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 The bicolored frog or Malabar frog (Clinotarsus curtipes) is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats of India. Change image |
English : The bicolored frog or Malabar frog (Clinotarsus curtipes) is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats of India.
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Lady Windermere's Fan is a 1925 American silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It is based on Oscar Wilde's 1893 play of the same name, Lady Windermere's Fan. Choose a new media file |
English : Lady Windermere's Fan is a 1925 American silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It is based on Oscar Wilde's 1893 play of the same name, Lady Windermere's Fan.
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 The United States Capitol, often called the "Capitol Building" or "Capitol Hill", is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It sits atop Capitol Hill, at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Change image |
English : The United States Capitol, often called the "Capitol Building" or "Capitol Hill", is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It sits atop Capitol Hill, at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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 Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel Hubbard Gardiner Bell kissing in 1903 through a tetrahedral kite he invented. Choose a new media file |
English : Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel Hubbard Gardiner Bell kissing in 1903 through a tetrahedral kite he invented.
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 The Fairy of Eagle Nebula. Change image |
English : The Fairy of Eagle Nebula.
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, Black Hawk helicopter flies over NRG Stadium in advance of Super Bowl LI in Houston, Texas, February 1, 2017. Choose a new media file |
English : The U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, Black Hawk helicopter flies over NRG Stadium in advance of Super Bowl LI in Houston, Texas, February 1, 2017.
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 Dome in the interior of the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran. The mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of the oldest still standing buildings in Iran and it has been continuously changed its architecture since it was erected in 771 until the 20th century. Change image |
English : Dome in the interior of the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran. The mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of the oldest still standing buildings in Iran and it has been continuously changed its architecture since it was erected in 771 until the 20th century.
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The nature of Slovenia, July 2011. Choose a new media file |
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 Sculpture “Body and Soul” (Duk-Kyu Ryang, 2015) in front of the office building of the LVM Insurance, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Sculpture “Body and Soul” (Duk-Kyu Ryang, 2015) in front of the office building of the LVM Insurance, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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The birth date of the second President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 5 September 1888, has been celebrated as Teacher's Day since 1962, but What makes great teachers and great school leaders? The video has a short answer to the question. Choose a new media file |
English : The birth date of the second President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 5 September 1888, has been celebrated as Teacher's Day since 1962, but What makes great teachers and great school leaders? The video has a short answer to the question.
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English : Allegorical frieze bas-relief on Admiralty Building Central Frieze in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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The aerial video of Philadelphia Museum of Art and its surroundings, Philadelphia, U.S.A., August 2016. Choose a new media file |
English : The aerial video of Philadelphia Museum of Art and its surroundings, Philadelphia, U.S.A., August 2016.
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_female.JPG) A female Campo flicker woodpecker (Colaptes campestris) to celebrate Brazil's Independence Day (7 September 1822). Change image |
English : A female Campo flicker woodpecker (Colaptes campestris) to celebrate Brazil's Independence Day (7 September 1822).
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This is a video of Carnival rehearsals in São Paulo, Brazil. The Carnival in Brazil is a major part of the Brazilian Culture, and it is sometimes referred to by the Brazilians as the "Greatest Show on Earth". The first ever true carnival expression of this Brazilian festivity, officially recognized by Carnaval historians in Brazil, took place in Rio de Janeiro, with the "préstitos", very similar to a musical processions, in 1641, when John IV of Portugal was crowned as a King and parties were celebrated in Rio public streets. Choose a new media file |
English : This is a video of Carnival rehearsals in São Paulo, Brazil. The Carnival in Brazil is a major part of the Brazilian Culture, and it is sometimes referred to by the Brazilians as the "Greatest Show on Earth". The first ever true carnival expression of this Brazilian festivity, officially recognized by Carnaval historians in Brazil, took place in Rio de Janeiro, with the "préstitos", very similar to a musical processions, in 1641, when John IV of Portugal was crowned as a King and parties were celebrated in Rio public streets.
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 Night view with Christmas patterns of the facade of the town hall of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. The building was built in 1799 over the former town hall building and is the result of 2 different stages: the first one, Neoclassical, started in 1799 by Torcuato Benjumeda, and a second one of Isabelline style, work of García del Álamo in 1861. Change image |
English : Night view with Christmas patterns of the facade of the town hall of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. The building was built in 1799 over the former town hall building and is the result of 2 different stages: the first one, Neoclassical, started in 1799 by Torcuato Benjumeda, and a second one of Isabelline style, work of García del Álamo in 1861.
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 A (pre-)daguerreotype incunable of photography: Steinheil's and von Kobell's picture of Munich's Neuhauser Straße with St. Michael's Church on the left side. This photograph was taken in July 1839 on silver chloride paper. Change image |
English : A (pre-)daguerreotype incunable of photography: Steinheil's and von Kobell's picture of Munich's Neuhauser Straße with St. Michael's Church on the left side. This photograph was taken in July 1839 on silver chloride paper.
