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 Old choir at St Paul's Cathedral in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
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 Tagebau Garzweiler is a surface mine in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite. Change image |
English : Tagebau Garzweiler is a surface mine in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite.
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English : Population pyramid of South Korea between 1960 and 2020.
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 View of the Yukon River at Schwatka Lake and the entry to Miles Canyon, not far from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The Miles Canyon is a featured location for its volcanic basalt formations. Change image |
English : View of the Yukon River at Schwatka Lake and the entry to Miles Canyon, not far from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The Miles Canyon is a featured location for its volcanic basalt formations.
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How to Undress in Front of Your Husband is a 1937 American short directed by Dwain Esper. Choose a new media file |
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_10.jpg) Panorama road between Waltensburg / Vuorz and Breil/Brigels. Carved out passage. Change image |
English : Panorama road between Waltensburg / Vuorz and Breil/Brigels. Carved out passage.
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Original trailer of the film «Spartcus» (1960) Choose a new media file |
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.jpg) The Kabbalist by Isidor Kaufmann (c. 1910-20) Change image |
Deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil Choose a new media file |
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 Speyer, Germany: View of the main facade of Speyer Cathedral, seen in golden light on a late autumn evening. The photo has been taken from the Altpörtel tower. The Maximilianstrasse, busy centre of the old town, leads towards the cathedral. Change image |
English : Speyer, Germany: View of the main facade of Speyer Cathedral, seen in golden light on a late autumn evening. The photo has been taken from the Altpörtel tower. The Maximilianstrasse, busy centre of the old town, leads towards the cathedral.
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English : Motion of the space object J002E3. It was passing near the L1 point, looping around the Earth for 6 orbits, and then leaving. Initially thought to be an asteroid, it has since been tentatively identified as the S-IVB third stage of the Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket.
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 Heap of cans outside the South Korea Pavilion of Expo 2015. Change image |
English : Heap of cans outside the South Korea Pavilion of Expo 2015.
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Glass is broken with sound. Recorded using a high speed camera. Choose a new media file |
English : Glass is broken with sound. Recorded using a high speed camera.
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Demonstration in Belfort (France), December 2019. Choose a new media file |
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English : Jimmie Rodgers' fourth Blue Yodel, the California Blues.
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 Interior of the parish church Perchtoldsdorf, Lower Austria Change image |
English : Interior of the parish church Perchtoldsdorf, Lower Austria
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English : The mission of Hayabusa2 to asteroid Ryugu. Shown is the start in 2014, the launch of the Lander MASCOT in 2018 and the sampling of material. Hayabusa2 is now on its way home and is scheduled to deliver the collected material back to earth on December 06 2020.
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 Nicolas de Fer, map of Trier and surroundings, 1692 Change image |
Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1, performed by Romuald Greiss on an 1850 Budynowicz piano. Choose a new media file |
English : Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1, performed by Romuald Greiss on an 1850 Budynowicz piano.
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 Morning game reserve in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Alfred von Croÿ commissioned the english landscape architect Edward Milner with the gardening in the 1860s. The work was carried out by the gardener Charles Barnard. Wikipedia: Dülmen • Edward Milner Change image |
English : Morning game reserve in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Alfred von Croÿ commissioned the english landscape architect Edward Milner with the gardening in the 1860s. The work was carried out by the gardener Charles Barnard. Wikipedia: Dülmen • Edward Milner |
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 Lighthouse at the entrance of Dingle Bay Change image |
Ghosts is a 1915 American silent adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's eponymous play directed by George Nichols and starring Henry B. Walthall. Choose a new media file |
English : Ghosts is a 1915 American silent adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's eponymous play directed by George Nichols and starring Henry B. Walthall.
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 Dome interior of Queen Mother's Apartments in Harem of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul Change image |
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English : Bathing at the Dead Sea, Israel. Anyone can easily float in the Dead Sea because of natural buoyancy.
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 Interior of the church of John the Baptist, Ágreda, province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The chapel was built in 1697 by Count of Villarea. The originally Romanesque church (visible in its portal) was built in the second half of the 12th century and reworked in the 16th century with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements, while the reredos behind the image dates from the 18th century. Change image |
English : Interior of the church of John the Baptist, Ágreda, province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The chapel was built in 1697 by Count of Villarea. The originally Romanesque church (visible in its portal) was built in the second half of the 12th century and reworked in the 16th century with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements, while the reredos behind the image dates from the 18th century.
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Demonstration in Montbéliard (France). December 2019. Choose a new media file |
English : Demonstration in Montbéliard (France). December 2019.
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 Pipe organ of Wilhering Abbey Church, Upper Austria, built in 1884 by Leopold Breinbauer Change image |
English : Pipe organ of Wilhering Abbey Church, Upper Austria, built in 1884 by Leopold Breinbauer
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French Sign Language (LSF) exercise — numbers and places. Choose a new media file |
English : French Sign Language (LSF) exercise — numbers and places.
