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 First launch of Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-1. Columbia disintegrated upon reentry this day in 2003, killing all seven crew members. Change image |
English : First launch of Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-1. Columbia disintegrated upon reentry this day in 2003, killing all seven crew members.
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Plant Productivity in a Warming World Choose a new media file |
English : Plant Productivity in a Warming World
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 Sun rays at Grand Canyon photographed from Hopi Point Change image |
English : Sun rays at Grand Canyon photographed from Hopi Point
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Possible PDM signal labeled as Sputnik by NASA Choose a new media file |
English : Possible PDM signal labeled as Sputnik by NASA
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 Electrolytically refined pure (99.9 %) nickel nodules, and a high purity (99.99 % = 4N) 1 cm3 nickel cube for comparison. Crystallized nickel-electrolyte salts (green) can be seen in the pores of the nodules. Change image |
English : Electrolytically refined pure (99.9 %) nickel nodules, and a high purity (99.99 % = 4N) 1 cm3 nickel cube for comparison. Crystallized nickel-electrolyte salts (green) can be seen in the pores of the nodules.
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Brittle star in motion. Lalo Cove, Sea of Cortez, Mexico Choose a new media file |
English : Brittle star in motion. Lalo Cove, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
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 Wartime hiding place "Nabessaar" (Nabe island), Lohusalu village, Northwestern Estonia. Change image |
English : Wartime hiding place "Nabessaar" (Nabe island), Lohusalu village, Northwestern Estonia.
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Porosity and vein formation Choose a new media file |
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Video of spores being ejected by fungus. Choose a new media file |
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 Aerial view of Goetheanum Change image |
English : Aerial view of Goetheanum
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On Victory Day King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, appeared on the balcony of the Buckingham Palace before the cheering crowds. Choose a new media file |
English : On Victory Day King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, appeared on the balcony of the Buckingham Palace before the cheering crowds.
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 Berlin Television Tower. Change image |
English : Berlin Television Tower.
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The implosion of Radio Network House on 5 August 2012 was New Zealand's first ever controlled building demolition by explosives. Choose a new media file |
English : The implosion of Radio Network House on 5 August 2012 was New Zealand's first ever controlled building demolition by explosives.
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 Typical view of Joshua Tree National Park with impressive rocks and Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia). The photo is taken from the parking lot close to the Banana Cracks Formation. Change image |
English : Typical view of Joshua Tree National Park with impressive rocks and Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia). The photo is taken from the parking lot close to the Banana Cracks Formation.
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 Droste Effect Choose a new media file |
English : Droste Effect
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 Skyline at night of Toronto, Canada. Change image |
 A galloping horse based on work by Eadweard Muybridge Choose a new media file |
English : A galloping horse based on work by Eadweard Muybridge
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 Aerial view of vineyards at Markgräflerland Change image |
English : Aerial view of vineyards at Markgräflerland
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A periodic cell of argon was simulated using Metropolis Monte Carlo translational moves, sampling the canonical ensemble at 98 K. Argon-argon interactions were represented using a Lennard-Jones potential. Choose a new media file |
English : A periodic cell of argon was simulated using Metropolis Monte Carlo translational moves, sampling the canonical ensemble at 98 K. Argon-argon interactions were represented using a Lennard-Jones potential.
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 High resolution panoramic view of Bryce Canyon Amphitheater photographed from the Sunrise Point Change image |
English : High resolution panoramic view of Bryce Canyon Amphitheater photographed from the Sunrise Point
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Cassini has been snapping visible-light photographs of Saturn's rings, the Composite Infra-red Spectrometer instrument was taking the rings' temperatures. During equinox, the rings cooled to the lowest temperature ever recorded. The A ring dropped down to a frosty 43 Kelvin. Studying ring temperatures at equinox will help scientists better understand the sizes and other characteristics of the ring particles. Choose a new media file |
English : Cassini has been snapping visible-light photographs of Saturn's rings, the Composite Infra-red Spectrometer instrument was taking the rings' temperatures. During equinox, the rings cooled to the lowest temperature ever recorded. The A ring dropped down to a frosty 43 Kelvin. Studying ring temperatures at equinox will help scientists better understand the sizes and other characteristics of the ring particles.
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Calcium imaging of a zebrafish embryo (time-lapse). Actual time frame, 5 min. Choose a new media file |
English : Calcium imaging of a zebrafish embryo (time-lapse). Actual time frame, 5 min.
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Gun camera footage of the airstrike of 12 July 2007 in Baghdad, showing the slaying of Namir Noor-Eldeen and a dozen other civilians by an US helicopter. Choose a new media file |
English : Gun camera footage of the airstrike of 12 July 2007 in Baghdad, showing the slaying of Namir Noor-Eldeen and a dozen other civilians by an US helicopter.
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 Grand Canyon South Rim photographed from Powell Point with warm evening light Change image |
English : Grand Canyon South Rim photographed from Powell Point with warm evening light
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Jimmy Wales answers the question about internet censorship in China (from Shujen Chang) at Wikimania 2012 opening ceremony. Choose a new media file |
English : Jimmy Wales answers the question about internet censorship in China (from Shujen Chang) at Wikimania 2012 opening ceremony.
