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 Church of San Juan el Real in the center of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The baroque church was built in the 17th and 18th century and hosts among others some of the oldest remaining paintings by Francisco de Goya in the pendentives of the main dome. Change image |
English : Church of San Juan el Real in the center of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The baroque church was built in the 17th and 18th century and hosts among others some of the oldest remaining paintings by Francisco de Goya in the pendentives of the main dome.
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JFK International Airport departure-arrival pattern timelapse Choose a new media file |
English : JFK International Airport departure-arrival pattern timelapse
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 Baldy Hill from Snowslide Valley, Craigieburn Range, Canterbury, New Zealand Change image |
Opening of the Nuremberg Trials. Choose a new media file |
English : Opening of the Nuremberg Trials.
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 Headlands of Point Reyes National Seashore, California. Change image |
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The Vanishing Lady is a 1896 short trick film by Georges Méliès. Choose a new media file |
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Natalia Kumlyk plays the Hutsul cimbalom at Museum of Musical Instruments and Hutsuls Lifestyle, Verkhovyna, Ukraine. Choose a new media file |
English : Natalia Kumlyk plays the Hutsul cimbalom at Museum of Musical Instruments and Hutsuls Lifestyle, Verkhovyna, Ukraine.
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 A red and white tulip cultivar (probably 'Flaming Club') in Myddelton House garden, a garden developed by Edward Augustus Bowles (1865 – 1954), botanist, horticulturalist and Vice President of the Royal Horticultural Society, in Bulls Cross, Enfield, London, England. Change image |
English : A red and white tulip cultivar (probably 'Flaming Club') in Myddelton House garden, a garden developed by Edward Augustus Bowles (1865 – 1954), botanist, horticulturalist and Vice President of the Royal Horticultural Society, in Bulls Cross, Enfield, London, England.
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360° view of living conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. Choose a new media file |
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,_Playa_de_Boulders,_Simon%27s_Town,_Sud%C3%A1frica,_2018-07-23,_DD_PAN_40-42.jpg) Panoramic view of the famous African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) colony in Boulders Beach, Simon's Town, South Africa. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of the famous African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) colony in Boulders Beach, Simon's Town, South Africa.
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Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende Choose a new media file |
English : Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende
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 Pipe organ (Rudigier Organ) at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (New Cathedral) in Linz, Upper Austria Change image |
English : Pipe organ (Rudigier Organ) at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (New Cathedral) in Linz, Upper Austria
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This pan video shows a richly detailed new view of the Orion Nebula from the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. This star formation region comprises glowing clouds of gas, veins of dark dust and many very young stars. Choose a new media file |
English : This pan video shows a richly detailed new view of the Orion Nebula from the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. This star formation region comprises glowing clouds of gas, veins of dark dust and many very young stars.
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 Wrocław Town Hall and a modernist Santander Municipal Savings Bank Building on the background Change image |
English : Wrocław Town Hall and a modernist Santander Municipal Savings Bank Building on the background
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 Phenakistiscope from McLean's Optical Illusions; London, 1833. Choose a new media file |
English : Phenakistiscope from McLean's Optical Illusions; London, 1833.
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 Cave in the area of the Terra Ronca State Park, São Domingos, Goiás, Brazil. Change image |
Hanukkah songs performed by the United States Air Force Band. In 2020, the holiday will begin in the evening of Thursday, December 10. Choose a new media file |
English : Hanukkah songs performed by the United States Air Force Band. In 2020, the holiday will begin in the evening of
Thursday, December 10.
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The video shows the functionality and the essential components of an automatic bowling alley in table format. Choose a new media file |
English : The video shows the functionality and the essential components of an automatic bowling alley in table format.
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Bobby Bumps Gets a Substitute is a 1916 animated cartoon from the Bobby Bumps series, directed by Earl Hurd and produced by Bray Productions. Choose a new media file |
English : Bobby Bumps Gets a Substitute is a 1916 animated cartoon from the Bobby Bumps series, directed by Earl Hurd and produced by Bray Productions.
