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 Rock formations and the Dedo de Deus (God's Finger) peak in the background, at the Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Change image |
English : Rock formations and the Dedo de Deus (God's Finger) peak in the background, at the Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
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During launch attempt of a Falcon 9 rocket with SpaceX CRS-7, the rocket was seen to disintegrate during first stage flight, it is not known what caused this yet. Choose a new media file |
English : During launch attempt of a Falcon 9 rocket with SpaceX CRS-7, the rocket was seen to disintegrate during first stage flight, it is not known what caused this yet.
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English : Front of a giant manta ray (Manta birostris) filter feeding. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
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Freshwater shrimp (Paratya compressa) filmed in a fish tank in Tokyo, Japan. Choose a new media file |
English : Freshwater shrimp (Paratya compressa) filmed in a fish tank in Tokyo, Japan.
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 A view from a ridge between Segla and Hesten, Senja, Norway, 2014 August. The fjord to the right is Mefjorden. Change image |
English : A view from a ridge between Segla and Hesten, Senja, Norway, 2014 August. The fjord to the right is Mefjorden.
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Example of cleaning symbiosis: Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning the gills of an elongate surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata). Video taken in the Gijon Aquarium, Spain. Choose a new media file |
English : Example of cleaning symbiosis: Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning the gills of an elongate surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata). Video taken in the Gijon Aquarium, Spain.
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Stone of Tizoc, or Sacrificial Stone is a large, round, carved stone in the Aztec cultural heritage, created in 1480s, and rediscovered on 17 December 1791. It is thought to have been a quauhxicalli, in which the hearts of victims of sacrifice were placed. Located in the National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City. Choose a new media file |
English : Stone of Tizoc, or Sacrificial Stone is a large, round, carved stone in the Aztec cultural heritage, created in 1480s, and rediscovered on 17 December 1791. It is thought to have been a quauhxicalli, in which the hearts of victims of sacrifice were placed. Located in the National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City.
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American folk song "Darlin' Nellie Gray", sung by the Metropolitan Male Quartet in 1909 Choose a new media file |
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 Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador. The turtles placidly permit the butterflies to sip from their eyes as they bask on a log. This "tear-feeding" is a phenomenon known as lachryphagy. Change image |
English : Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador. The turtles placidly permit the butterflies to sip from their eyes as they bask on a log. This "tear-feeding" is a phenomenon known as lachryphagy.
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Remarks on the Signing of the Voting Rights Act (August 6, 1965) by President Lyndon Baines Johnson Choose a new media file |
English : Remarks on the Signing of the Voting Rights Act (August 6, 1965) by President Lyndon Baines Johnson
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 The Refugio militar Capitán Cobo are barracks used by the Special Operations Command of Spain. They are located at an altitude of 2550 m in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The road A-395 in front shows the last public section of the 38 km long access road from Granada leading to Pico del Veleta. This is also the highest paved road in Europe. Change image |
English : The Refugio militar Capitán Cobo are barracks used by the Special Operations Command of Spain. They are located at an altitude of 2550 m in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The road A-395 in front shows the last public section of the 38 km long access road from Granada leading to Pico del Veleta. This is also the highest paved road in Europe.
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Stack of microscopic images of a rockcress (Arabidopsis) leaf. Choose a new media file |
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 The small settlement Naajaat in Northwest Greenland, August 9, 2007. The Greenland ice sheet is seen to the upper left. Change image |
English : The small settlement Naajaat in Northwest Greenland, August 9, 2007. The Greenland ice sheet is seen to the upper left.
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Mexican gray squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster) seen in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City Choose a new media file |
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_-_Tsarevets.JPG) Tsarevets, a medieval stronghold located on a hill with the same name in Veliko Tarnovo, in northern Bulgaria. Change image |
English : Tsarevets, a medieval stronghold located on a hill with the same name in Veliko Tarnovo, in northern Bulgaria.