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 Building in Ljungris, Ljungdalen, Berg Municipality, Jämtland County. Ljungris is owned by the Sámi community and used especially for Reindeer calf marking in the summer. Change image |
English : Building in Ljungris, Ljungdalen, Berg Municipality, Jämtland County. Ljungris is owned by the Sámi community and used especially for Reindeer calf marking in the summer.
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Meteorite shower over Chelyabinsk on February 15, 2013. Choose a new media file |
English : Meteorite shower over Chelyabinsk on February 15, 2013.
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 Sunrise in Viru bog at Lahemaa National Park. Change image |
English : Sunrise in Viru bog at Lahemaa National Park.
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Execution of Topsy Choose a new media file |
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 President Barack Obama jokingly mimics U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney's "not impressed" look while greeting members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team in the Oval Office, November 15, 2012. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza.) Change image |
English : President Barack Obama jokingly mimics U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney's "not impressed" look while greeting members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team in the Oval Office, November 15, 2012. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza.)
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The ride Stampbanan at the amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden Choose a new media file |
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 Tycho crater's central peak complex casts a long, dark shadow near local sunrise in this spectacular lunar-scape. Change image |
English : Tycho crater's central peak complex casts a long, dark shadow near local sunrise in this spectacular lunar-scape.
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A jewel beetle (Agrilus biguttatus) on a stump of a tree Choose a new media file |
English : A jewel beetle (Agrilus biguttatus) on a stump of a tree
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 A Burrowing Owl near Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. It is standing on one leg. Change image |
The Little Princess is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang. The film was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also her last major success as a child star. Shirley Temple died on February 10, 2014. Choose a new media file |
English : The Little Princess is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang. The film was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also her last major success as a child star. Shirley Temple died on February 10, 2014.
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 Early morning in Endla Nature Reserve. Change image |
English : Early morning in Endla Nature Reserve.
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Iguazu Falls, Argentina Choose a new media file |
English : Iguazu Falls, Argentina
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 Sant'Angelo Bridge over the Tiber River with the St. Peter's Basilica in the background from the Umberto I Bridge. Change image |
English : Sant'Angelo Bridge over the Tiber River with the St. Peter's Basilica in the background from the Umberto I Bridge.
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Film footage of Tolstoy's 80th birthday at Yasnaya Polyana. Footage shows his wife Sofya (picking flowers in the garden), daughter Aleksandra (sitting in the carriage in the white blouse), his aide and confidante, V. Chertkov (bald man with the beard and mustache) and students. Filmed by Aleksandr Osipovich Drankov, 1908. Choose a new media file |
English : Film footage of Tolstoy's 80th birthday at Yasnaya Polyana. Footage shows his wife Sofya (picking flowers in the garden), daughter Aleksandra (sitting in the carriage in the white blouse), his aide and confidante, V. Chertkov (bald man with the beard and mustache) and students. Filmed by Aleksandr Osipovich Drankov, 1908.
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 NGC 4565 is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. Change image |
English : NGC 4565 is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.
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 This video explains what Linked Open Data is, how it works and how it can serve memory organizations like galleries, libraries, archives or museums. Choose a new media file |
English : This video explains what Linked Open Data is, how it works and how it can serve memory organizations like galleries, libraries, archives or museums.
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 A Blue-crested lizard (Calotes mystaceus) in Keibul Lamjao National Park, Bishnupur district, Manipur, India. Change image |
English : A Blue-crested lizard (Calotes mystaceus) in Keibul Lamjao National Park, Bishnupur district, Manipur, India.
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lluminated Lichtenberg Figure Choose a new media file |
English : lluminated Lichtenberg Figure
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Neal O'Doan and the Soni_Ventorum play the Mozart Quintet in Eb Major for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (movment 2, Larghetto). Choose a new media file |
English : Neal O'Doan and the Soni_Ventorum play the Mozart Quintet in Eb Major for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (movment 2, Larghetto).
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.jpg) Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Venezuela) Exterior. Change image |
English : Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Venezuela) Exterior.
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Skyline of Frankfurt, Germany as seen from the Deutschherrnbridge (Deutschherrnbrücke). Choose a new media file |
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 A RhB Ge 4/4 II with a push–pull train crosses the Wiesen Viaduct between Wiesen and Filisur, Switzerland. Change image |
English : A RhB Ge 4/4 II with a push–pull train crosses the Wiesen Viaduct between Wiesen and Filisur, Switzerland.
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Atmosphere on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kiev, when Berkut was coming and starting an "anti-terrorist operation". In the following hours about 80 people died here. Choose a new media file |
English : Atmosphere on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kiev, when Berkut was coming and starting an "anti-terrorist operation". In the following hours about 80 people died here.
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 On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn's shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its inner rings -- and, in the background, our home planet, Earth. Change image |
English : On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn's shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its inner rings -- and, in the background, our home planet, Earth.
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Latticed Heath (Chiasmia clathrata) in the vegetation of wasteland. Taken near Marburg, Germany. Choose a new media file |
English : Latticed Heath (Chiasmia clathrata) in the vegetation of wasteland. Taken near Marburg, Germany.
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English : Polychromed woodcarved statue of "Ecce homo" in the Saint Maurice church in Villandro (Italy)
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Adria Airways A319 night landing and takeoff at Frankfurt Airport and landing at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport seen from cockpit. Choose a new media file |
English : Adria Airways A319 night landing and takeoff at Frankfurt Airport and landing at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport seen from cockpit.
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