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 Near the great waterfall of Tendon (France). Change image |
English : Near the great waterfall of Tendon (France).
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The Lunar New Year celebrations mark fireworks in 2003, New York. Choose a new media file |
English : The Lunar New Year celebrations mark fireworks in 2003, New York.
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 Diagram of mitosis in animal cells. Change image |
Video footage recorded by Brown Boobies in flight off the coast of Nakanokamishima, an uninhabited Japanese island of the Yaeyama group. Choose a new media file |
English : Video footage recorded by Brown Boobies in flight off the coast of Nakanokamishima, an uninhabited Japanese island of the Yaeyama group.
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 Ritual mask of Kwakwaka'wakw tribe, British Columbia, end of 19th century. Change image |
English : Ritual mask of Kwakwaka'wakw tribe, British Columbia, end of 19th century.
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These robots have had their code changed according to the principles of natural selection. After about 150 generations, this enabled them to collaborate in moving around objects larger than their size, and collecting them in a specific area of their enclosure. Choose a new media file |
English : These robots have had their code changed according to the principles of natural selection. After about 150 generations, this enabled them to collaborate in moving around objects larger than their size, and collecting them in a specific area of their enclosure.
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 This artist’s impression shows two galaxies in the early Universe. The brilliant explosion on the left is a gamma-ray burst. As the light from the burst passes through the two galaxies on the way to Earth (outside the frame to the right) some colours are absorbed by the cool gas in the galaxies, leaving characteristic dark lines in the spectrum. Careful study of these spectra has allowed astronomers to discover that these two galaxies are remarkably rich in heavier chemical elements. Change image |
English : This artist’s impression shows two galaxies in the early Universe. The brilliant explosion on the left is a gamma-ray burst. As the light from the burst passes through the two galaxies on the way to Earth (outside the frame to the right) some colours are absorbed by the cool gas in the galaxies, leaving characteristic dark lines in the spectrum. Careful study of these spectra has allowed astronomers to discover that these two galaxies are remarkably rich in heavier chemical elements.
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Transformations élastiques is a short film produced by Segundo de Chomón in 1908. Choose a new media file |
English : Transformations élastiques is a short film produced by Segundo de Chomón in 1908.
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 Field of sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) with the church of Nuestra Señora de La Blanca in the background, Cardejón, Spain. Change image |
English : Field of sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) with the church of Nuestra Señora de La Blanca in the background, Cardejón, Spain.
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Rebuilding a Species. The sandy brown Quagga Zebra was hunted to extinction more than 100 years ago. But when scientists learned it was not a unique species but a subspecies of the Plains Zebra, the Quagga Project was started by South African Reinhold Rau to bring the animal back. Choose a new media file |
English : Rebuilding a Species. The sandy brown Quagga Zebra was hunted to extinction more than 100 years ago. But when scientists learned it was not a unique species but a subspecies of the Plains Zebra, the Quagga Project was started by South African Reinhold Rau to bring the animal back.
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 Senecio haworthii, Botanic Garden, Munich, Germany. Change image |
English : Senecio haworthii, Botanic Garden, Munich, Germany.
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Lebanese-born Rima Fakih is the winner of the 2010 Miss USA beauty pageant. She is the first Arab American and Muslim to win the crown, and she has wide support in her adopted hometown of Dearborn, Michigan. While supporters there are cheering for her accomplishment, some have raised concerns that the pageant and provocative pictures of her, released after she won, clash with the conservative values of the Muslim faith. In an interview with VOA, Rima Fakih addressed those concerns as well as her goals as Miss USA as she heads into the Miss Universe contest this summer. Choose a new media file |
English : Lebanese-born Rima Fakih is the winner of the 2010 Miss USA beauty pageant. She is the first Arab American and Muslim to win the crown, and she has wide support in her adopted hometown of Dearborn, Michigan. While supporters there are cheering for her accomplishment, some have raised concerns that the pageant and provocative pictures of her, released after she won, clash with the conservative values of the Muslim faith. In an interview with VOA, Rima Fakih addressed those concerns as well as her goals as Miss USA as she heads into the Miss Universe contest this summer.
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 Entrance of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Landshut, Germany. Change image |
English : Entrance of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Landshut, Germany.
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A Western Whip Snake (Hierophis viridiflavus) sunbathing beside a forest near San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy. Choose a new media file |
English : A Western Whip Snake (Hierophis viridiflavus) sunbathing beside a forest near San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy.
