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 Aerial view of the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River, border between Zambia (left side) and Zimbabwe (right side). The Victoria Falls is the largest sheet of falling water in the world based on its combined width of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) and height of 108 metres (354 ft). Change image |
English : Aerial view of the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River, border between Zambia (left side) and Zimbabwe (right side). The Victoria Falls is the largest sheet of falling water in the world based on its combined width of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) and height of 108 metres (354 ft).
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Children's Day Celebration Event in Partnership with Yoruba Yoruba Academy Choose a new media file |
English : Children's Day Celebration Event in Partnership with Yoruba Yoruba Academy
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"Little David", an American 36-inch (914 mm) calibre mortar, was one of the largest-calibre guns ever built. Choose a new media file |
English : "Little David", an American 36-inch (914 mm) calibre mortar, was one of the largest-calibre guns ever built.
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 Amphycribral vascular bundle of a Fern Rhizome Pteridium aquilinum. Big cells with red cell wall are tracheids. They serve in the transport of water. Around the xylem there are xylem parenchyma and phloem cells. A single row layer of small cells (with red content) located circumferentially is endoderm. In the parenchyma there are amyloplasts which store starch granules. Change image |
English : Amphycribral vascular bundle of a Fern Rhizome Pteridium aquilinum. Big cells with red cell wall are tracheids. They serve in the transport of water. Around the xylem there are xylem parenchyma and phloem cells. A single row layer of small cells (with red content) located circumferentially is endoderm. In the parenchyma there are amyloplasts which store starch granules.
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The Gaucho, 1927 American silent adventure film Choose a new media file |
English : The Gaucho, 1927 American silent adventure film
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 View of Malecon Avenue, Havana, Cuba Change image |
English : View of Malecon Avenue, Havana, Cuba
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Audio recording of "Essay on Yueyang Tower" by Fan Zhongyan Choose a new media file |
English : Audio recording of "Essay on Yueyang Tower" by Fan Zhongyan
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 A Doppler on Wheels image of a tornadic thunderstorm near La Grange, Wyoming (USA) captured during the VORTEX2 project. In the velocity image on the left, Blues/green represent winds moving towards the radar, and reds/yellows indicate winds moving away from the radar. The reason that some of the darker blues contain red/yellow within them is a trait known as Aliasing, where the winds are moving faster than the radar can detect. In the reflectivity image on the right, the main body of the storm can be seen, with the appendage on the bottom of the storm being a hook echo, which is associated directly with the tornado, and the tornado circulation itself can be seen as the doughnut like shape in the later part of the animation. Change image |
English : A Doppler on Wheels image of a tornadic thunderstorm near La Grange, Wyoming (USA) captured during the VORTEX2 project. In the velocity image on the left, Blues/green represent winds moving towards the radar, and reds/yellows indicate winds moving away from the radar. The reason that some of the darker blues contain red/yellow within them is a trait known as Aliasing, where the winds are moving faster than the radar can detect. In the reflectivity image on the right, the main body of the storm can be seen, with the appendage on the bottom of the storm being a hook echo, which is associated directly with the tornado, and the tornado circulation itself can be seen as the doughnut like shape in the later part of the animation.
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National anthem of Italy, played by the Italian Navy Band. Choose a new media file |
English : National anthem of Italy, played by the Italian Navy Band.
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_-_Geographicus_-_Africa2-boulton-1794.jpg) This is probably the most important map of Africa produced in the 18th century. Largely based upon the earlier D’Anville map, this map has been enlarged and expanded by Samuel Boulton. Depicts the continent in full with insets of the Gold Coast (or Ivory Coast, or Guinea). This map is unique in that it is a serious attempt to compile all of the accurate scientific knowledge of the African continent available at the time. Change image |
English : This is probably the most important map of Africa produced in the 18th century. Largely based upon the earlier D’Anville map, this map has been enlarged and expanded by Samuel Boulton. Depicts the continent in full with insets of the Gold Coast (or Ivory Coast, or Guinea). This map is unique in that it is a serious attempt to compile all of the accurate scientific knowledge of the African continent available at the time.
