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 View during the blue hour of the Dom Luís I Bridge and the city of Porto, Portugal. The bridge, built between 1881 and 1886 spans the Douro River to connect Porto with Vila Nova de Gaia. Change image |
English : View during the blue hour of the Dom Luís I Bridge and the city of Porto, Portugal. The bridge, built between 1881 and 1886 spans the Douro River to connect Porto with Vila Nova de Gaia.
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The Wilhelm scream is a commonly employed sound effect featured in over 200 films, with its origins dating back to 1951 in the movie Distant Drums. It is frequently inserted during scenes depicting gunshots, falling, or explosions. Choose a new media file |
English : The Wilhelm scream is a commonly employed sound effect featured in over 200 films, with its origins dating back to 1951 in the movie Distant Drums. It is frequently inserted during scenes depicting gunshots, falling, or explosions.
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.jpg) Bullet traces (vandalism) in the watchtower in the former arsenal in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Bullet traces (vandalism) in the watchtower in the former arsenal in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Neighbors is a 1920 comedy short film directed, written, produced, and starring Buster Keaton Choose a new media file |
English : Neighbors is a 1920 comedy short film directed, written, produced, and starring Buster Keaton
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.jpg) Cooling tower of unfinished second stage of CHP photographed from above. Lavriki, Vsevolozhsky district, Leningrad oblast, Russia. Change image |
English : Cooling tower of unfinished second stage of CHP photographed from above. Lavriki, Vsevolozhsky district, Leningrad oblast, Russia.
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In August 2023, New Zealand Police's Operation Pakari in Southland resulted in the arrest of over 20 individuals for violent offenses, following a series of previous incidents across the region. Choose a new media file |
English : In August 2023, New Zealand Police's Operation Pakari in Southland resulted in the arrest of over 20 individuals for violent offenses, following a series of previous incidents across the region.
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Dashcam video driving on the Francis Scott Key Bridge. It later collapsed on March 26 2024. Choose a new media file |
English : Dashcam video driving on the Francis Scott Key Bridge. It later collapsed on March 26 2024.
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 Dew on glass illuminated by the sun Change image |
English : Dew on glass illuminated by the sun
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Country Lads is a 1941 New Zealand short film. It went on to screen in New Zealand cinemas as the first production released by the newly born National Film Unit. It features footage of troops parading through central Wellington and their departure for Europe and North Africa during World War II. Adolf Hitler had called the Kiwi soldiers "poor deluded country lads"; but here the description is turned into a compliment. Choose a new media file |
English : Country Lads is a 1941 New Zealand short film. It went on to screen in New Zealand cinemas as the first production released by the newly born National Film Unit. It features footage of troops parading through central Wellington and their departure for Europe and North Africa during World War II. Adolf Hitler had called the Kiwi soldiers "poor deluded country lads"; but here the description is turned into a compliment.
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 Bell tower (belfry), front view, upper part, at Wat Phra Kaew, Temple of Emerald Buddha, within the precincts of the Grand Palace, in Bangkok, Thailand. Today is Chakri Memorial Day in Thailand. Change image |
English : Bell tower (belfry), front view, upper part, at Wat Phra Kaew, Temple of Emerald Buddha, within the precincts of the Grand Palace, in Bangkok, Thailand. Today is Chakri Memorial Day in Thailand.
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Winter mountaineering in France, near Grenoble. Gully Paul Arthaud (or Gully Zia) then we wanted to continue with the crossing of the N-S ridges of the Oreille du Loup. We learned good lessons from this first experience which, despite the conditions, was carried out without major risks. It was a very good course to start winter mountaineering because it did not require a high technical level and there were multiple escape routes (so low commitment). Choose a new media file |
English : Winter mountaineering in France, near Grenoble. Gully Paul Arthaud (or Gully Zia) then we wanted to continue with the crossing of the N-S ridges of the Oreille du Loup. We learned good lessons from this first experience which, despite the conditions, was carried out without major risks. It was a very good course to start winter mountaineering because it did not require a high technical level and there were multiple escape routes (so low commitment).
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 Mural painting, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Anderson was published on this date in 1837. Change image |
English : Mural painting, Rua de Santa Maria, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Anderson was published on this date in 1837.
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 Jaesil for Sejong the great. It was built in 1469 but demolished under Japanese rule. It was reconstructed in 1970. Sejong the Great died on 8 April 1450. Change image |
English : Jaesil for Sejong the great. It was built in 1469 but demolished under Japanese rule. It was reconstructed in 1970. Sejong the Great died on 8 April 1450.