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,_Tierpark_Hellabrunn,_M%C3%BAnich,_Alemania,_2012-06-17,_DD_02.jpg) European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich, Germany. Change image |
English : European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich, Germany.
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Microstructures arranged according to Origami principles and coated with living cells. Once a plate is detached from the substrate, the cells growing across neighbouring plates pull the structure of a cube together. Scale bar: 50 µm. Choose a new media file |
English : Microstructures arranged according to Origami principles and coated with living cells. Once a plate is detached from the substrate, the cells growing across neighbouring plates pull the structure of a cube together. Scale bar: 50 µm.
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 Viru bog, Lahemaa National Park, Estonia. Change image |
English : Viru bog, Lahemaa National Park, Estonia.
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Some species of robber flies show a specific mating behaviour. A male of Dioctria atricapilla makes a special "courtship dance" in front of a female sitting in the grass of a meadow (about 15cm over ground). Filmed near Marburg, Germany. Choose a new media file |
English : Some species of robber flies show a specific mating behaviour. A male of Dioctria atricapilla makes a special "courtship dance" in front of a female sitting in the grass of a meadow (about 15cm over ground). Filmed near Marburg, Germany.
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 Olympic Park, Munich, Germany. Change image |
English : Olympic Park, Munich, Germany.
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Evolution of weekly incidence rates of Dengue fever in Cambodia from January 2002 to December 2008. Choose a new media file |
English : Evolution of weekly incidence rates of Dengue fever in Cambodia from January 2002 to December 2008.
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 Trausnitz castle, Landshut, Germany. Change image |
English : Trausnitz castle, Landshut, Germany.
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Morning rush-hour traffic on Macedonia Square in Sofia, Bulgaria. Choose a new media file |
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,_jard%C3%ADn_del_molino,_Sierra_de_San_Felipe,_Set%C3%BAbal,_Portugal,_2012-05-11,_DD_01.JPG) Mexican Gem (Echeveria elegans), mill garden, Sierra of Saint Philip, Setubal, Portugal. Change image |
English : Mexican Gem (Echeveria elegans), mill garden, Sierra of Saint Philip, Setubal, Portugal.
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Flight over devastated Munich in 1945. Choose a new media file |
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 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn, Estonia. Change image |
English : Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn, Estonia.
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Common House Martin chicks (Delichon urbicum) are fed by their parents at the nest. Choose a new media file |
English : Common House Martin chicks (Delichon urbicum) are fed by their parents at the nest.
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 View from the observation tower, Brown County State Park, Indiana, USA. Change image |
English : View from the observation tower, Brown County State Park, Indiana, USA.
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Motion tracking of two pianist's fingers playing the same piece (slow motion, no sound). Choose a new media file |
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 Crassula arborescens, Botanic Garden, Munich, Germany. Change image |
English : Crassula arborescens, Botanic Garden, Munich, Germany.
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Kiwi (Apteryx australis) feeding in fern near Mason Bay, Rakiura (Stewart Island) New Zealand. Choose a new media file |
English : Kiwi (Apteryx australis) feeding in fern near Mason Bay, Rakiura (Stewart Island) New Zealand.
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 Church of Saint Ildefonso, Porto, Portugal. Change image |
English : Church of Saint Ildefonso, Porto, Portugal.
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What is open access to the scientific literature about? A video special of PhD Comics on the occasion of Open Access Week 2012, featuring phylogeneticist Jonathan Eisen and SPARC's Nick Shockey. Choose a new media file |
English : What is open access to the scientific literature about? A video special of PhD Comics on the occasion of Open Access Week 2012, featuring phylogeneticist Jonathan Eisen and SPARC's Nick Shockey.
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 Town Hall Square, Setúbal, Portugal. Change image |
English : Town Hall Square, Setúbal, Portugal.
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Puffed grain machine in Haikou, Hainan, China. Choose a new media file |
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 Tree with visible roots in Kiental, between Herrsching and Andechs, Germany. Change image |
English : Tree with visible roots in Kiental, between Herrsching and Andechs, Germany.
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A social network of mice (yellow dots) moving around between their nest boxes (grey empty circles). Choose a new media file |
English : A social network of mice (yellow dots) moving around between their nest boxes (grey empty circles).
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 BMW Tower and museum, Munich, Germany. Change image |
English : BMW Tower and museum, Munich, Germany.
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The boxing cats (Prof. Welton's) shot at Edison's Black Maria in 1894. Choose a new media file |
English : The boxing cats (Prof. Welton's) shot at Edison's Black Maria in 1894.
