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Indian mantis, Ephestiasula sp
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Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech Republic) in winter
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Feed of river power plant Mühltal close to Munich, Germany. Hydroelectricity supplied yearly: 70 million kilowatt hours.
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An Old World screw-worms Chrysomya albiceps, feeding on rotting meat. Picture taken in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Sunflower (Helianthus annuus capitulum) showing the disc florets. From the center of the flower head, inflorescence of small disc florets emerge in a spiral fashion followed by the larger yellow ray florets- parts of which are seen at the edges of the picture above. In the center of the flower seen above is a lepidopteran larva.
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A group of sanderlings (Calidris alba) resting.
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Prostitute in Tijuana, Mexico.
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Carrots of many colors.
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Drawing of a revealing figure Sythatia with typical elements from manga and anime to illustrate the term ecchi.
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A citrus swallowtail, Papilio demodocus on Euphorbiaceae. Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Titans and other giants are imprisoned in Hell in this illustration by Gustave Doré of Dante's Divine Comedy
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A farmer walks towards sisal plantations in the outskirts of Morogoro, Tanzania. Tanzania is the world's second largest sisal producer. The Uluguru Mountains can be seen in the background.
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Doorknob of the Lian Shan Shuang Lin Temple in Singapore, shaped as a jiaotu
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"Drink Coca-Cola 5¢", an 1890s advertising poster showing a woman in fancy clothes (partially vaguely influenced by 16th- and 17th-century styles) drinking Coke. The card on the table says "Home Office, The Coca-Cola Co. Atlanta, Ga. Branches: Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Dallas". Notice the cross-shaped color registration marks near the bottom center and top center (which presumably would have been removed for a production print run). Someone has crudely written on it at lower left (with an apparent leaking fountain pen) "Our Faovrite" [sic].
The women who modeled for this artwork was Hilda Clark (1872-1932).
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Sunrise, Tessellated Pavement, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia.
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A yawning American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Collier county, Florida
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A girl holds The Washington Post of Monday, July 21st 1969 stating 'The Eagle Has Landed Two Men Walk on the Moon'
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Homeless man, Tokyo
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Blasting of a chimney at the former Henninger brewery in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Sachsenhausen.
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A 1793 illustration by John Opie for Act II, Scene III of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Produced by the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery.
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The tall ship Irving Johnson lies hard aground, only yards from shore, near the entrance to Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, California, March 2005.
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A c. 1896 poster for an American production of Georges Bizet's Carmen, starring Rosabel Morrison.
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A street in Trinidad, Cuba. Trinidad has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988.
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Broad-bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa).
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Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo).
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H. Rider Haggard's big game hunter character Allan Quartermain, as portrayed in Harper's Magazine's publication of Maiwa's Revenge (1888). Allan Quartermain was the hero of a lengthy series of novels, the best known of which is probably King Solomon's Mines. Illustration by Thure de Thulstrup.
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