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Planting Trees in West Virginia Choose a new media file |
English : Planting Trees in West Virginia
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.jpg) Detail of a Eucomis (crested lily). The crest develops from the beautiful mottled stem. Focus stack of 16 photos. Change image |
English : Detail of a Eucomis (crested lily). The crest develops from the beautiful mottled stem. Focus stack of 16 photos.
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NTSB B-Roll of the March 26 Francis Scott Key Bridge that was struck by cargo ship Dali in Baltimore, Maryland. Choose a new media file |
English : NTSB B-Roll of the March 26 Francis Scott Key Bridge that was struck by cargo ship Dali in Baltimore, Maryland.
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 Gatehouse on the bridge over the Main river in Miltenberg Change image |
English : Gatehouse on the bridge over the Main river in Miltenberg
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In 2014, villagers in Cambodia's Prey Lang forest say illegal logging has been on the rise in their area, but they are powerless to prevent the deforestation that threatens their way of life. Choose a new media file |
English : In 2014, villagers in Cambodia's Prey Lang forest say illegal logging has been on the rise in their area, but they are powerless to prevent the deforestation that threatens their way of life.
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 Blind accordion player, Patzcuaro, Michoacán, México Change image |
English : Blind accordion player, Patzcuaro, Michoacán, México
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São Paulo, A Sinfonia da Metrópole is a 1929 Brazilian documentary film by Rodolfo Lustig and Adalberto Kemeny, inspired by Walter Ruttmann’s Berlin: Die Sinfonie Der Großstadt. Choose a new media file |
English : São Paulo, A Sinfonia da Metrópole is a 1929 Brazilian documentary film by Rodolfo Lustig and Adalberto Kemeny, inspired by Walter Ruttmann’s Berlin: Die Sinfonie Der Großstadt.
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Roping up on a glacier is one of the basic techniques for progressing in mountaineering. There are several techniques and several knots to know. The Écrins guides present to us today everything you need to know about rope-up on a glacier for 2, 3 or more people. We are going to talk about knots, torso rings, mobile or fixed gallows and the adaptation of the rope to the terrain. Choose a new media file |
English : Roping up on a glacier is one of the basic techniques for progressing in mountaineering. There are several techniques and several knots to know.
The Écrins guides present to us today everything you need to know about rope-up on a glacier for 2, 3 or more people. We are going to talk about knots, torso rings, mobile or fixed gallows and the adaptation of the rope to the terrain.
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 A view of the Kali Gandaki valley overlooking the village of Thiri, Nepal. Today is Bisket Jatra in Nepal. Change image |
English : A view of the Kali Gandaki valley overlooking the village of Thiri, Nepal. Today is Bisket Jatra in Nepal.
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Farmers in Ghana are embracing new methods to reduce food spoilage after the harvest and boost their revenue streams. Choose a new media file |
English : Farmers in Ghana are embracing new methods to reduce food spoilage after the harvest and boost their revenue streams.
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 Children in a boat on the Shari-Goyain River in Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh. Today is also Bengali new year. Change image |
English : Children in a boat on the Shari-Goyain River in Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh. Today is also Bengali new year.
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Helicopter used to spray pesticide on plants at viticulture near Reil, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Choose a new media file |
English : Helicopter used to spray pesticide on plants at viticulture near Reil, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Ten prizes were awarded at the 1996 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. The winners have all done something that first makes people LAUGH and then makes them THINK. Choose a new media file |
English : Ten prizes were awarded at the 1996 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. The winners have all done something that first makes people LAUGH and then makes them THINK.
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,_Old_Faithful_Geyser_--_2022_--_2599.jpg) Eruption of the Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, USA Change image |
Video of FC Tambov vs. FC Spartak Moscow association football match on 26 September 2020, with commentary in Erzya language. Today, 16 April, is Erzya Language Day. Choose a new media file |
English : Video of FC Tambov vs. FC Spartak Moscow association football match on 26 September 2020, with commentary in Erzya language. Today, 16 April, is Erzya Language Day.
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_01.jpg) buds of a Allium senescens glaucum. Focus stack of 71 photos. Change image |
English : buds of a Allium senescens glaucum. Focus stack of 71 photos.
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English : A Modern Musketeer is a 1917 silent adventure comedy by Allan Dwan starring Douglas Fairbanks.