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The flight over the destroyed centre of München after the end of World War II, 1945. Choose a new media file |
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 Ceriagrion cerinorubellum with a Lepidoptera as prey Change image |
The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) eating while on exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, USA. Choose a new media file |
English : The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) eating while on exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, USA.
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 A soldier launches a FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile Change image |
English : A soldier launches a FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile
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The French aerobatic demonstration team Patrouille de France performed with Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet aicrafts at the 2017 Maxwell Air Force Base air show April 8 and 9, 2017. Choose a new media file |
English : The French aerobatic demonstration team Patrouille de France performed with Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet aicrafts at the 2017 Maxwell Air Force Base air show April 8 and 9, 2017.
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 The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. Built in 1930, at 450 ft (137 m) tall the building is the tallest state capitol in the United States. Change image |
English : The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. Built in 1930, at 450 ft (137 m) tall the building is the tallest state capitol in the United States.
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American mink (Neovison vison) with sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) by the Italio River in Alaska, U.S.A. Choose a new media file |
English : American mink (Neovison vison) with sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) by the Italio River in Alaska, U.S.A.
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 Okayama Castle is a Japanese castle in the city of Okayama. The main tower was completed in 1597, destroyed in 1945 and replicated in concrete in 1966. In stark contrast to the white "Egret Castle" of neighboring Himeji, Okayama Castle has a black exterior, earning it the nickname "Crow Castle" or "castle of the black bird". Change image |
English : Okayama Castle is a Japanese castle in the city of Okayama. The main tower was completed in 1597, destroyed in 1945 and replicated in concrete in 1966. In stark contrast to the white "Egret Castle" of neighboring Himeji, Okayama Castle has a black exterior, earning it the nickname "Crow Castle" or "castle of the black bird".
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 The Berca Mud Volcanoes are a geological and botanical reservation located close to Berca in Buzău County, Romania. The phenomenon is caused due to gases that erupt from 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) deep towards the surface, through the underground layers of clay and water, they push up underground salty water and mud, so that they overflow through the mouths of the volcanoes, while the gas emerges as bubbles. When the mud arrives at the surface, it dries off, changing the landscape in ways like you can see here. Change image |
English : The Berca Mud Volcanoes are a geological and botanical reservation located close to Berca in Buzău County, Romania. The phenomenon is caused due to gases that erupt from 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) deep towards the surface, through the underground layers of clay and water, they push up underground salty water and mud, so that they overflow through the mouths of the volcanoes, while the gas emerges as bubbles. When the mud arrives at the surface, it dries off, changing the landscape in ways like you can see here.
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The Berca Mud Volcanoes, mud volcano “eruption”. Choose a new media file |
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 A rescue exercise by the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Coast Guard in 2012. Change image |
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English : Trailer by NASA for the "Cassini Grand Finale", the final leg of the Cassini mission to Saturn which concludes today after 20 years in space and 13 years orbiting the planet.
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 NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-126 on top flies over California's Mojave Desert on its way back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec 10, 2008. Change image |
English : NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-126 on top flies over California's Mojave Desert on its way back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec 10, 2008.
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 Winged altar at the parish- and pilgrimage church Kefermarkt, Upper Austria. Anonymous master (Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece), around 1497. Change image |
English : Winged altar at the parish- and pilgrimage church Kefermarkt, Upper Austria. Anonymous master (Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece), around 1497.
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Italian silent short film (1913) by Giovanni Pastrone and Segundo de Chomón. Choose a new media file |
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 Telamonia dimidiata male Change image |
English : Telamonia dimidiata male
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 View of Khor Virap, an Armenian monastery and one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Armenia located in the Ararat plain with the Mount Ararat in the background. Khor Virap's notability as a monastery and pilgrimage site is due to the fact that Gregory the Illuminator, religious leader who converted Armenia from paganism to Christianity in 301, becoming the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion, was initially imprisoned here for 14 years by King Tiridates III of Armenia. A chapel was initially built in 642 by Nerses III the Builder as a mark of veneration to Saint Gregory. Over the centuries, it was repeatedly rebuilt and the current appearance dates from 1662. Change image |
English : View of Khor Virap, an Armenian monastery and one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Armenia located in the Ararat plain with the Mount Ararat in the background. Khor Virap's notability as a monastery and pilgrimage site is due to the fact that Gregory the Illuminator, religious leader who converted Armenia from paganism to Christianity in 301, becoming the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion, was initially imprisoned here for 14 years by King Tiridates III of Armenia. A chapel was initially built in 642 by Nerses III the Builder as a mark of veneration to Saint Gregory. Over the centuries, it was repeatedly rebuilt and the current appearance dates from 1662.
