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 Chinese workers are going to the downtown Pingyao for early morning job, June 2007. Change image |
A Boeing 767 of UPS landing at Portland International Airport. Choose a new media file |
English : A Boeing 767 of UPS landing at Portland International Airport.
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 Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci, who died on this day in 1519. Change image |
A swine flu pandemic occurred twelve years ago. Choose a new media file |
English : A swine flu pandemic occurred twelve years ago.
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A common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) eating a fish. Choose a new media file |
English : A common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) eating a fish.
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,_parque_nacional_de_Zambeze,_Zimbabue,_2018-07-28,_DD_01.jpg) Change image |
Lucia di Lammermoor, a French 1908 early form of sound film, produced by the synchronization of a silent film with a gramophone recording. Here, an aria from Donizetti's opera, sung by Enrico Caruso and Marcel Journet. Choose a new media file |
English : Lucia di Lammermoor, a French 1908 early form of sound film, produced by the synchronization of a silent film with a gramophone recording. Here, an aria from Donizetti's opera, sung by Enrico Caruso and Marcel Journet.
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 Northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus), Ukraine. Photo taken in the wild. Change image |
English : Northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus), Ukraine. Photo taken in the wild.
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For Hubbles 29th anniversary in 2019 NASA and ESA dedicated a small amount of its precious observation time to take a look at the beautiful Southern Crab Nebula. Choose a new media file |
English : For Hubbles 29th anniversary in 2019 NASA and ESA dedicated a small amount of its precious observation time to take a look at the beautiful Southern Crab Nebula.
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 The picture was taken from the trail to Mt Fyffe and depicts Kowhai River at the bottom with the ranges West of Mt Fyffe. Kaikoura Ranges, New Zealand Change image |
English : The picture was taken from the trail to Mt Fyffe and depicts Kowhai River at the bottom with the ranges West of Mt Fyffe. Kaikoura Ranges, New Zealand
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 Tokyo Metro train crosses the Kanda river, while, above, a set of JR East just leaves Ochanomizu. Photo taken at Ochanomizu, Tokyo, Japan. Change image |
English : Tokyo Metro train crosses the Kanda river, while, above, a set of JR East just leaves Ochanomizu. Photo taken at Ochanomizu, Tokyo, Japan.
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Carnival procession on Avenida del Saladar, Morro Jable, Pájara, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Choose a new media file |
English : Carnival procession on Avenida del Saladar, Morro Jable, Pájara, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.
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_2.jpg) Rock hyrax (also called a rock rabbit) (Procavia capensis), Erongo, Namibia. Along with the manatee, hyraxes are the animals most closely related to elephants. Change image |
English : Rock hyrax (also called a rock rabbit) (Procavia capensis), Erongo, Namibia. Along with the manatee, hyraxes are the animals most closely related to elephants.
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Video of the British Library introducing Magna Carta. Choose a new media file |
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_-_Fine_Wind,_Clear_Weather_(Gaif%C5%AB_kaisei),_also_known_as_Red_Fuji,_from_the_series_Thirty-six_Views_o..._-_Google_Art_Project_-_Cropped.jpg){kind=spacer} Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei). Change image |
English : Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei).
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World War Ⅱ dig, learning about the Third Reich postal service. Choose a new media file |
English : World War Ⅱ dig, learning about the Third Reich postal service.
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,_Stokes_Hill_Wharf_--_2019_--_4362.jpg) Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Change image |
Autumn in Carpathian Biosphere Reserve (Carpathian Mountains), Ukraine. Choose a new media file |
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_11-09-2020_(d.j.b.).jpg) Seeds of a Calendula officinalis . Change image |
English : Seeds of a Calendula officinalis .
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Penetration of SARS-CoV-2 into a cell by endocytosis Choose a new media file |
English : Penetration of SARS-CoV-2 into a cell by endocytosis
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Construction to launch of the China's space station core module, Tianhe Choose a new media file |
English : Construction to launch of the China's space station core module, Tianhe
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 The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York City, which first opened to the public on May 13, 1911. Change image |
English : The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York City, which first opened to the public on May 13, 1911.
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10 Sexualities To Know About Choose a new media file |
English : 10 Sexualities To Know About
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,_parque_nacional_de_Chobe,_Botsuana,_2018-07-28,_DD_46.jpg) Exemplar of African darter (Anhinga rufa) looking for fish in the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana. Change image |
English : Exemplar of African darter (Anhinga rufa) looking for fish in the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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Video of the Moon as seen on May 14th, 2008. Choose a new media file |
English : Video of the Moon as seen on May 14th, 2008.
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 Hvannhagi lake at Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Change image |
English : Hvannhagi lake at Suðuroy, Faroe Islands.
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Traditional Silesian song, Czegoś taki smutny, koniu mój kochany, from Julius Roger collection. Choose a new media file |
English : Traditional Silesian song, Czegoś taki smutny, koniu mój kochany, from Julius Roger collection.
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 A train is hauling lead ore from the San Cristobal mine (Bolivia) to the port city of Antofagasta (Chile). Change image |
English : A train is hauling lead ore from the San Cristobal mine (Bolivia) to the port city of Antofagasta (Chile).