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English : Hippasa holmerae (Lawn wolf spider) in its funnel web, seen in Don Som (Si Phan Don), Laos
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This video explores the role of the Moon in the 2024 total solar eclipse that can be seen in the United States, Canada, and Mexico Choose a new media file |
English : This video explores the role of the Moon in the 2024 total solar eclipse that can be seen in the United States, Canada, and Mexico
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 A female adult little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) searching for food in shallow water. Taken in Limburg (Netherlands). Change image |
English : A female adult little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) searching for food in shallow water. Taken in Limburg (Netherlands).
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Compilation of beautiful and rare footage about the lifestyle and fashion around the year 1900. Choose a new media file |
English : Compilation of beautiful and rare footage about the lifestyle and fashion around the year 1900.
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 Burgos Cathedral was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on October 31, 1984. It is the only Spanish cathedral that has this UNESCO distinction independently, without being linked to the historic center of a city. Change image |
English : Burgos Cathedral was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on October 31, 1984. It is the only Spanish cathedral that has this UNESCO distinction independently, without being linked to the historic center of a city.
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Video of total solar eclipse of April 20, 2023 from Exmouth, Western Australia (1 year ago). Choose a new media file |
English : Video of total solar eclipse of April 20, 2023 from Exmouth, Western Australia (1 year ago).
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.jpg) The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image of Federal District, Brazil on August 21, 2001. It contains the country's capital, Brasília, founded on this day in 1960. Change image |
English : The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image of Federal District, Brazil on August 21, 2001. It contains the country's capital, Brasília, founded on this day in 1960.
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A montage of Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Asian common toad) during their mating season. Choose a new media file |
English : A montage of Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Asian common toad) during their mating season.
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 View of Cholatse (6,440 metres (21,129 ft)), Ama Dablam and other Himalayan peaks in Chola Valley south of the Great Himalayan Range in Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, Himalayas. The first documented ascent of Cholatse was made on April 22, 1982 by a team of US climbers. Change image |
English : View of Cholatse (6,440 metres (21,129 ft)), Ama Dablam and other Himalayan peaks in Chola Valley south of the Great Himalayan Range in Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, Himalayas. The first documented ascent of Cholatse was made on April 22, 1982 by a team of US climbers.
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Zvenigora (1928) Ukrainian silent film by Alexander Dovzhenko and starring Nikolai Nademsky, Semyon Svashenko and Georgi Astafyev. Choose a new media file |
English : Zvenigora (1928) Ukrainian silent film by Alexander Dovzhenko and starring Nikolai Nademsky, Semyon Svashenko and Georgi Astafyev.
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Until the Space X's Crew Dragon entered service, crews serving on the International Space Station started and ended their journeys in Kazakhstan. When it’s time to come home, they strap in for a parachute landing in the middle of the spare and remote steppe of the central Asian country. To bring their crew members home, a small NASA team makes the trip from Houston to Kazakhstan. NASA’s Dan Huot filmed one such trip in June 2016 when NASA’s Tim Kopra landed with British astronaut Tim Peake and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko. Choose a new media file |
English : Until the Space X's Crew Dragon entered service, crews serving on the International Space Station started and ended their journeys in Kazakhstan. When it’s time to come home, they strap in for a parachute landing in the middle of the spare and remote steppe of the central Asian country.
To bring their crew members home, a small NASA team makes the trip from Houston to Kazakhstan. NASA’s Dan Huot filmed one such trip in June 2016 when NASA’s Tim Kopra landed with British astronaut Tim Peake and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.
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_solidaginis_caterpillar,_Niitv%C3%A4lja_bog.jpg) Caterpillar of golden-rod brindle (Lithomoia solidaginis), feeding on Dactylorhiza russowii. Niitvälja Bog, Northwestern Estonia. Change image |
English : Caterpillar of golden-rod brindle (Lithomoia solidaginis), feeding on Dactylorhiza russowii. Niitvälja Bog, Northwestern Estonia.