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Swedish national anthem performed by the United States Navy Band. Choose a new media file |
English : Swedish national anthem performed by the United States Navy Band.
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 Pachycereus pringlei forest in Sonoran Desert, Sonora, Mexico Change image |
National anthem of Peru performed by the United States Navy Band. Choose a new media file |
English : National anthem of Peru performed by the United States Navy Band.
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_04.jpg) Lukmanier Pass (Passo del Lucomagno). The Lai da Sontga Maria reservoir lies near the pass. Change image |
English : Lukmanier Pass (Passo del Lucomagno). The Lai da Sontga Maria reservoir lies near the pass.
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Short video about Plato's thought. Subtitles available. Choose a new media file |
English : Short video about Plato's thought. Subtitles available.
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 Fortified Ingush military towers of medieval Erzi, circa 16th century, Armkhi Valley, Republic of Ingushetia, Caucasus Mountains Change image |
English : Fortified Ingush military towers of medieval Erzi, circa 16th century, Armkhi Valley, Republic of Ingushetia, Caucasus Mountains
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Australian singer Daryl Braithwaite performing "Love Songs" in 2020 Choose a new media file |
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 Issued 100 years ago: "Notgeld" banknote: 50,000 Mark, Württembergische Notenbank. Change image |
Kajakaštvo na divjih vodah skozi »minisotesko« na reki Whitewater (Severna Karolina, ZDA). Brzice na tem delu reke dosežejo po mednarodni lestvici težavnosti divjih voda stopnjo do V+ (zelo zahtevno). Choose a new media file |
English : Kajakaštvo na divjih vodah skozi »minisotesko« na reki Whitewater (Severna Karolina, ZDA). Brzice na tem delu reke dosežejo po mednarodni lestvici težavnosti divjih voda stopnjo do V+ (zelo zahtevno).
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 Canada National EMD SD70M-2 8015, EMD SD75I 5690 and EMD SD60F 5517 with a freight train between Hinton and Jasper, Canada Change image |
English : Canada National EMD SD70M-2 8015, EMD SD75I 5690 and EMD SD60F 5517 with a freight train between Hinton and Jasper, Canada
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Aerial views of arctic Norwegian fjords, rivers and scenery in winter conditions. Choose a new media file |
English : Aerial views of arctic Norwegian fjords, rivers and scenery in winter conditions.
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 Mounted specimens and genitalia slides of male geometer moth Ourapteryx yerburii subspecies, housed in the Natural History Museum, London. An example of reproductive isolation, the two externally identical subspecies only differ in one single structure known as furca in male genitalia. Change image |
English : Mounted specimens and genitalia slides of male geometer moth Ourapteryx yerburii subspecies, housed in the Natural History Museum, London. An example of reproductive isolation, the two externally identical subspecies only differ in one single structure known as furca in male genitalia.
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Sita Sings the Blues is a 2008 American animated film directed by Nina Paley. Choose a new media file |
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 Baroque chapel inside the church of St. Anthony Convent in Rio de Janeiro. Today is Anthony of Padua's feast day. Change image |
English : Baroque chapel inside the church of St. Anthony Convent in Rio de Janeiro. Today is Anthony of Padua's feast day.
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Today we are going to enjoy a recording about Pokémon Bulbasaur. Choose a new media file |
English : Today we are going to enjoy a recording about Pokémon Bulbasaur.
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 Botryoidal Purple Grape Agate Chalcedony from Indonesia Change image |
Film of Growing Microcolony. This film shows 305 min (114 frames) of the growth of a microcolony condensed to 7 s. For the first 40 frames (approximately 3 s), images were taken every 4 min; for the remaining frames, images were taken every 2 min. The complete lineage history of the entire microcolony from the single initial cell in frame 1 to all 505 cells in frame 114 has been tracked and recorded, allowing pole ages to be assigned to every cell. Choose a new media file |
English : Film of Growing Microcolony. This film shows 305 min (114 frames) of the growth of a microcolony condensed to 7 s. For the first 40 frames (approximately 3 s), images were taken every 4 min; for the remaining frames, images were taken every 2 min. The complete lineage history of the entire microcolony from the single initial cell in frame 1 to all 505 cells in frame 114 has been tracked and recorded, allowing pole ages to be assigned to every cell.
