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![]() New born calf of a Frisian red white cow. Change image |
Old Hurtigruten ship "Nordstjernen" in Hurtigruten service on the Norwegian coast, January 2012. Choose a new media file |
English : Old Hurtigruten ship "Nordstjernen" in Hurtigruten service on the Norwegian coast, January 2012.
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![]() The Bridge above the Orb River and the village of Roquebrun, Hérault, France. Haut-Languedoc Regional Natural Park. Change image |
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![]() Mining waste tip (Halde Haniel) in Bottrop with Amphitheater Change image |
Base jump at Majlis Al Jinn, Oman Choose a new media file |
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Horsehair parachute in Albu Parish, Estonia. Change image |
White House Curator William G. Allman discusses the inspiration behind Shikler's portrait of John F. Kennedy Choose a new media file |
English : White House Curator William G. Allman discusses the inspiration behind Shikler's portrait of John F. Kennedy
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![]() A rare short-spined Crown of Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster brevispinus) at Malapascuas Island, Philippines. Change image |
English : A rare short-spined Crown of Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster brevispinus) at Malapascuas Island, Philippines.
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Choro (maxixe) "Corta jaca", composed by Chiquinha Gonzaga and executed by the Grupo Chiquinha Gonzaga. Recorded in 1910-1912. Choose a new media file |
English : Choro (maxixe) "Corta jaca", composed by Chiquinha Gonzaga and executed by the Grupo Chiquinha Gonzaga. Recorded in 1910-1912.
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![]() Juvenile European herring gull (Larus argentatus) in fast flight photographed near Texel Change image |
Moroccan flic-flac spider (Cebrennus rechenbergi) in motion. Choose a new media file |
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![]() Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral. Yerevan, Armenia. Change image |
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![]() Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434) in the constellation Orion. Change image |
English : Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434) in the constellation Orion.
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View from the Calle Virgen del Pino to dissolving clouds from foehn wind over the Cumbre Nueva in front of the Cumbre Vieja in El Paso, La Palma, Canary Island, Spain Choose a new media file |
English : View from the Calle Virgen del Pino to dissolving clouds from foehn wind over the Cumbre Nueva in front of the Cumbre Vieja in El Paso, La Palma, Canary Island, Spain
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![]() Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Change image |
English : Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif.
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Asakuyama Park Monorail (Asuka Park Rail) in Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo. It goes up 17.4 m and is free to ride. Choose a new media file |
English : Asakuyama Park Monorail (Asuka Park Rail) in Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo. It goes up 17.4 m and is free to ride.
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![]() Panoramic view over Egmond aan Zee with J.C.J. van Speijk lighthouse, angle of view about 270° Change image |
English : Panoramic view over Egmond aan Zee with J.C.J. van Speijk lighthouse, angle of view about 270°
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Mathematician Christophe Pouzat explains the technique to sort neuronal spikes. Choose a new media file |
English : Mathematician Christophe Pouzat explains the technique to sort neuronal spikes.
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![]() Lijiang, Yunnan, China: Nakhi people carrying baskets; scene from a public perfomance in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Open Air Theatre. Change image |
English : Lijiang, Yunnan, China: Nakhi people carrying baskets; scene from a public perfomance in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Open Air Theatre.
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View from the Malta sightseeing north tour bus to the Tigné tunnel (from north to south) in Sliema. Choose a new media file |
English : View from the Malta sightseeing north tour bus to the Tigné tunnel (from north to south) in Sliema.
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![]() Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire (1883). Change image |
English : Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire (1883).
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Jumping spider (Heliophanus sp.) filmed near Monte Borghetto (about 20km south of Lake Garda, Italy) on oak (about 1.7 m above ground). Choose a new media file |
English : Jumping spider (Heliophanus sp.) filmed near Monte Borghetto (about 20km south of Lake Garda, Italy) on oak (about 1.7 m above ground).
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Gobelinzimmer (tapestry room) in the imperial wing of Göttweig Abbey, Lower Austria Change image |
English : Gobelinzimmer (tapestry room) in the imperial wing of Göttweig Abbey, Lower Austria
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This artist’s impression depicts the newly discovered stellar-mass black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 300. The black hole has a mass about twenty times the mass of the Sun and is associated with a Wolf–Rayet star. Choose a new media file |
English : This artist’s impression depicts the newly discovered stellar-mass black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 300. The black hole has a mass about twenty times the mass of the Sun and is associated with a Wolf–Rayet star.