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.jpg) A Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus rufulus in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. Also known as Kanha Tiger Reserve, Kanha is the largest National Park in central India. Change image |
English : A Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus rufulus in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. Also known as Kanha Tiger Reserve, Kanha is the largest National Park in central India.
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Sounds of a blue whale in the Pacific Ocean Choose a new media file |
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_28.jpg) Stone split by frost weathering on the mountain path to the tongue of the Morteratsch glacier. Change image |
English : Stone split by frost weathering on the mountain path to the tongue of the Morteratsch glacier.
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Parking out of a Bond Minicar 1958 Mk F Tourer. Choose a new media file |
English : Parking out of a Bond Minicar 1958 Mk F Tourer.
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 Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 is a painting by the Belgian artist James Ensor in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Ensor died on November 19, 1949, and his works have entered the public domain in 2020. Change image |
English : Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 is a painting by the Belgian artist James Ensor in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Ensor died on November 19, 1949, and his works have entered the public domain in 2020.
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 Common crab spider (Xysticus cristatus), female with prey. Change image |
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 Animation of Translation: The elongation and membrane targeting stages of eukaryotic translation. The ribosome is green and yellow, the tRNAs are dark blue, and the other proteins involved are light blue. The produced peptide is released into the endoplasmic reticulum Choose a new media file |
English : Animation of Translation: The elongation and membrane targeting stages of eukaryotic translation. The ribosome is green and yellow, the tRNAs are dark blue, and the other proteins involved are light blue. The produced peptide is released into the endoplasmic reticulum
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 View from the top of a glacier in Chugach State Park, Alaska, United States. Change image |
Peace Dream by Kellee Maize Choose a new media file |
English : Peace Dream by Kellee Maize
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 Image of Centaurus A in X-ray (blue), Submillimeter (orange), Optical (white, brown). Change image |
English : Image of Centaurus A in X-ray (blue), Submillimeter (orange), Optical (white, brown).
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English : But what is happening in Vittel with Nestlé? Conference-debate, Friday December 6th, 2019, in Trémoins.
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The opening of the Zielienalužskaja Line line of the Minsk metro and the trip of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko along it by the Stadler M110/M111 train with an inspection of new stations on November 6, 2020. This line became the first in the Minsk metro equipped with platform screen doors. Choose a new media file |
English : The opening of the Zielienalužskaja Line line of the Minsk metro and the trip of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko along it by the Stadler M110/M111 train with an inspection of new stations on November 6, 2020. This line became the first in the Minsk metro equipped with platform screen doors.
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.jpg) A Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca living in the Bateshwar Temples in Uttar Pradesh, India. These birds are often found living in old buildings. Change image |
English : A Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca living in the Bateshwar Temples in Uttar Pradesh, India. These birds are often found living in old buildings.
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Starlink test satellites seen from the Radebeul Observatory, Germany. Hence the 60 satellites were only launched the day prior, on May 24, 2019, they are still close together. Choose a new media file |
English : Starlink test satellites seen from the Radebeul Observatory, Germany. Hence the 60 satellites were only launched the day prior, on May 24, 2019, they are still close together.
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 Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden and NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building, a sunny day with blue sky, Tokyo, Japan. Change image |
English : Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden and NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building, a sunny day with blue sky, Tokyo, Japan.
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The Škoda EJ675 electric multiple unit of Ukrainian Railways during a test ride, December 2013 Choose a new media file |
English : The Škoda EJ675 electric multiple unit of Ukrainian Railways during a test ride, December 2013
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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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 Apple cake served with vanilla ice cream, on a checkered tablecloth in Lysekil, Sweden. Change image |
Inauguration of "Le mois givré" (Frosty Month), an annual end-of-the-year event in Belfort (France) featuring ice skating, Christmas market and concerts during the month of December. Choose a new media file |
English : Inauguration of "Le mois givré" (Frosty Month), an annual end-of-the-year event in Belfort (France) featuring ice skating, Christmas market and concerts during the month of December.
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The Symbol of the Unconquered (also known as The Wilderness Trail) is a 1920 silent "race film" drama produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux. The film was released on November 29, 1920. Choose a new media file |
English : The Symbol of the Unconquered (also known as The Wilderness Trail) is a 1920 silent "race film" drama produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux. The film was released on November 29, 1920.
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 Piaskowa Island in Wrocław, Poland. Complex of the former Augustian Monastery (present-day Taube Department of Jewish Studies of the Wrocław University) and Saint Mary on the Sand Church, founded in 13th century. Change image |
English : Piaskowa Island in Wrocław, Poland. Complex of the former Augustian Monastery (present-day Taube Department of Jewish Studies of the Wrocław University) and Saint Mary on the Sand Church, founded in 13th century.
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Traditional Yiddish song Der Fodem performed by Eurocantica music group. Choose a new media file |
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