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American newsreel footage on the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Choose a new media file |
English : American newsreel footage on the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
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.jpg) Polonina of shepherds after a thunderstorm. Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine. Change image |
SpaceX's first reused Crew Dragon Endeavour, docks at International Space Station (ISS) Choose a new media file |
English : SpaceX's first reused Crew Dragon Endeavour, docks at International Space Station (ISS)
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_Ethiopia.jpg) African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), Lake Ziway, Ethiopia. Change image |
English : African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.
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 Light trail of the largest German ferry M/S Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Warnemünde, Germany Change image |
Timelapse of the tram line 1 in Vienna, Austria, between the stops Ring, Volkstheater and Paulanergasse. Choose a new media file |
English : Timelapse of the tram line 1 in Vienna, Austria, between the stops Ring, Volkstheater and Paulanergasse.
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 Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) courtship behaviour. Kinburn Peninsula, Ukraine. Change image |
English : Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) courtship behaviour. Kinburn Peninsula, Ukraine.
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Cloud at World's End in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka. Choose a new media file |
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 Aveiro lighthouse, west coast of Portugal. Change image |
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_female_with_six-week-old_baby.jpg) A female African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) with her six-week-old baby in the Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe, having just crossed the border from Botswana. Change image |
English : A female African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) with her six-week-old baby in the Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe, having just crossed the border from Botswana.
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Rehearsal of the air part of the parade on May 7, 2021 in Moscow in honour of the victory on the Eastern Front (1941—1945) of World War II, known as Great Patriotic War in USSR and modern Russia Choose a new media file |
English : Rehearsal of the air part of the parade on May 7, 2021 in Moscow in honour of the victory on the Eastern Front (1941—1945) of World War II, known as Great Patriotic War in USSR and modern Russia
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 Five antennas of the Australia Telescope Compact Array, near Narrabri (New South Wales). This photograph was taken in the late phase of the construction process (~1984). Change image |
English : Five antennas of the Australia Telescope Compact Array, near Narrabri (New South Wales). This photograph was taken in the late phase of the construction process (~1984).
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China's Zhurong rover of Tianwen-1 mission landing Animation Choose a new media file |
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 Inventor Nikola Tesla in December 1899, reading in his laboratory of Colorado Springs next to his giant "magnifying transmitter" high voltage generator while the machine produces huge bolts of electricity. This photo was in fact a promotional stunt by photographer Dickenson V. Alley. Change image |
English : Inventor Nikola Tesla in December 1899, reading in his laboratory of Colorado Springs next to his giant "magnifying transmitter" high voltage generator while the machine produces huge bolts of electricity. This photo was in fact a promotional stunt by photographer Dickenson V. Alley.
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Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) bobbing aggressively, likely due to a hawk nearby. Choose a new media file |
English : Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) bobbing aggressively, likely due to a hawk nearby.
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 Aerial shot of the Church of the Savior on Blood in Saint Petersburg, Russia Change image |
Nomads of the North is a 1920 American silent drama film, directed by David Hartford and James Oliver Curwood, based on the latter's eponymous novel, and featuring Lon Chaney. Choose a new media file |
English : Nomads of the North is a 1920 American silent drama film, directed by David Hartford and James Oliver Curwood, based on the latter's eponymous novel, and featuring Lon Chaney.
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 Detail of Distinction Hotel facade, Christchurch, New Zealand Change image |
The effect of the quarantine in France in 2020: The bells of the Saint Joseph church in Belfort were pulled on an initiative of the bishops of France in solidarity with the carers fighting against SARS-CoV-2. Choose a new media file |
English : The effect of the quarantine in France in 2020: The bells of the Saint Joseph church in Belfort were pulled on an initiative of the bishops of France in solidarity with the carers fighting against SARS-CoV-2.
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 California gull (Larus californicus) landing in Palo Alto Duck Pond, Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto, California. Change image |
English : California gull (Larus californicus) landing in Palo Alto Duck Pond, Baylands Nature Preserve, Palo Alto, California.
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One year ago the Blender Animation Studio released their shortfilm Coffee Run. Like the ten shortfilms before, this was also created using the open-source 3D software blender. Choose a new media file |
English : One year ago the Blender Animation Studio released their shortfilm Coffee Run. Like the ten shortfilms before, this was also created using the open-source 3D software blender.
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 Fortress Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle. Today is the day of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. Change image |
English : Fortress Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle. Today is the day of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine.
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Kamianets-Podilskyi takes 3rd place in Ukraine by number of architectural monuments (after Kyiv and Lviv). Choose a new media file |
English : Kamianets-Podilskyi takes 3rd place in Ukraine by number of architectural monuments (after Kyiv and Lviv).
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 Wrocław Główny, the largest railway station in Poland in terms of the number of passengers serviced. Change image |
English : Wrocław Główny, the largest railway station in Poland in terms of the number of passengers serviced.
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Le Cochon Danseur is a 1907 French silent short puppet film. Choose a new media file |
English : Le Cochon Danseur is a 1907 French silent short puppet film.
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