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3D Ultrasound image of the fetal spine at 19 weeks of pregnancy. Choose a new media file |
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![]() Statue of Juscelino Kubitschek in front of the JK Memorial in Brasília, capital of Brazil. The statue, which was created by Honório Peçanha, is 4.5 m high and weighs 1500 kg. Change image |
English : Statue of Juscelino Kubitschek in front of the JK Memorial in Brasília, capital of Brazil. The statue, which was created by Honório Peçanha, is 4.5 m high and weighs 1500 kg.
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English : An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in the Hillsborough River, Florida, USA.
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Castle ruins of Aggstein, Wachau, Lower Austria Change image |
English : Castle ruins of Aggstein, Wachau, Lower Austria
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Men Boxing is an 1891 experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film. Choose a new media file |
English : Men Boxing is an 1891 experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
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![]() Shopping center Magna Plaza in Amsterdam, photographed towards the ceiling Change image |
English : Shopping center Magna Plaza in Amsterdam, photographed towards the ceiling
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Gameplay from Fez 's trial mode, demonstrating platforming elements, the game's signature rotation mechanic, and the game's soundtrack, sound effects, and visual style Choose a new media file |
English : Gameplay from Fez 's trial mode, demonstrating platforming elements, the game's signature rotation mechanic, and the game's soundtrack, sound effects, and visual style
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Nakalele Blowhole at Nakalele Point on Maui, Hawaii, United States. Movie of a geyser-like eruption at the blowhole. Choose a new media file |
English : Nakalele Blowhole at Nakalele Point on Maui, Hawaii, United States. Movie of a geyser-like eruption at the blowhole.
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![]() On March 12, 2015, shortly after local sunrise over central Asia, this Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft floated over a sea of golden clouds during its descent by parachute through planet Earth's dense atmosphere for touch down in Kazakhstan. Change image |
English : On March 12, 2015, shortly after local sunrise over central Asia, this Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft floated over a sea of golden clouds during its descent by parachute through planet Earth's dense atmosphere for touch down in Kazakhstan.
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English : Elephant drinking water at Punda Maria in the Kruger National Park, South African Republic.
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![]() Construction site of the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Senden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
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The flight of Expedition 29 on board the International Space Station during October 15, 2011 from 00:47:28 to 01:02:56 GMT, beginning over the North Atlantic Ocean and finally, the pass finishes near the Nile River Delta and the Red Sea. Choose a new media file |
English : The flight of Expedition 29 on board the International Space Station during October 15, 2011 from 00:47:28 to 01:02:56 GMT, beginning over the North Atlantic Ocean and finally, the pass finishes near the Nile River Delta and the Red Sea.
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![]() Panoramic view over San Diego photographed from the Coronado Ferry Landing near Centennial Park Change image |
English : Panoramic view over San Diego photographed from the Coronado Ferry Landing near Centennial Park
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A male violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) visits flowers in a garden at San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy. Choose a new media file |
English : A male violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) visits flowers in a garden at San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy.
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![]() Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) in Weltvogelpark Walsrode Change image |
A 7000 series tram on the Toden Arakawa Line in Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo Choose a new media file |
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![]() Lake Väikjärv in Võru County, Estonia. Change image |
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![]() Detail of Woman with green shawl by Cyprien Eugène Boulet. Change image |
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![]() Head of a Calliphora vicina, face view. Change image |
English : Head of a Calliphora vicina, face view.
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Larva of the alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) in a water-filled rut. Choose a new media file |
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![]() Letterboxes at Ocotillo Wells, California, USA Change image |
English : Letterboxes at Ocotillo Wells, California, USA
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Tamo Daleko (There, Far Away), a traditional song commemorating the Serbian exile on the Greek island of Corfu during World War I. Performed by an émigré ensemble named Tamburaško Pevačko Društvo. Columbia Records, April 1917. Choose a new media file |
English : Tamo Daleko (There, Far Away), a traditional song commemorating the Serbian exile on the Greek island of Corfu during World War I. Performed by an émigré ensemble named Tamburaško Pevačko Društvo. Columbia Records, April 1917.
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Mount Saint Helens, Washington, computer generated flyby. Elevation data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission from July 2006. Choose a new media file |
English : Mount Saint Helens, Washington, computer generated flyby. Elevation data from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission from July 2006.
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![]() Landscape at Lyngen fjord towards north, Spåkenes, Nordreisa, Troms in 2012 June. Change image |
English : Landscape at Lyngen fjord towards north, Spåkenes, Nordreisa, Troms in 2012 June.
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Native prairie plants including the eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in Indiana, USA. Choose a new media file |
English : Native prairie plants including the eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in Indiana, USA.
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