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 Panoramic view of Kluane Lake, near Destruction Bay, Yukon, Canada. The lake is located in the southwest area of the Yukon and, with 408 km2 (158 sq mi), is the largest lake enterely contained within the territory. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of Kluane Lake, near Destruction Bay, Yukon, Canada. The lake is located in the southwest area of the Yukon and, with 408 km2 (158 sq mi), is the largest lake enterely contained within the territory.
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The group of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) synchronously diving from the edge of some ice in Antarctica. Choose a new media file |
English : The group of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) synchronously diving from the edge of some ice in Antarctica.
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 Caterpillar of Gypsy Moth, on a sheet of paper at the bottom of an oak tree. Change image |
English : Caterpillar of Gypsy Moth, on a sheet of paper at the bottom of an oak tree.
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 Today (December 14, 2020), a total solar eclipse occurs. Choose a new media file |
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 Great egret (Ardea alba) during mating season at Smith Oaks Sanctuary, High Island, Texas Change image |
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English : Brian Joubert a french figure skater (accompanied by the Belfort skating clubs) in December 28, 2019, in Belfort.
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English : Acavus haemastoma fastuosa (Albers, 1854); Diameter 4.4 cm; Originating from Galle, Sri Lanka.
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Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine Choose a new media file |
English : Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, Ukraine
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Wikitongues video in Yiddish, narrated in Washington, D.C. The project has recorded hundreds of languages worldwide, aims to sustain and promote all the languages in the world. Choose a new media file |
English : Wikitongues video in Yiddish, narrated in Washington, D.C. The project has recorded hundreds of languages worldwide, aims to sustain and promote all the languages in the world.
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 "The Nile and the Sinai, to Israel and beyond. One sweeping glance of human history" by astronaut Chris Hadfield. Photo made from the International Space Station. Change image |
English : "The Nile and the Sinai, to Israel and beyond. One sweeping glance of human history" by astronaut Chris Hadfield. Photo made from the International Space Station.
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Par le trou de la serrure is a 1901 French silent short by Ferdinand Zecca. Choose a new media file |
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,_Port_Campbell_National_Park,_Twelve_Apostles_--_2019_--_0969.jpg) Twelve Apostles at Port Campbell National Park, Princetown, Victoria, Australia Change image |
His Picture in the Papers is a 1916 American silent comedy film by John Emerson starring Douglas Fairbanks. Choose a new media file |
English : His Picture in the Papers is a 1916 American silent comedy film by John Emerson starring Douglas Fairbanks.
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 Chapter house located in today's museum of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Quito, Historic Center of Quito, capital of Ecuador. The construction of the catholic temple began in 1562 and it was consecrated 10 years later, but this hall was inaugurated in the 17th century by order of bishop Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro. The chapter house contains paintings of all bishops and achbishops of the Archdiocese of Quito since 1545. Change image |
English : Chapter house located in today's museum of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Quito, Historic Center of Quito, capital of Ecuador. The construction of the catholic temple began in 1562 and it was consecrated 10 years later, but this hall was inaugurated in the 17th century by order of bishop Alfonso de la Peña y Montenegro. The chapter house contains paintings of all bishops and achbishops of the Archdiocese of Quito since 1545.
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Chicken Dressing is a 1923 American animated film by Earl Hurd. Choose a new media file |
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_female_2.jpg) Female pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) in Ethiopia. Unlike other kingfishers, it usually hunts for fish by hovering over the water. Change image |
English : Female pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) in Ethiopia. Unlike other kingfishers, it usually hunts for fish by hovering over the water.
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Today is the winter solstice, marking the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. This video shows Paris in the snow, set to Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1. Choose a new media file |
English : Today is the winter solstice, marking the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. This video shows Paris in the snow, set to Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1.
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.jpg) Christmas lights on display in the Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, USA. The neighborhood is nicknamed "Dyker Lights" for its elaborate holiday lights displays. Change image |
English : Christmas lights on display in the Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, USA. The neighborhood is nicknamed "Dyker Lights" for its elaborate holiday lights displays.
