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_female_underside.JPG) Female Common Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) on a Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) in Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire Change image |
English : Female Common Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) on a Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) in Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire
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Landing of an Airbus A300 of UPS at Portland International Airport. Choose a new media file |
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 View of the ceiling in the interior of the Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, is a traditional mosque located in Shiraz district of Gowad-e-Arabān, Iran. The mosque was built from 1876 to 1888, by the order of Mirzā Hasan Ali (Nasir ol Molk), a Qajar ruler. Change image |
English : View of the ceiling in the interior of the Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, is a traditional mosque located in Shiraz district of Gowad-e-Arabān, Iran. The mosque was built from 1876 to 1888, by the order of Mirzā Hasan Ali (Nasir ol Molk), a Qajar ruler.
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_13.jpg) Schlumbergera. Flowering houseplant. A nice white selection. Change image |
English : Schlumbergera.
Flowering houseplant. A nice white selection.
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) transits the Panama Canal. Choose a new media file |
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 Winged altar at Blaubeuren Abbey church, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Change image |
English : Winged altar at Blaubeuren Abbey church, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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"Andromeda" - Ensiferum. Choose a new media file |
English : "Andromeda" - Ensiferum.
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 Tübingen, Germany: The so-called Neckarfront consists almost entirely of listed buildings. This photo shows it as seen from the Plataneninsel (plane tree island). In the middle on the river Neckar there is a Stocherkahn (punt) passing, very typical for Tübingen. On the left you see the Hölderlinturm behind its magnificent weeping willow. Change image |
English : Tübingen, Germany: The so-called Neckarfront consists almost entirely of listed buildings. This photo shows it as seen from the Plataneninsel (plane tree island). In the middle on the river Neckar there is a Stocherkahn (punt) passing, very typical for Tübingen. On the left you see the Hölderlinturm behind its magnificent weeping willow.
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House wren guards its nest. Choose a new media file |
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 Nasturtium leaves with water drops stacked from 18 pictures. Change image |
English : Nasturtium leaves with water drops stacked from 18 pictures.
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Meal preparation and delivery during COVID-19 pandemic in Seattle, Washington, USA. Choose a new media file |
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 Martyrs' Window in the south aisle of the nave of Freiburg Minster, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anonymous master, around 1270–80; complemented by Fritz Geiges, around 1922. Change image |
English : Martyrs' Window in the south aisle of the nave of Freiburg Minster, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anonymous master, around 1270–80; complemented by Fritz Geiges, around 1922.
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 The surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko with dust and visualizations of cosmic rays. Filmed by the Rosetta spacecraft's instrument OSIRIS. Choose a new media file |
English : The surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko with dust and visualizations of cosmic rays. Filmed by the Rosetta spacecraft's instrument OSIRIS.
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 Annalisa Silvestri of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy, at the end of her shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 March 2020. Change image |
English : Annalisa Silvestri of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy, at the end of her shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 March 2020.
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Slovak musician and instrument maker Ľubomír Párička plays fujara. Choose a new media file |
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 Nicholas II (left) and George V (right) in Berlin, 1913. Change image |
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya challenged the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election held yesterday. Choose a new media file |
English : Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya challenged the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election held yesterday.
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 The TwinTowers (Fanny-Zobel-Strasse, Berlin-Treptow) as seen from the opposite side of the river Spree. Change image |
English : The TwinTowers (Fanny-Zobel-Strasse, Berlin-Treptow) as seen from the opposite side of the river Spree.
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 Animated daily Arctic sea ice volume is estimated by the PIOMAS reconstruction from 1979-2017, producing an inwards spiral as the volume of sea ice reduces. Choose a new media file |
English : Animated daily Arctic sea ice volume is estimated by the PIOMAS reconstruction from 1979-2017, producing an inwards spiral as the volume of sea ice reduces.
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_--_2019_--_9668_(crop).jpg) Hot air balloons at the start of the first race of the 49th hot air ballon festival in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany In August of this month the 50th Montgolfiade will take place in Münster. Wikipedia: Hot air balloon festival • Hot air balloon • Münster Change image |
English : Hot air balloons at the start of the first race of the 49th hot air ballon festival in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
In August of this month the 50th Montgolfiade will take place in Münster. Wikipedia: Hot air balloon festival • Hot air balloon • Münster |
 A detailed and informative diagram that brings to life where different satellites (e.g. the International Space Station vs. the GPS satellites) are physically located relative to Earth Choose a new media file |
English : A detailed and informative diagram that brings to life where different satellites (e.g. the International Space Station vs. the GPS satellites) are physically located relative to Earth
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 50 Pfennig "Notgeld" banknote issued 100 years ago, on Aug. 13, 1920 by the city of Berchtesgaden, Germany. Change image |
English : 50 Pfennig "Notgeld" banknote issued 100 years ago, on Aug. 13, 1920 by the city of Berchtesgaden, Germany.
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'Infamy' Speech Choose a new media file |
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 Interior of the church of St Felix, Torralba de Ribota, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The church, of mudéjar and late gothic style was built between 1367 and 1420. The church is a national heritage monument in Spain (known as Bien de Interés Cultural) since 2006. Change image |
English : Interior of the church of St Felix, Torralba de Ribota, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The church, of mudéjar and late gothic style was built between 1367 and 1420. The church is a national heritage monument in Spain (known as Bien de Interés Cultural) since 2006.