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 Turbines room of the Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station, Kochel, Bavaria, Germany. The storage power station is fed with water from the Walchensee which is then released into the Kochelsee. The installed capacity is 124 MW with an annual production of 300 GWh, one of the largest of its kind in Germany. Change image |
English : Turbines room of the Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station, Kochel, Bavaria, Germany. The storage power station is fed with water from the Walchensee which is then released into the Kochelsee. The installed capacity is 124 MW with an annual production of 300 GWh, one of the largest of its kind in Germany.
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A pantograph of ED9M electric multiple unit passes neutral section of 25 kV AC overhead line between sections with different phases without lowering. Before the passage of this section a main air circuit breaker of a car (in front of pantograph) switches off, after it switches on back. Kursavka station, Stavropol region, Russia Choose a new media file |
English : A pantograph of ED9M electric multiple unit passes neutral section of 25 kV AC overhead line between sections with different phases without lowering. Before the passage of this section a main air circuit breaker of a car (in front of pantograph) switches off, after it switches on back. Kursavka station, Stavropol region, Russia
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_male_6y.jpg) Six-year-old male lion (Panthera leo), Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 16 June is a Public holiday in South Africa and commemorates the Soweto uprising of 1976. Change image |
English : Six-year-old male lion (Panthera leo), Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. 16 June is a Public holiday in South Africa and commemorates the Soweto uprising of 1976.
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 This picture shows some information about Tianjin Metro. Choose a new media file |
English : This picture shows some information about Tianjin Metro.
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 Freiherr-vom-Stein-Haus (district government) in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
National anthem of Iceland; composed in 1874. An instrumental recording, performed by the United States Navy Band. Choose a new media file |
English : National anthem of Iceland; composed in 1874. An instrumental recording, performed by the United States Navy Band.
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_06-06-2021._(d.j.b).jpg) Flowers of the Bistorta officinalis. Focus stack of 20 photos. Change image |
English : Flowers of the Bistorta officinalis. Focus stack of 20 photos.
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Pride Parade in Cologne, Germany, 2022 Choose a new media file |
English : Pride Parade in Cologne, Germany, 2022
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 A tower of Wilhelmsburg Castle in Schmalkalden Change image |
By scrutinising the Hubble Ultra Deep field - the deepest image of the sky ever made - the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope have joined forces to discover nine of the smallest, faintest, most compact galaxies ever observed in the distant Universe. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), Hubble Ultra Deep Field and GOODS Flythroughs: NASA, ESA and F. Summers (STScI). Choose a new media file |
English : By scrutinising the Hubble Ultra Deep field - the deepest image of the sky ever made - the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope have joined forces to discover nine of the smallest, faintest, most compact galaxies ever observed in the distant Universe. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), Hubble Ultra Deep Field and GOODS Flythroughs: NASA, ESA and F. Summers (STScI).
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 Ancient Niy settlement in Ingushetia, Russia. This kind of architecture is known as Vainakh tower architecture; towers of this kind were used for military purposes and as dwellings, and they are common in Ingushetia and Chechnya. Change image |
English : Ancient Niy settlement in Ingushetia, Russia. This kind of architecture is known as Vainakh tower architecture; towers of this kind were used for military purposes and as dwellings, and they are common in Ingushetia and Chechnya.
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 The Inukshuk, a sculpture made up of piled stones, is a familiar symbol of the Inuit, mostly found in the Arctic landscape and often used as a navigational tool. This sculpture is situated in western part of Toronto (close to lake Ontario), ON, CA. Change image |
English : The Inukshuk, a sculpture made up of piled stones, is a familiar symbol of the Inuit, mostly found in the Arctic landscape and often used as a navigational tool. This sculpture is situated in western part of Toronto (close to lake Ontario), ON, CA.
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Today is International Day of Yoga. Let's watch a video about International Day of Yoga. Choose a new media file |
English : Today is International Day of Yoga. Let's watch a video about International Day of Yoga.
