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 Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta japonica) in summer plumage on Mount Tsubakuro, Japan Change image |
This Music box by Polyphon-Musikwerke in Leipzig (Germany) plays the William Tell Ouverture by Gioachino Rossini. Choose a new media file |
English : This Music box by Polyphon-Musikwerke in Leipzig (Germany) plays the William Tell Ouverture by Gioachino Rossini.
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 View of a glacier in Chugach State Park, Alaska, United States. Change image |
Autumn in Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine Choose a new media file |
English : Autumn in Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine
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Istanbul, formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural and historic center. Choose a new media file |
English : Istanbul, formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural and historic center.
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 View from Mount Fyffe, Kaikōura Ranges, New Zealand Change image |
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 Door lock on bunker 26 at the area of the US army at the special ammunition depot in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Door lock on bunker 26 at the area of the US army at the special ammunition depot in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Hot air ballooning in Vilnius, Lithuania Choose a new media file |
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 3D file of Venus de Milo. Choose a new media file |
English : 3D file of Venus de Milo.
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 Atomic model of the external structure of the SARS-CoV-2. Each "ball" is an atom. Change image |
On the outskirts of Berlin the village where 3,878 athletes of 1936 Summer Olympics lived and trained still survives. Choose a new media file |
English : On the outskirts of Berlin the village where 3,878 athletes of 1936 Summer Olympics lived and trained still survives.
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_love_bite.jpg) Bosc's fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus asper) in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan. The male is giving the female a lovebite as part of his courtship ritual. Change image |
English : Bosc's fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus asper) in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan. The male is giving the female a lovebite as part of his courtship ritual.
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 Desna river, feeder of the Southern Bug, at dawn. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Raion Change image |
English : Desna river, feeder of the Southern Bug, at dawn. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Raion
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All human beings who once emigrated from Africa have the same mutation on the Y chromosome. Over time, other mutations appeared that can still be detected today. Choose a new media file |
English : All human beings who once emigrated from Africa have the same mutation on the Y chromosome. Over time, other mutations appeared that can still be detected today.
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 Illuminated edges of paper (abstract photography ) Change image |
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Skyline in Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park, Ukraine Choose a new media file |
English : Skyline in Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park, Ukraine
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 Spherical panorama of San Andrés church, Calatayud, Spain. The Gothic-Mudéjar church was built in the 14th and 15th centuries and underwent some modifications in the 16th-century. This image is the result of 175 frames. (360° view) Change image |
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Gymnopédie No. 2, here performed by Kevin MacLeod, is one of three Gymnopédies, piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie. Choose a new media file |
English : Gymnopédie No. 2, here performed by Kevin MacLeod, is one of three Gymnopédies, piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie.
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 View of three volcanoes (Avachinsky, Koryaksky, and Kozelsky) on Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East Change image |
English : View of three volcanoes (Avachinsky, Koryaksky, and Kozelsky) on Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East
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Artist working on a graffiti mural as part of the Meeting of Styles 2015 event in the historic center of Mexico City. Choose a new media file |
English : Artist working on a graffiti mural as part of the Meeting of Styles 2015 event in the historic center of Mexico City.
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«La Libération de Paris» is a documentary shot by the French Resistance during the Liberation of Paris in August 1944. Choose a new media file |
English : «La Libération de Paris» is a documentary shot by the French Resistance during the Liberation of Paris in August 1944.
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Black swans (Cygnus atratus) filmed in Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park, England, the UK. Choose a new media file |
English : Black swans (Cygnus atratus) filmed in Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park, England, the UK.
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_17.jpg) Waltensburg/Vuorz. Switzerland. ruins of a castle Munt Sorn Gieri. (Burg Jörgenberg). Change image |
English : Waltensburg/Vuorz. Switzerland. ruins of a castle Munt Sorn Gieri. (Burg Jörgenberg).
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Timelapse of deforestation in the state of Rondonia in Brazil, from 2000-2010. Images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) NASA's Terra satellite. Choose a new media file |
English : Timelapse of deforestation in the state of Rondonia in Brazil, from 2000-2010. Images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) NASA's Terra satellite.
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 55 Cancri e: Skies Sparkle Above a Never-Ending Ocean of Lava. Poster from the NASA Exoplanets Exploration Program's Exoplanet Travel Bureau. Change image |
English : 55 Cancri e: Skies Sparkle Above a Never-Ending Ocean of Lava. Poster from the NASA Exoplanets Exploration Program's Exoplanet Travel Bureau.
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A demonstration of the phases of the Moon using a styrofoam ball illuminated by a light bulb Choose a new media file |
English : A demonstration of the phases of the Moon using a styrofoam ball illuminated by a light bulb
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 The Rock Arch, a natural granite formation, near Spitzkoppe, Namibia. The Spitzkoppe itself is visible on the right. Change image |
English : The Rock Arch, a natural granite formation, near Spitzkoppe, Namibia. The Spitzkoppe itself is visible on the right.
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Karujaht Pärnumaal (English: Bear Hunt in Pärnu County) is the first Estonian narrative film, directed by Johannes Pääsuke in 1914. Choose a new media file |
English : Karujaht Pärnumaal (English: Bear Hunt in Pärnu County) is the first Estonian narrative film, directed by Johannes Pääsuke in 1914.
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_Namibia.jpg) Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus), near Divava, Namibia, very close to the Botswana border. Change image |
English : Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus), near Divava, Namibia, very close to the Botswana border.
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Gymnopédie No. 3, here performed by Kevin MacLeod, is the last of three Gymnopédies, piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie. Choose a new media file |
English : Gymnopédie No. 3, here performed by Kevin MacLeod, is the last of three Gymnopédies, piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie.
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 Steam-boiling green asparagus in a stainless steel pot. Change image |
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 Max Niedermeier practicing for the 2018 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship finals at Inzell, Germany. Change image |
English : Max Niedermeier practicing for the 2018 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship finals at Inzell, Germany.
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English : Aerial recording of cemetery church of Saint-Martin de Miribel in Miribel, Ain, eastern France.
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Vettisfossen waterfall in Utladalen, Norway Choose a new media file |
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 Coast with Dome Hotel, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus. Change image |
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 Microcrystals of “Essentuki 4” mineral water’s salts; light microscopy, polarized light. Change image |
English : Microcrystals of “Essentuki 4” mineral water’s salts; light microscopy, polarized light.
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Octopus in Sea Life Centres in Munich Choose a new media file |
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 Prielbrusye National Park, Central Caucasus. Change image |
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Sava Bohinjka, Triglav National Park, Slovenia Choose a new media file |
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_20-09-2020_(d.j.b.)_01.jpg) Cracked skin of an Aesculus. Change image |
Aerial recording of Piz Forbesch (3262 m, Switzerland). Choose a new media file |
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_01.jpg) Flower of one Rudbeckia fulgida. An indestructible plant for a sunny spot in the garden. Change image |
English : Flower of one Rudbeckia fulgida. An indestructible plant for a sunny spot in the garden.
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Parade of US forces after Liberation of Paris in 1944 Choose a new media file |
English : Parade of US forces after Liberation of Paris in 1944
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 Autumn morning in the outskirts of Rakhiv. Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine. Change image |
The Ljubljana Power Station is a coal-fired heat and power station in the Moste District of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Choose a new media file |
English : The Ljubljana Power Station is a coal-fired heat and power station in the Moste District of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.
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 Landscape in Ussangoda National Park, Sri Lanka Change image |
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