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House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American supernatural horror film produced and directed by William Castle, written by Robb White and starring Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig and Elisha Cook Jr. Price plays an eccentric millionaire, Frederick Loren, who, along with his wife Annabelle, has invited five people to the house for a “haunted house” party. Whoever stays in the house for one night will earn $10,000. As the night progresses, the guests are trapped within the house with an assortment of terrors. This film is perhaps best known for its promotional gimmick Emergo. April 24th is the birthday of William Castle. Choose a new media file |
English : House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American supernatural horror film produced and directed by William Castle, written by Robb White and starring Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig and Elisha Cook Jr. Price plays an eccentric millionaire, Frederick Loren, who, along with his wife Annabelle, has invited five people to the house for a “haunted house” party. Whoever stays in the house for one night will earn $10,000. As the night progresses, the guests are trapped within the house with an assortment of terrors. This film is perhaps best known for its promotional gimmick Emergo. April 24th is the birthday of William Castle.
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 Harmonia axyridis var. succinea in Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge, Quebec, Canada Change image |
English : Harmonia axyridis var. succinea in Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge, Quebec, Canada
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Stop motion test of a patriotic convoy, carried out in connection with the Tour de France 2024, the Tour de France Femmes 2024 and the Tour Alsace 2024 Choose a new media file |
English : Stop motion test of a patriotic convoy, carried out in connection with the Tour de France 2024, the Tour de France Femmes 2024 and the Tour Alsace 2024
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 Israeli popular vocal group Hakol Over Habibi Change image |
English : Israeli popular vocal group Hakol Over Habibi
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One of the last A380 convoy on the , in early 2020. This route allowed the transport of outzide structural sections of the airliner to Toulouse, France, for final assembly. Choose a new media file |
English : One of the last A380 convoy on the , in early 2020. This route allowed the transport of outzide structural sections of the airliner to Toulouse, France, for final assembly.
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 Detail of the Church of the Assumption of Mary in Lychivka, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. Today is World Design Day. Change image |
English : Detail of the Church of the Assumption of Mary in Lychivka, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. Today is World Design Day.
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The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 American synchronzied sound romantic drama film directed by the German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni. Choose a new media file |
English : The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 American synchronzied sound romantic drama film directed by the German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni.
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We live in a Universe of unimaginable scale and almost incomprehensible beauty. How is the light from the Universe transformed into the images that have inspired generations by making the Universe come to life? Choose a new media file |
English : We live in a Universe of unimaginable scale and almost incomprehensible beauty. How is the light from the Universe transformed into the images that have inspired generations by making the Universe come to life?
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 Western side of Taj Mahal at the golden hour, Agra, India Change image |
God's Little Acre is a 1958 American comedy-drama film of Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel of the same name. Directed by Anthony Mann, starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray, the film was as controversial as the novel, although unlike its source material it was not subjected to prosecution for obscenity. Philip Yordan was officially given credit for the screenplay, but Ben Maddow claimed he wrote it. Since Maddow was blacklisted for his radical, and suspected but unproven, communist activities during the 1950s Red Scare, working without credit was the only way he could successfully submit screenplays. After decades of neglect, the film was restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive under the supervision of master restorer Robert Gitt. As part of Gitt's restoration, Yordan's name was removed and replaced by Maddow's in the main titles, although it does not appear on most current releases. April 29th is Anthony Mann's death anniversary. Choose a new media file |
English : God's Little Acre is a 1958 American comedy-drama film of Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel of the same name. Directed by Anthony Mann, starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray, the film was as controversial as the novel, although unlike its source material it was not subjected to prosecution for obscenity. Philip Yordan was officially given credit for the screenplay, but Ben Maddow claimed he wrote it. Since Maddow was blacklisted for his radical, and suspected but unproven, communist activities during the 1950s Red Scare, working without credit was the only way he could successfully submit screenplays. After decades of neglect, the film was restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive under the supervision of master restorer Robert Gitt. As part of Gitt's restoration, Yordan's name was removed and replaced by Maddow's in the main titles, although it does not appear on most current releases. April 29th is Anthony Mann's death anniversary.
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_-2.jpg) Photomontage - Composite of 16 different photos which have been digitally manipulated to give the impression that it is a real landscape. Software used: Adobe Photoshop Change image |
English : Photomontage - Composite of 16 different photos which have been digitally manipulated to give the impression that it is a real landscape. Software used: Adobe Photoshop
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After a short introduction by Eric Platt, unidentified musicians play a violin and piano duet to demonstrate the Welsh Sound Recording System in 1930. Eric Platt then introduces the system again, while curious children come to watch. Choose a new media file |
English : After a short introduction by Eric Platt, unidentified musicians play a violin and piano duet to demonstrate the Welsh Sound Recording System in 1930. Eric Platt then introduces the system again, while curious children come to watch.
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