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Zoom into the depth of the Mandelbrot set Choose a new media file |
English : Zoom into the depth of the Mandelbrot set
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_female.jpg) Female Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus) on the Chambal River, in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the only kingfisher that has mastered the art of hovering above water to pinpoint its prey. Change image |
English : Female Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus) on the Chambal River, in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the only kingfisher that has mastered the art of hovering above water to pinpoint its prey.
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Science Fair 2018, in Montbéliard. Choose a new media file |
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 Umeda Sky Building, designed by Hiroshi Hara and completed in 1993, is the nineteenth-tallest building in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, and one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. It consists of two 40-story towers (173m) that connect at their two uppermost stories, with bridges and an escalator, depicted here, crossing the wide atrium-like space in the center. Change image |
English : Umeda Sky Building, designed by Hiroshi Hara and completed in 1993, is the nineteenth-tallest building in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, and one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. It consists of two 40-story towers (173m) that connect at their two uppermost stories, with bridges and an escalator, depicted here, crossing the wide atrium-like space in the center.
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The #unteilbar (indivisible) demonstration in Dresden 2019 was directed against right-wing radicals. Choose a new media file |
English : The #unteilbar (indivisible) demonstration in Dresden 2019 was directed against right-wing radicals.
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 Winged altar at Ossiach Abbey Church, Carinthia, Austria. Anonymous master of the elder Villach Workshop, around 1505. Change image |
English : Winged altar at Ossiach Abbey Church, Carinthia, Austria. Anonymous master of the elder Villach Workshop, around 1505.
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The Nacht von Hannover is a bike race in Hanover at night. Choose a new media file |
English : The Nacht von Hannover is a bike race in Hanover at night.
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Phalacrocorax carbo handae bathing. x40 SlowMotion Choose a new media file |
English : Phalacrocorax carbo handae bathing. x40 SlowMotion
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 Panoramic view of Kechut water reservoir, near the town of Jermuk, Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia. The reservoir was built in 1981, has a total volume of 23 million cubic meters and for its construction a medieval cemetery and cross stones had to be flooded. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of Kechut water reservoir, near the town of Jermuk, Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia. The reservoir was built in 1981, has a total volume of 23 million cubic meters and for its construction a medieval cemetery and cross stones had to be flooded.
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 Carrie Chapman Catt was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote. Change image |
English : Carrie Chapman Catt was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote.
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Last Saturday (31 August) night, Hong Kong police stormed Prince Edward station and attacked civilians. Police are increasingly heavy-handed in handling Hong Kongers' massive protests against an extradition bill and the Chinese government. Choose a new media file |
English : Last Saturday (31 August) night, Hong Kong police stormed Prince Edward station and attacked civilians. Police are increasingly heavy-handed in handling Hong Kongers' massive protests against an extradition bill and the Chinese government.
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 The Old Fortress and the Old Town of Corfu as seen from the New Fortress. The city has become known as Kastropolis (Castle City) because of its two castles. In 2007, the old town of the city was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Change image |
English : The Old Fortress and the Old Town of Corfu as seen from the New Fortress. The city has become known as Kastropolis (Castle City) because of its two castles. In 2007, the old town of the city was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Drumming at Dyke March Braunschweig. Choose a new media file |
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 Yachts at Zoebigker Harbour, lake Cospuden, Markkleeberg, Saxony, Germany. Change image |
English : Yachts at Zoebigker Harbour, lake Cospuden, Markkleeberg, Saxony, Germany.
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Protesting against a no deal Brexit in front of Brandenburg Gate: #StopTheCoup Choose a new media file |
English : Protesting against a no deal Brexit in front of Brandenburg Gate: #StopTheCoup
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 Panoramic view of the interior of the Pula Arena, an amphitheatre located in Pula, Croatia. This Roman edifice was constructed between 27 BC and 68 AD and is among the largest surviving Roman arenas in the world. At the same time, is the best preserved ancient monument in Croatia and the only remaining amphitheater having all four side towers with all three Roman architectural orders entirely preserved. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of the interior of the Pula Arena, an amphitheatre located in Pula, Croatia. This Roman edifice was constructed between 27 BC and 68 AD and is among the largest surviving Roman arenas in the world. At the same time, is the best preserved ancient monument in Croatia and the only remaining amphitheater having all four side towers with all three Roman architectural orders entirely preserved.
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The pumpkin festival in Masevaux. Choose a new media file |
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English : Old rotting pillars which used to support a pier, Sidney Spit (part of Gulf Islands National Park Reserve), Sidney Island, British Columbia, Canada
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A zoom into the southern Milky Way deep into the large constellation of Centaurus. The sequence ends with a close-up view from ESO’s Very Large Telescope of an interacting galaxy called NGC 5291, about 200 million light-years from Earth. Choose a new media file |
English : A zoom into the southern Milky Way deep into the large constellation of Centaurus. The sequence ends with a close-up view from ESO’s Very Large Telescope of an interacting galaxy called NGC 5291, about 200 million light-years from Earth.
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121 year old footage of the USS Indiana (BB-1) refueling in Dry Tortugas. Choose a new media file |
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 Amphitheatre Bay after a storm, Akamas Peninsula, Cyprus Change image |
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Mudpot at Sulphur Works, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. Choose a new media file |
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 Illumination of the Wiesmann exhibition hall (Wiesmann gecko) for the final concert of the Dülmener Sommer 2018, the since 1989 first as Dülmener Sommertheater offered street theater. Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Illumination of the Wiesmann exhibition hall (Wiesmann gecko) for the final concert of the Dülmener Sommer 2018, the since 1989 first as Dülmener Sommertheater offered street theater.