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Vesuvius in eruption, newsreel (1944). Choose a new media file |
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 Sculptures of the kings of Judea at the west front of Notre-Dame, Paris, France. Change image |
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected a stellar-mass black hole much further away than any other previously known. The newly announced black hole lies in a spiral galaxy called NGC 300. This video zooms in onto the position of the system containing the stellar-mass black hole, and finishes with an artist’s impression of the system. Choose a new media file |
English : Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected a stellar-mass black hole much further away than any other previously known. The newly announced black hole lies in a spiral galaxy called NGC 300. This video zooms in onto the position of the system containing the stellar-mass black hole, and finishes with an artist’s impression of the system.
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 Flosagjá canyon, a continental rift between the tectonic plates (North American and Eurasian), Þingvellir National Park, Southern Region, Iceland. Change image |
English : Flosagjá canyon, a continental rift between the tectonic plates (North American and Eurasian), Þingvellir National Park, Southern Region, Iceland.
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Latte art in practice. Choose a new media file |
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 Panorama of the palm beach of Preveli with the mouth of Megalopotamos river, Crete Change image |
English : Panorama of the palm beach of Preveli with the mouth of Megalopotamos river, Crete
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Demolition of HNA Development Building, city Haikou, provincie Hainan, China, at exactly 10:30, December 25, 2012. Choose a new media file |
English : Demolition of HNA Development Building, city Haikou, provincie Hainan, China, at exactly 10:30, December 25, 2012.
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English : Panoramic view of the city of Macau, Portuguese colony until end of 1999, today part of China.
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Typical nightly street scene in Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. Choose a new media file |
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 Musical theatre Buff in Saint Petersburg. Change image |
English : Musical theatre Buff in Saint Petersburg.
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 Interior of Brixen Cathedral, South Tyrol. The parish is gathered for Sunday worship. Change image |
English : Interior of Brixen Cathedral, South Tyrol. The parish is gathered for Sunday worship.
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Two old Hurtigruten ships still in active service: "Lofoten" (1964), photographed in Hurtigruten service in 2006 and 2011; "Nordstjernen" (1956), photographed in Hurtigruten service in 2006 and cruising Svalbard (Spitsbergen) in 2007, Norway. Choose a new media file |
English : Two old Hurtigruten ships still in active service: "Lofoten" (1964), photographed in Hurtigruten service in 2006 and 2011; "Nordstjernen" (1956), photographed in Hurtigruten service in 2006 and cruising Svalbard (Spitsbergen) in 2007, Norway.
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 Pulteney Bridge, Bath, England. Change image |
English : Pulteney Bridge, Bath, England.
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 A performance of the Balinese dance kebyar duduk Change image |
Red lionfish (Pterois volitans). Video taken in the Gijon Aquarium Choose a new media file |
English : Red lionfish (Pterois volitans). Video taken in the Gijon Aquarium
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Cuauhxicalli, an altar-like stone vessel used by the Aztecs to contain human hearts extracted in human sacrificial ceremonies. National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City Choose a new media file |
English : Cuauhxicalli, an altar-like stone vessel used by the Aztecs to contain human hearts extracted in human sacrificial ceremonies. National Anthropology Museum, Mexico City
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 Picked edible fungi in basket. Cep (Boletus edulis, Boletus reticulatus), and Iodine bolete (Boletus impolitus). Trophies of a mushroom hunt. Ukraine. Change image |
English : Picked edible fungi in basket. Cep (Boletus edulis, Boletus reticulatus), and Iodine bolete (Boletus impolitus). Trophies of a mushroom hunt. Ukraine.
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English : Western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) in Mather Campground, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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.jpg) Sveti Stefan, a small islet and hotel resort in Montenegro. Change image |
Zooming in on a rather empty patch of sky in the huge constellation of Hydra. Choose a new media file |
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 Blue hour shot of the Prince Philip Science Museum, part of the City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain. The 40,000 m2 museum was opened on November 13th 2000 and was designed by Santiago Calatrava. Change image |
English : Blue hour shot of the Prince Philip Science Museum, part of the City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain. The 40,000 m2 museum was opened on November 13th 2000 and was designed by Santiago Calatrava.