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 Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II at the 2011 Royal International Air Tattoo. Change image |
English : Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II at the 2011 Royal International Air Tattoo.
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Hispella testacea in copula. Hispella testacea (syn. Dicladispa testacea) is a Mediterranean species belonging to subfamily Cassidinae of the leaf beetles. Choose a new media file |
English : Hispella testacea in copula. Hispella testacea (syn. Dicladispa testacea) is a Mediterranean species belonging to subfamily Cassidinae of the leaf beetles.
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 "The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth Wonderful performing geese, roosters and musical donkey". Chromolithograph. Change image |
English : "The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth Wonderful performing geese, roosters and musical donkey". Chromolithograph.
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Boa constrictor swallowing rabbit. Choose a new media file |
English : Boa constrictor swallowing rabbit.
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 Roman Aqueduct of Segovia, Spain, at dusk. This image won the second prize in Wiki Loves Monuments 2012. Change image |
English : Roman Aqueduct of Segovia, Spain, at dusk. This image won the second prize in Wiki Loves Monuments 2012.
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Missile Milestone - First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat, Universal International Newsreel, 21 July 1960. Polaris missile loaded from truck to sub at Cape Canaveral, missile hatches opened on USS George Washington, missile fired on 20 July 1960, 1100 miles to its target, then 2nd missile fired. Choose a new media file |
English : Missile Milestone - First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat, Universal International Newsreel, 21 July 1960. Polaris missile loaded from truck to sub at Cape Canaveral, missile hatches opened on USS George Washington, missile fired on 20 July 1960, 1100 miles to its target, then 2nd missile fired.
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 Lörrach, Germany: Park "Grütt" with lake in wintertime Change image |
English : Lörrach, Germany: Park "Grütt" with lake in wintertime
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3D render video of a snooker break-off shot Choose a new media file |
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 Electrolytically refined pure (99.989 %) superficially oxidized lead nodules and a high purity (99.989 %) 1 cm3 lead cube for comparison. Change image |
English : Electrolytically refined pure (99.989 %) superficially oxidized lead nodules and a high purity (99.989 %) 1 cm3 lead cube for comparison.
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 A view of Stanford Memorial Church, the centerpiece of Stanford University, at night. This day, January 25, 2013, marks the 110th anniversary of the dedication of this church in memory of Leland Stanford, former governor of California and founder of the university. Change image |
English : A view of Stanford Memorial Church, the centerpiece of Stanford University, at night. This day, January 25, 2013, marks the 110th anniversary of the dedication of this church in memory of Leland Stanford, former governor of California and founder of the university.
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The round-mouthed snail (Pomatias elegans) is a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae. This species is very common in Southern Europe. Choose a new media file |
English : The round-mouthed snail (Pomatias elegans) is a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae. This species is very common in Southern Europe.
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.JPG) Coromandel Marsh Dart Ceriagrion coromandelianum (female) is a medium sized pale green damselfly with yellow tail. Taken at Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Change image |
English : Coromandel Marsh Dart Ceriagrion coromandelianum (female) is a medium sized pale green damselfly with yellow tail. Taken at Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
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A clip from Tears of Steel, a 12-minute live-action/CGI short film released by the Blender Foundation on September 26th, 2012. Choose a new media file |
English : A clip from Tears of Steel, a 12-minute live-action/CGI short film released by the Blender Foundation on September 26th, 2012.
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 The Temple of God Wind in the Mayan Ruins of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Change image |
English : The Temple of God Wind in the Mayan Ruins of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
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Song of the 17-year cicada Magicicada cassini . Choose a new media file |
English : Song of the 17-year cicada Magicicada cassini .
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 Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after take-off, 27 years ago on this very day. Change image |
A grass bug (Capsus ater) ovipositing into a blade of grass. Choose a new media file |
English : A grass bug (Capsus ater) ovipositing into a blade of grass.
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 Tarvasjõgi, Kõrvemaa Nature Park, Estonia. Change image |
English : Tarvasjõgi, Kõrvemaa Nature Park, Estonia.
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A Haematococcus pluvialis cell filled with astaxanthin (red). Choose a new media file |
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 Telephoto lens Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II USM with tripod mounting ring, without hood Change image |
English : Telephoto lens Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II USM with tripod mounting ring, without hood
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Sertão Santana, rua da prefeitura. (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Choose a new media file |
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 Menshikov Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Change image |
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