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English : Surface of Io, Jupiter's inmost moon . The animation is based on a merged photomosaic from Galileo's and Voyager's data.
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 High altar of Freiburg Minster, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Hans Baldung, 1512–16. Change image |
English : High altar of Freiburg Minster, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Hans Baldung, 1512–16.
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 Federico Neri, nurse anesthetist of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy, at the end of his shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. 18 March 2020. Change image |
English : Federico Neri, nurse anesthetist of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy, at the end of his shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. 18 March 2020.
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Stentor muelleri. From a natural pond in Wakefield, Quebec. Choose a new media file |
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 Turkish pastry with cream filling. Change image |
English : Turkish pastry with cream filling.
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Little owl (Athene noctua) filmed in Palestine. Choose a new media file |
English : Little owl (Athene noctua) filmed in Palestine.
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 Two fuyu persimmon fruits (Diospyros kaki), one cut in half Change image |
 Animation of Mars Express's fly-by of Phobos. Mars Express benefits from its highly elliptical orbit, making it possible to image the far-side of Phobos (with respect to Mars) for the first time. NASA’s Mars Odyssey (MO) and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) are in a low orbit around Mars. Choose a new media file |
English : Animation of Mars Express's fly-by of Phobos. Mars Express benefits from its highly elliptical orbit, making it possible to image the far-side of Phobos (with respect to Mars) for the first time.
NASA’s Mars Odyssey (MO) and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) are in a low orbit around Mars.
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 Aerial view of the "Spider", one of the most popular geoglyphs of the Nazca Lines, which are located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. The geoglyphs of this UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 1994) are spread over a 80 km (50 mi) plateau between the towns of Nazca and Palpa and were, according to some studies, constructed between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D. Change image |
English : Aerial view of the "Spider", one of the most popular geoglyphs of the Nazca Lines, which are located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. The geoglyphs of this UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 1994) are spread over a 80 km (50 mi) plateau between the towns of Nazca and Palpa and were, according to some studies, constructed between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D.
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 A rendered visualization of the Maxilla using data from Anatomography. Choose a new media file |
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 The Cobbler (Ben Arthur) (884 m), Arrochar Alps, Scotland Change image |
English : The Cobbler (Ben Arthur) (884 m), Arrochar Alps, Scotland
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A teenage boy is learning to ride a motorcycle in Tanzania. Choose a new media file |
English : A teenage boy is learning to ride a motorcycle in Tanzania.
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 Italian Prime Minister Antonio Segni with Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, in Cadenabbia, Italy, on this day in 1959. Change image |
English : Italian Prime Minister Antonio Segni with Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, in Cadenabbia, Italy, on this day in 1959.
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Commemoration of November 11, November 11, 2019, in Meroux (municipality of Meroux-Moval). Choose a new media file |
English : Commemoration of November 11, November 11, 2019, in Meroux (municipality of Meroux-Moval).
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English : Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterflies mating on Yoesden Bank in Buckinghamshire, England.
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Hong Kong police indiscriminately attack passengers at Prince Edward station on August 31st 2019. Choose a new media file |
English : Hong Kong police indiscriminately attack passengers at Prince Edward station on August 31st 2019.
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 The Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument in Kiev was created by Mikhail Mikeshin in 1888. Change image |
Flying through the young star cluster Westerlund 1. Choose a new media file |
English : Flying through the young star cluster Westerlund 1.
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 Bac de Roda Bridge of architect Santiago Calatrava in Barcelona. Change image |
Demonstration of a Bowline knot. Choose a new media file |
English : Demonstration of a Bowline knot.
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 Panoramic view of Silver Lake during dusk, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of Silver Lake during dusk, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States.
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Short film Coffee Run by the Blender Foundation Choose a new media file |
English : Short film Coffee Run by the Blender Foundation
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 Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus portrait, New Brighton, New Zealand Change image |
English : Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus portrait, New Brighton, New Zealand
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A set of loosely coupled pendula, in this case of four metronomes, falling into sync quickly. Choose a new media file |
English : A set of loosely coupled pendula, in this case of four metronomes, falling into sync quickly.
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 View of Warsaw from the terrace of the Royal Castle (1773). Painting (oil on canvas) by Bernardo Bellotto (1722–1780). Change image |
English : View of Warsaw from the terrace of the Royal Castle (1773). Painting (oil on canvas) by Bernardo Bellotto (1722–1780).
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March 2020. Streets of Manchester, England emptied due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Choose a new media file |
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Demonstration of the yellow vests movement in Andelnans on November 16th, 2019. Choose a new media file |
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 "Everything is Going to be Alright" artwork by Martin Creed, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand Change image |
English : "Everything is Going to be Alright" artwork by Martin Creed, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
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The Music box by Polyphon-Musikwerke in Leipzig (Germany) plays: The blue danube. Choose a new media file |
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 A juvenile Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus in flight over Mount Carmel, Hai-Bar Nature Reserve in Israel. The brown feathers at the base of the neck show it is a young bird (adults have a white collar ruff); the lack of rings and tags at this time of year implies that this one has not yet been caught, ringed, and tagged by ornithologists. Change image |
English : A juvenile Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus in flight over Mount Carmel, Hai-Bar Nature Reserve in Israel. The brown feathers at the base of the neck show it is a young bird (adults have a white collar ruff); the lack of rings and tags at this time of year implies that this one has not yet been caught, ringed, and tagged by ornithologists.
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English : A trip of students from Indian Punjab visit Lahore which turns out to become once in a lifetime journey for them.
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