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Landing on Thessaloniki International Airport (SKG) in Greece, 2017. Choose a new media file |
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 Dawn. A pond on the Tomashpilka river in the village of Komargorod. The first beams of the sun and fog over water. Tomashpil Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast. Ukraine. Change image |
English : Dawn. A pond on the Tomashpilka river in the village of Komargorod. The first beams of the sun and fog over water. Tomashpil Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast. Ukraine.
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Animation of Sherry wine ageing. Choose a new media file |
English : Animation of Sherry wine ageing.
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 Panoramic view of the Geghard Monastery and its surroundings, Kotayk province, Armenia. The monastery, recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site, was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred spring inside a cave, whereas the chapel was built in 1215. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of the Geghard Monastery and its surroundings, Kotayk province, Armenia. The monastery, recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site, was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred spring inside a cave, whereas the chapel was built in 1215.
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Drone aerial video from Matka Canyon, Macedonia 2017. Choose a new media file |
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 Autumn in the hamlet Börnste, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
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English : Undersea video of an emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) in the Red Sea, Egypt 2014.
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 Maresenspitze (2,915 metres (9,564 ft)) in the High Tauern National Park near Mallnitz, Carinthia, Austria. Change image |
English : Maresenspitze (2,915 metres (9,564 ft)) in the High Tauern National Park near Mallnitz, Carinthia, Austria.
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Video of paragliders in Slovenian Alps, Slovenia 2017. Choose a new media file |
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_female_2.jpg) Female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa. To celebrate Heritage Day in South Africa (24 September). Change image |
English : Female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa. To celebrate Heritage Day in South Africa (24 September).
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Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) playing with a piece of wood in a pool at Tiger Park in Pattaya, Thailand 2017. Choose a new media file |
English : Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) playing with a piece of wood in a pool at Tiger Park in Pattaya, Thailand 2017.
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 Night view of the World Clock (Urania-Weltzeituhr), Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany. The 10 metres (33 ft)-high clock shows the time in 148 cities worldwide and was inaugurated in 1969. The clock has become one of the symbols of Berlin and is a popular meeting point for the people in the capital. Change image |
English : Night view of the World Clock (Urania-Weltzeituhr), Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany. The 10 metres (33 ft)-high clock shows the time in 148 cities worldwide and was inaugurated in 1969. The clock has become one of the symbols of Berlin and is a popular meeting point for the people in the capital.
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 A new Type A36 tram on Lidingöbanan crossing Lidingöbron (the Lidingö bridge), Stockholm, Sweden on 24th October 2015. Lidingöbanan (the Lidingö line) was reopened on 24 October after being closed since summer 2013 for engineering works, modernisation and installation of new equipment. Change image |
English : A new Type A36 tram on Lidingöbanan crossing Lidingöbron (the Lidingö bridge), Stockholm, Sweden on 24th October 2015. Lidingöbanan (the Lidingö line) was reopened on 24 October after being closed since summer 2013 for engineering works, modernisation and installation of new equipment.
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 A sports car Lamborghini Gallardo during a race of Lamborghini Super Trofeo. Change image |
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_male_nest_building.jpg) Black-headed weaver (Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi) male, in his breeding plumage, building a nest in Uganda. Females choose a mate based on their nest-weaving skills. Change image |
English : Black-headed weaver (Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi) male, in his breeding plumage, building a nest in Uganda. Females choose a mate based on their nest-weaving skills.
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Clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) singing at Lake Zakher, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2017. Choose a new media file |
English : Clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) singing at Lake Zakher, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2017.
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 Fresco in the dome of Maria Taferl Basilica (Lower Austria) by Antonio Beduzzi (1714-1718): Life and assumption of Mary Change image |
English : Fresco in the dome of Maria Taferl Basilica (Lower Austria) by Antonio Beduzzi (1714-1718): Life and assumption of Mary
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 Ceiling of the Sioni Cathedral, a Georgian Orthodox cathedral in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. The cathedral is situated in historic Sionis Kucha (Sioni Street) in downtown Tbilisi. It was initially built in the 6th and 7th centuries. Since then, it has been destroyed by foreign invaders and reconstructed several times. The current church is based on a 13th-century version with some changes from the 17th to 19th centuries. The Sioni Cathedral was the main Georgian Orthodox Cathedral and the seat of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia until the Holy Trinity Cathedral was consecrated in 2004. Change image |
English : Ceiling of the Sioni Cathedral, a Georgian Orthodox cathedral in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. The cathedral is situated in historic Sionis Kucha (Sioni Street) in downtown Tbilisi. It was initially built in the 6th and 7th centuries. Since then, it has been destroyed by foreign invaders and reconstructed several times. The current church is based on a 13th-century version with some changes from the 17th to 19th centuries. The Sioni Cathedral was the main Georgian Orthodox Cathedral and the seat of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia until the Holy Trinity Cathedral was consecrated in 2004.
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The silent documentary film from government state celebrations of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in Tbilisi (Tiflis) in the 1919 year. Choose a new media file |
English : The silent documentary film from government state celebrations of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in Tbilisi (Tiflis) in the 1919 year.
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