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The feeder ship Containerships VIII inbound on the Elbe. Choose a new media file |
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 View of the City Hall (round building on the left), More London office complex and The Shard skyscraper, at the south bank of the Thames, Southwark district, Central London, England. The City Hall was opened in 2002 and comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. Change image |
English : View of the City Hall (round building on the left), More London office complex and The Shard skyscraper, at the south bank of the Thames, Southwark district, Central London, England. The City Hall was opened in 2002 and comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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Angel and the Badman is a US western movie from 1947 directed by James Edward Grant (copyright not renewed). Choose a new media file |
English : Angel and the Badman is a US western movie from 1947 directed by James Edward Grant (copyright not renewed).
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 Evening panorama of Alhambra from Mirador de San Nicolás, Granada, Spain. Change image |
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 White cat with Heterochromia. Change image |
English : White cat with Heterochromia.
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European otters (Lutra lutra) eating frozen fish. Video taken in the Gijon Aquarium, Spain Choose a new media file |
English : European otters (Lutra lutra) eating frozen fish. Video taken in the Gijon Aquarium, Spain
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 Rainbow over Gullfoss ("Golden Falls" in Icelandic), a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river and one of the main attractions of the Golden Circle in southwest of Iceland. The fall step on the left is 11 m high and the one on the right 20 m high. The amount of water flowing is in summer, when the picture was taken, 140 m3/s. Change image |
English : Rainbow over Gullfoss ("Golden Falls" in Icelandic), a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river and one of the main attractions of the Golden Circle in southwest of Iceland. The fall step on the left is 11 m high and the one on the right 20 m high. The amount of water flowing is in summer, when the picture was taken, 140 m3/s.
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Chemical reaction called Blue bottle which take place in aqueous solution containing glucose, sodium hydroxide and a methylene blue. Choose a new media file |
English : Chemical reaction called Blue bottle which take place in aqueous solution containing glucose, sodium hydroxide and a methylene blue.
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.jpg) Prince Bishop's Castle in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Change image |
Interactive architectural visualization (ArchViz) using Unreal Engine 4. Choose a new media file |
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 Origami crane (Orizuru). Change image |
English : Origami crane (Orizuru).
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Lännakatten (Upsala-Lenna Jernväg) in Almunge (2015) Choose a new media file |
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 Seated Golden Buddha from Guhwang-dong, Gyeongju, Korea. Change image |
English : Seated Golden Buddha from Guhwang-dong, Gyeongju, Korea.
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Rye sourdough starter culture rising (75 grams of 100% rye culture at 100% hydration from 1 minute after mixing for 10 hours, at 1200x speedup). Choose a new media file |
English : Rye sourdough starter culture rising (75 grams of 100% rye culture at 100% hydration from 1 minute after mixing for 10 hours, at 1200x speedup).
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 Mottled Bolete (Leccinum variicolor), Ånderdalen, Senja, Norway. Change image |
English : Mottled Bolete (Leccinum variicolor), Ånderdalen, Senja, Norway.
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Giant woodwasp (Urocerus gigas) oviposits on a cut down pine (Pinus sylvestris). Choose a new media file |
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 Willem Blaeu's 1635 map of the northeastern part of South America, Lake Parima (Parime Lacus), and the route to El Dorado. Change image |
English : Willem Blaeu's 1635 map of the northeastern part of South America, Lake Parima (Parime Lacus), and the route to El Dorado.
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Two German Army tanks Leopard 2A5 (393rd Armoured Battalion) demonstrate deep-wading. Choose a new media file |
English : Two German Army tanks Leopard 2A5 (393rd Armoured Battalion) demonstrate deep-wading.
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Long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) breathing. Video taken in the Gijon Aquarium Choose a new media file |
English : Long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) breathing. Video taken in the Gijon Aquarium
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