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 Chapel in the St Viktor Church, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
The Savoureuse river, December 25th 2018, at Belfort. Choose a new media file |
English : The Savoureuse river, December 25th 2018, at Belfort.
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English : Black-chested snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) holding a snake in Awash National Park, Ethiopia
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NASA Commentator Lori Meggs at the Marshall Space Flight Center speaks to researchers Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul of the University of Florida about their Advanced Plant experiments on the International Space Station, in which they have already learned a great deal—and gotten some interesting surprises—about how plants grow in space. The ability to grow food in space will be very important to support future missions beyond low Earth orbit into deep space. Choose a new media file |
English : NASA Commentator Lori Meggs at the Marshall Space Flight Center speaks to researchers Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul of the University of Florida about their Advanced Plant experiments on the International Space Station, in which they have already learned a great deal—and gotten some interesting surprises—about how plants grow in space. The ability to grow food in space will be very important to support future missions beyond low Earth orbit into deep space.
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 Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge, Lynn Canyon Park, Vancouver, Canada. The bridge, built in 1912, is 50 metres (160 ft) high from the bottom of the canyon. Change image |
English : Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge, Lynn Canyon Park, Vancouver, Canada. The bridge, built in 1912, is 50 metres (160 ft) high from the bottom of the canyon.
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Balian Buschbaum, participant in the Olympic Games in Sydney, speaking about transgender issues at the Diversity 2019 conference. Choose a new media file |
English : Balian Buschbaum, participant in the Olympic Games in Sydney, speaking about transgender issues at the Diversity 2019 conference.
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 The Three Sisters from Policeman Creek, Canmore, Alberta, Canada. The Three Sisters are a trio of peaks. They are known individually as Big Sister, Middle Sister and Little Sister. Change image |
English : The Three Sisters from Policeman Creek, Canmore, Alberta, Canada. The Three Sisters are a trio of peaks. They are known individually as Big Sister, Middle Sister and Little Sister.
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English : WE RUN THE CITY
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 Early morning view to southwest from Ben Lawers: Meall Corranaich on the right, Meall nan Tarmachan on the left. Scottish Highlands, Scotland Change image |
English : Early morning view to southwest from Ben Lawers: Meall Corranaich on the right, Meall nan Tarmachan on the left. Scottish Highlands, Scotland
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NEFFEX - Fight Back (BLENDER Remix) Choose a new media file |
English : NEFFEX - Fight Back (BLENDER Remix)
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,_parque_nacional_Kruger,_Sud%C3%A1frica,_2018-07-25,_DD_56.jpg) Cape starling (Lamprotornis nitens) in Kruger National Park, South Africa Change image |
Tractors in Berlin, Tiergarten Choose a new media file |
English : Tractors in Berlin, Tiergarten
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 Nezara viridula (Southern green stink bug, brown winter forme), with, on the head, egg of Trichopoda pennipes. Change image |
English : Nezara viridula (Southern green stink bug, brown winter forme), with, on the head, egg of Trichopoda pennipes.
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A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor is a 1923 short sound film by Lee de Forest featuring Eddie Cantor. Choose a new media file |
English : A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor is a 1923 short sound film by Lee de Forest featuring Eddie Cantor.
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 Hermitage of St Bartholomew, Canyon of the Lobos River Natural Park, province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The hermitage was built in the beginning of the 13th century showing the transition from Romanesque to Gothic styles. The temple is located in a remote and quite location inside the Lobos River Canyon, a National Park. Change image |
English : Hermitage of St Bartholomew, Canyon of the Lobos River Natural Park, province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The hermitage was built in the beginning of the 13th century showing the transition from Romanesque to Gothic styles. The temple is located in a remote and quite location inside the Lobos River Canyon, a National Park.
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Monkeys Spinning Monkeys, Instruments: Flutes, Violin, Viola, Cello, by Kevin MacLeod. Choose a new media file |
English : Monkeys Spinning Monkeys, Instruments: Flutes, Violin, Viola, Cello, by Kevin MacLeod.
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 Corner of the walls in the foyer of the Central Branch of Greater Victoria Public Library, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The shadows and the reflection show the construction of the glass roof. Change image |
English : Corner of the walls in the foyer of the Central Branch of Greater Victoria Public Library, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The shadows and the reflection show the construction of the glass roof.
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 Computer generated imagery showing clavicle in 3d. Choose a new media file |
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 Paysandisia archon (Palm moth), male dorsal side Change image |
English : Paysandisia archon (Palm moth), male dorsal side
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English : An animation made using VMD of the 70S ribosome, the P site tRNA (orange), E site tRNA (green), mRNA (yellow), and elongation factor G (red) in the POST state, at the end of tRNA translocation.
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 The Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea), is a magnificent looking frog. In the late 1860s several consignments of these frogs were received from Sydney and released by the Auckland Acclimisation Society. There have been several attempts to establish populations of this species in the South Island. Change image |
English : The Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea), is a magnificent looking frog. In the late 1860s several consignments of these frogs were received from Sydney and released by the Auckland Acclimisation Society. There have been several attempts to establish populations of this species in the South Island.
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Radical Queer March 2019 in Berlin Choose a new media file |
English : Radical Queer March 2019 in Berlin
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 A 50-light-year-wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula where a maelstrom of star birth - and death - is taking place. Change image |
English : A 50-light-year-wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula where a maelstrom of star birth - and death - is taking place.