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Building implosion of the Bonn-Center, Germany 2017. Choose a new media file |
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"Spinning Levers" an educational video explaining manual transmissions from 1936. Choose a new media file |
English : "Spinning Levers" an educational video explaining manual transmissions from 1936.
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 Far view of Las Lajas Sanctuary and its surroundings, a basilica church located in the southern Department of Nariño, municipality of Ipiales, Colombia. The place is a popular pilgrimage location since the apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1754. The first shrine was built by 1750 and was replaced by a bigger one in 1802 including a bridge over the canyon of the Guáitara River. The present temple, of Gothic Revival style, was built between 1916 and 1949. Change image |
English : Far view of Las Lajas Sanctuary and its surroundings, a basilica church located in the southern Department of Nariño, municipality of Ipiales, Colombia. The place is a popular pilgrimage location since the apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1754. The first shrine was built by 1750 and was replaced by a bigger one in 1802 including a bridge over the canyon of the Guáitara River. The present temple, of Gothic Revival style, was built between 1916 and 1949.
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Trailer of the film A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Elia Kazan, originally released on this day in 1951. Choose a new media file |
English : Trailer of the film A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Elia Kazan, originally released on this day in 1951.
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.jpg) Asian pied starlings (Gracupica contra) having a good natter. The Series Gossip Girl was first broadcast September 19, 2007 Change image |
English : Asian pied starlings (Gracupica contra) having a good natter. The Series Gossip Girl was first broadcast September 19, 2007
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 Schönbühel Castle (Schloss Schönbühel) in Schönbühel-Aggsbach, Lower Austria Change image |
English : Schönbühel Castle (Schloss Schönbühel) in Schönbühel-Aggsbach, Lower Austria
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Climate protest during the IAA 2019 in Frankfurt. #Aussteigen Choose a new media file |
English : Climate protest during the IAA 2019 in Frankfurt. #Aussteigen
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 Dubrovnik, historically Ragusa, is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea, in the region of Dalmatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea. Its total population is 42,615 (census 2011). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Change image |
English : Dubrovnik, historically Ragusa, is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea, in the region of Dalmatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea. Its total population is 42,615 (census 2011). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
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Members of the Slovenian Armed Forces entering Croatia at Macelj to take part in military exercises. Choose a new media file |
English : Members of the Slovenian Armed Forces entering Croatia at Macelj to take part in military exercises.
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 The Church of St. Donatus and the belltower of Zadar Cathedral, Zadar, Croatia. Zadar is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of the Ravni Kotari region. Change image |
English : The Church of St. Donatus and the belltower of Zadar Cathedral, Zadar, Croatia. Zadar is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of the Ravni Kotari region.
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 Muddy road in Akamas Peninsula, Cyprus Change image |
The mandelbox is a fractal with a boxlike shape found by Tom Lowe in 2010. It is defined in a similar way to the famous Mandelbrot set as the values of a parameter such that the origin does not escape to infinity under iteration of certain geometrical transformations. Choose a new media file |
English : The mandelbox is a fractal with a boxlike shape found by Tom Lowe in 2010. It is defined in a similar way to the famous Mandelbrot set as the values of a parameter such that the origin does not escape to infinity under iteration of certain geometrical transformations.
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 Night view of the Moskva River, Moscow, Russia. In the centre is the headquarters of the Rosneft, a petrol company, and on the right the Kremlin. Change image |
Today, ten years ago, U.S. President Barack Obama addressed to the United Nations General Assembly for the first time. Choose a new media file |
English : Today, ten years ago, U.S. President Barack Obama addressed to the United Nations General Assembly for the first time.
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Love World Peace Parade 2019 in Berlin Choose a new media file |
English : Love World Peace Parade 2019 in Berlin
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Historical reenactment: Festival of Living History: "The wave war is declared!" 1939 - 1989, August 17 & 18, 2019, in Belfort (France). Choose a new media file |
English : Historical reenactment: Festival of Living History: "The wave war is declared!" 1939 - 1989, August 17 & 18, 2019, in Belfort (France).
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 Self-portrait of Nadar between 1900 and 1910. Change image |
Third Global Climate Strike in Germany. Choose a new media file |
English : Third Global Climate Strike in Germany.
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Pro Choice protest against March for Life in Berlin 2019. Choose a new media file |
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March for Life in Berlin Choose a new media file |
English : March for Life in Berlin
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 Vakil Bath, an old public bath with the status of national monument built around 1769 in Shiraz, Iran. It was a part of the royal district constructed during Karim Khan Zand's reign, which also includes Arg of Karim Khan, Vakil Bazaar, Vakil Mosque and many administrative buildings. Change image |
English : Vakil Bath, an old public bath with the status of national monument built around 1769 in Shiraz, Iran. It was a part of the royal district constructed during Karim Khan Zand's reign, which also includes Arg of Karim Khan, Vakil Bazaar, Vakil Mosque and many administrative buildings.
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Hare Krishna dancing in Berlin. Choose a new media file |
English : Hare Krishna dancing in Berlin.
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