the beginning of the First World War
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 Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) in captivity Change image |
English : Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) in captivity
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A Škoda 7Ev departs from Hradec Králové station (Czech Republic). Choose a new media file |
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Iny Hono Izy Ravorona ("Take Him/Her With You, O Bird") (traditional lullaby, Madagascar) Choose a new media file |
English : Iny Hono Izy Ravorona ("Take Him/Her With You, O Bird") (traditional lullaby, Madagascar)
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An imitation of Charlie Chaplin (Netherlands, 1934) Choose a new media file |
English : An imitation of Charlie Chaplin (Netherlands, 1934)
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 A swallow (Hirundo rustica) drinking while flying over a swimming pool Change image |
Emirates Air Line cableway, London Choose a new media file |
English : Emirates Air Line cableway, London
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