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Eastern Grey Kangaroos mating Choose a new media file |
English : Eastern Grey Kangaroos mating
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_devorando_un_ant%C3%ADlope,_parque_nacional_Kruger,_Sud%C3%A1frica,_2018-07-26,_DD_07.jpg) Exemplar of Leopard (Panthera pardus) devouring an antelope, Kruger National Park, South Africa. Change image |
English : Exemplar of Leopard (Panthera pardus) devouring an antelope, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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 Star HR 8799 with four orbiting exoplanets during the period of 7 years. Choose a new media file |
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.jpg) Wooden Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Zhovkva, Ukraine. Change image |
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 Interior of the Church of the Teutonic Order in Vienna, Austria Change image |
English : Interior of the Church of the Teutonic Order in Vienna, Austria
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Reconstructed skull and atlas of a Niassodon, an extinct genus of kingoriid dicynodont therapsid known from the Late Permian of Niassa Province, northern Mozambique. Choose a new media file |
English : Reconstructed skull and atlas of a Niassodon, an extinct genus of kingoriid dicynodont therapsid known from the Late Permian of Niassa Province, northern Mozambique.
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 Animation of the migration of the Southern Celestial Pole from the year 1610 up to 9500. The path traces from the current South Star Sigma Octantis through the constellation Chamaeleon towards Carina. Choose a new media file |
English : Animation of the migration of the Southern Celestial Pole from the year 1610 up to 9500. The path traces from the current South Star Sigma Octantis through the constellation Chamaeleon towards Carina.
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 The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the western and central parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. It is most closely related to the Sunda slow loris and the Bengal slow loris (N. bengalensis). The species has two forms, based on hair length and, to a lesser extent, coloration. Change image |
English : The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the western and central parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. It is most closely related to the Sunda slow loris and the Bengal slow loris (N. bengalensis). The species has two forms, based on hair length and, to a lesser extent, coloration.
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Yum cha (lit. "drink tea") is a Cantonese-style meal. Various kinds of dim sum are typically served. Choose a new media file |
English : Yum cha (lit. "drink tea") is a Cantonese-style meal. Various kinds of dim sum are typically served.
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 Christchurch Art Gallery during the blue hour. The gallery in this buildings was inaugurated on 10th May 2003. It was damaged during 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and re-opened exactly 4 years ago (19th December 2015). Change image |
English : Christchurch Art Gallery during the blue hour. The gallery in this buildings was inaugurated on 10th May 2003. It was damaged during 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and re-opened exactly 4 years ago (19th December 2015).
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Leipzig Hauptbahnhof is the central railway terminus in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Opened in December 1915, it was then one of the world's largest railway stations. Choose a new media file |
English : Leipzig Hauptbahnhof is the central railway terminus in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Opened in December 1915, it was then one of the world's largest railway stations.
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 View of the town hall on a grey day, Unity of Italy Square, Trieste, Italy. The building dates from 1875 and is a work of Italian architect Giuseppe Bruni. Change image |
English : View of the town hall on a grey day, Unity of Italy Square, Trieste, Italy. The building dates from 1875 and is a work of Italian architect Giuseppe Bruni.
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 Aspidimorpha miliaris on a leaf in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India. The insect is fairly small, at only 15 mm long. Change image |
English : Aspidimorpha miliaris on a leaf in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India. The insect is fairly small, at only 15 mm long.
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Midwinter horns in Beeklustpark, Almelo, Netherlands Choose a new media file |
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,_1912,_NG6658,_National_Gallery.png) L.A. Ring's painting Road in the Village of Baldersbrønde (Winter Day) from 1912 exhibited in National Gallery Change image |
English : L.A. Ring's painting Road in the Village of Baldersbrønde (Winter Day) from 1912 exhibited in National Gallery
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Inauguration of the Museum of Fine Arts of Belfort, March 1st, 2019. Choose a new media file |
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Two Piano solo versions (midrange and higer) of "O Tannenbaum" ("O fir tree" or "O Christmas Tree"). Based on a traditional German folk song, it became a Christmas carol associated with the traditional Christmas tree by the early 20th century. Choose a new media file |
English : Two Piano solo versions (midrange and higer) of "O Tannenbaum" ("O fir tree" or "O Christmas Tree"). Based on a traditional German folk song, it became a Christmas carol associated with the traditional Christmas tree by the early 20th century.
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 Sunset aerial photograph of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, where it is said Jesus ascended into Heaven, forty days after he was resurrected. Change image |
English : Sunset aerial photograph of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, where it is said Jesus ascended into Heaven, forty days after he was resurrected.
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Footage of the third Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, whose birthday it is today, arriving at Andrews Air Force Base on September 5, 1978 to attend the Camp David Summit. Choose a new media file |
English : Footage of the third Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, whose birthday it is today, arriving at Andrews Air Force Base on September 5, 1978 to attend the Camp David Summit.
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English : The view from a US Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopter, as it delivers aid to a mosque in the town of Meulaboh on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which occurred 15 years ago today.
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 An animation of the path of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Choose a new media file |
English : An animation of the path of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
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 Main nave of the Virgin Mary church, Wrocław, Poland. Change image |
School strike for the climate in Belfort, France, March 15, 2019. Choose a new media file |
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Historical landscape of the Kiev mountains and the Dnieper river valley, Kyiv. Kiev Pechersk Lavra is central monument here. Choose a new media file |
English : Historical landscape of the Kiev mountains and the Dnieper river valley, Kyiv. Kiev Pechersk Lavra is central monument here.
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English : Wikipedia Edit 2019: Captures a tiny portion of the millions of edits that the world made to Wikipedia in 2019.
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 An ice cave on Olkhon Island, eastern Siberia, Russia. Change image |
Demonstration of yellow vests, Belfort, December 31, 2018 evening. Choose a new media file |
English : Demonstration of yellow vests, Belfort, December 31, 2018 evening.
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