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 Court Ladies Playing Double-sixes by Zhou Fang, created in the 8th century. Today is the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. Change image |
English : Court Ladies Playing Double-sixes by Zhou Fang, created in the 8th century. Today is the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival.
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Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. In Mauritius, zongzi (typically called zong) is a traditional dish which continues to be eaten by the Sino-Mauritian and by the Overseas Chinese communities. It is especially eaten on the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional festive event, to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan. Today we enjoy a video of making zongzi. Choose a new media file |
English : Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. In Mauritius, zongzi (typically called zong) is a traditional dish which continues to be eaten by the Sino-Mauritian and by the Overseas Chinese communities. It is especially eaten on the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional festive event, to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan. Today we enjoy a video of making zongzi.
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 Geraldine Ulmar as Yum-Yum in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado by Benjamin Joseph Falk, restored by Adam Cuerden Change image |
English : Geraldine Ulmar as Yum-Yum in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado by
Benjamin Joseph Falk, restored by Adam Cuerden
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Instrumental version of "Ons Heemecht", Luxembourg national anthem, performed by the United States Navy Band. Choose a new media file |
English : Instrumental version of "Ons Heemecht", Luxembourg national anthem, performed by the United States Navy Band.
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 View of Mount Ama Dablam on a clear sunny day. Ama Dablam ("Mother's Necklace", आमा दब्लम, 6,800 metres (22,300 ft)) is a notable peak in the Khumbu Everest Zone of Nepal, Himalayas. For several days, Ama Dablam dominates the eastern sky for anyone trekking to Everest Base Camp. Change image |
English : View of Mount Ama Dablam on a clear sunny day. Ama Dablam ("Mother's Necklace", आमा दब्लम, 6,800 metres (22,300 ft)) is a notable peak in the Khumbu Everest Zone of Nepal, Himalayas. For several days, Ama Dablam dominates the eastern sky for anyone trekking to Everest Base Camp.
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Voice of Mr. René Viviani, President of the Council of Ministers of France, in a speech delivered on April 29, 1917 in Washington D.C., USA. Choose a new media file |
English : Voice of Mr. René Viviani, President of the Council of Ministers of France, in a speech delivered on April 29, 1917 in Washington D.C., USA.
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 "Print shows the embarkation of sick persons at the harbor in Balaklava" (tinted lithograph, digitized from the original print). Change image |
English : "Print shows the embarkation of sick persons at the harbor in Balaklava" (tinted lithograph, digitized from the original print).
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_female_Ranomafana.jpg) Female blue-legged chameleon (Calumma crypticum) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Madagascar gained full Independence from France on 26 June 1960. Change image |
English : Female blue-legged chameleon (Calumma crypticum) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Madagascar gained full Independence from France on 26 June 1960.
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Instrumental version of Ry Tanindrazanay malala ô!, the national anthem of Madagascar, performed by the United States Navy Band Choose a new media file |
English : Instrumental version of Ry Tanindrazanay malala ô!, the national anthem of Madagascar, performed by the United States Navy Band
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"Djibouti", the Djiboutian national anthem Choose a new media file |
English : "Djibouti", the Djiboutian national anthem
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 Chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica) on Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata), Satchari National Park, Bangladesh Change image |
English : Chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica) on Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata), Satchari National Park, Bangladesh
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Spencer X (Spencer Polanco Knight) performing "Be Somebody" using beatboxing vocals only Choose a new media file |
English : Spencer X (Spencer Polanco Knight) performing "Be Somebody" using beatboxing vocals only
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 Castle and Collegiate Church of Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Change image |
English : Castle and Collegiate Church of Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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National Anthem of Seychelles: Koste Seselwa . Choose a new media file |
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 Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea). Ukraine, Vinnytsia Change image |
English : Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea). Ukraine, Vinnytsia
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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, in French. LibriVox recording by Jc Guan. Chapter 1 - Marseille – L’arrivée. Choose a new media file |
English : Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, in French. LibriVox recording by Jc Guan. Chapter 1 - Marseille – L’arrivée.
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