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This animation represents a map of the increased count of all known asteroids in the solar system between Jan. 1, 1999, and Jan. 31, 2018. Blue represents near-Earth asteroids. Orange represents main-belt asteroids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Choose a new media file |
English : This animation represents a map of the increased count of all known asteroids in the solar system between Jan. 1, 1999, and Jan. 31, 2018. Blue represents near-Earth asteroids. Orange represents main-belt asteroids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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_underside_worn_2.JPG) Gold rim swallowtail (Battus polydamas jamaicensis) Green Castle Estate, Jamaica. Over twenty subspecies of this swallowtail butterfly have evolved in the Caribbean Islands and South America. This one is endemic to Jamaica. Change image |
English : Gold rim swallowtail (Battus polydamas jamaicensis) Green Castle Estate, Jamaica. Over twenty subspecies of this swallowtail butterfly have evolved in the Caribbean Islands and South America. This one is endemic to Jamaica.
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Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, at night Choose a new media file |
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 View of a frosty evening through a window on a Scottish farm in Trossachs, United Kingdom Change image |
The Magic Cloak of Oz is a 1914 American silent film directed by J. Farrell MacDonald and written by L. Frank Baum after his 1905 novel Queen Zixi of Ix. Choose a new media file |
English : The Magic Cloak of Oz is a 1914 American silent film directed by J. Farrell MacDonald and written by L. Frank Baum after his 1905 novel Queen Zixi of Ix.
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 Nativity of Jesus by Hans Pleydenwurff, around 1460. Panel painting at the Altar of the Magi (Dreikönigsaltar) in St. Lorenz Church Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. Change image |
English : Nativity of Jesus by Hans Pleydenwurff, around 1460. Panel painting at the Altar of the Magi (Dreikönigsaltar) in St. Lorenz Church Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany.
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"O Tannenbaum" ("O fir tree" or "O Christmas Tree") performed by the chorus of U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own". Based on a traditional German folk song, it became a Christmas carol associated with the traditional Christmas tree by the early 20th century. Choose a new media file |
English : "O Tannenbaum" ("O fir tree" or "O Christmas Tree") performed by the chorus of U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own". Based on a traditional German folk song, it became a Christmas carol associated with the traditional Christmas tree by the early 20th century.
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 Statue “Elisabeth of Thuringia” in the St. Paul's Cathedral in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Statue “Elisabeth of Thuringia” in the St. Paul's Cathedral in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells), Christmas carol Mykola Leontovych. Performed by the ensemble «Kalyna» Odessa, Ukraine. Choose a new media file |
English : Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells), Christmas carol Mykola Leontovych. Performed by the ensemble «Kalyna» Odessa, Ukraine.
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Post of Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost), sending letters at the eve of the New Year in Russia. Choose a new media file |
English : Post of Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost), sending letters at the eve of the New Year in Russia.
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Photographing a Female Crook is a 1904 American silent short directed by Wallace McCutcheon. Choose a new media file |
English : Photographing a Female Crook is a 1904 American silent short directed by Wallace McCutcheon.
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 Bleu de Gex is a French cow's-milk blue cheese, made in the Jura mountains. Change image |
English : Bleu de Gex is a French cow's-milk blue cheese, made in the Jura mountains.
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Demonstration in Belfort (France) on January 9, 2020 against a pension reform. Choose a new media file |
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 10 Pfennig Notgeld banknote issued 100 years ago, on Dec. 30, 1920, by the town of Lutter am Barenberge signed: F. Jüttner. The reverse shows a scene of the Battle of Lutter on Aug. 27, 1626. Text: The flight of Christian of Denmark after the Battle of Lutter a. Barenberge - 1626. Change image |
English : 10 Pfennig Notgeld banknote issued 100 years ago, on Dec. 30, 1920, by the town of Lutter am Barenberge signed: F. Jüttner. The reverse shows a scene of the Battle of Lutter on Aug. 27, 1626.
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Les Petits Chanteurs de Passy sing Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré. Choose a new media file |
English : Les Petits Chanteurs de Passy sing Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré.
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.jpg) Irma Block (Danish: Irma Karréen) on Sortedam Dossering, a street that follows the western shore of Sortedam Lake in Copenhagen, Denmark. Change image |
English : Irma Block (Danish: Irma Karréen) on Sortedam Dossering, a street that follows the western shore of Sortedam Lake in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Future as seen from the perspective of 1920s and 1930s. Choose a new media file |
English : Future as seen from the perspective of 1920s and 1930s.
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