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,_Madeira,_Portugal,_2019-05-31,_DD_24.jpg) Exemplar of an adult dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) of about 150 centimetres (59 in) length and 60 kilograms (130 lb) heavy seen at a depth of about 25 metres (82 ft), Garajau Marine Nature Reserve, Madeira, Portugal Change image |
English : Exemplar of an adult dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) of about 150 centimetres (59 in) length and 60 kilograms (130 lb) heavy seen at a depth of about 25 metres (82 ft), Garajau Marine Nature Reserve, Madeira, Portugal
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A beaver find a stick and cleans it. Today is Canada Day. Choose a new media file |
English : A beaver find a stick and cleans it. Today is Canada Day.
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.jpg) Creative photograph “Pocket watch” (with background from the special ammunition depot Dülmen-Visbeck, Dernekamp, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) Change image |
English : Creative photograph “Pocket watch” (with background from the special ammunition depot Dülmen-Visbeck, Dernekamp, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
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A real-time video of the total solar eclipse visible from ESO’s La Silla Observatory on 2 July 2019, 5 years ago. This rare event occurs when the Moon completely covers the bright face of the Sun, turning day into night. Choose a new media file |
English : A real-time video of the total solar eclipse visible from ESO’s La Silla Observatory on 2 July 2019, 5 years ago. This rare event occurs when the Moon completely covers the bright face of the Sun, turning day into night.
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 Young male African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) crossing the road in the Kafue National Park, Zambia. Trunk raised to evaluate the safari vehicle. Change image |
English : Young male African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) crossing the road in the Kafue National Park, Zambia. Trunk raised to evaluate the safari vehicle.
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The short story about Belarus. Today is the Independence Day of Belarus. Choose a new media file |
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 The Seven Lakes' valley of Yedigöller National Park, Turkey. Photo shows Büyükgöl (Big Lake) Change image |
English : The Seven Lakes' valley of Yedigöller National Park, Turkey. Photo shows Büyükgöl (Big Lake)
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The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States, which celebrates its Independence Day today. Choose a new media file |
English : The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States, which celebrates its Independence Day today.
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 Wild juvenile leopard (Panthera pardus) perched on a tree in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Change image |
English : Wild juvenile leopard (Panthera pardus) perched on a tree in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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 Scarce dagger (Acronicta auricoma) larva, feeding on the moor birch (Betula pubescens). Niitvälja bog, Northwestern Estonia. Change image |
English : Scarce dagger (Acronicta auricoma) larva, feeding on the moor birch (Betula pubescens). Niitvälja bog, Northwestern Estonia.
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_02.jpg) Seed head, with plumed seeds, of a Clematis texensis 'Princess Diana'. The plant is in the infructescence stage. Focus stack of 71 photos. Change image |
English : Seed head, with plumed seeds, of a Clematis texensis 'Princess Diana'. The plant is in the infructescence stage. Focus stack of 71 photos.
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Drone video of Lake Peipus and the town of Mustvee in July 2022 Choose a new media file |
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 São Bento Monastery roof, São Paulo, Brazil. Today is the feast day of Saint Benedict. Change image |
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Battle of Oryol, also known as Operation Kutuzov, started on July 12th, 1943. - 1943 Soviet feature-length documentary film about the Oryol strategic offensive operation. Choose a new media file |
English : Battle of Oryol, also known as Operation Kutuzov, started on July 12th, 1943. - 1943 Soviet feature-length documentary film about the Oryol strategic offensive operation.
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.jpg) The 2014 FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. The match took place at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, on this day in 2014. Change image |
English : The 2014 FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. The match took place at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, on this day in 2014.
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 The Patrouille de France flying during an air show in Poland. This unit of the French Air Force traditionally opens the Bastille Day military parade in Paris each 14 July. Change image |
English : The Patrouille de France flying during an air show in Poland. This unit of the French Air Force traditionally opens the Bastille Day military parade in Paris each 14 July.
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 View of the Geiranger Church, the surrounding cemetery and the famous Geirangerfjord in the back. The parish church belongs to the Church of Norway and is located in the village of Geiranger, Stranda Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The wooden church was built in a octagonal style in 1842 by architect Hans Klipe but on the same spot there had been previously a stave church, which was torn down in 1742 and a second one that was burned in 1841. Change image |
English : View of the Geiranger Church, the surrounding cemetery and the famous Geirangerfjord in the back. The parish church belongs to the Church of Norway and is located in the village of Geiranger, Stranda Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The wooden church was built in a octagonal style in 1842 by architect Hans Klipe but on the same spot there had been previously a stave church, which was torn down in 1742 and a second one that was burned in 1841.
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.jpg) Rain-soaked remnant of a flower (Helenium 'El Dorado') Focus stack of 71 photos. Change image |
English : Rain-soaked remnant of a flower (Helenium 'El Dorado') Focus stack of 71 photos.
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,_Darling_Harbour_--_2019_--_3193-5.jpg) Night in Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Change image |
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 Temple-fortress Valery against the background of the Haut de Cry mountain, Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Change image |
English : Temple-fortress Valery against the background of the Haut de Cry mountain, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.
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 An animated example of a Knight's tour in Chess, with the visited squares shaded. Today is International Chess Day Choose a new media file |
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.jpg) Heilbronn, Germany, district Kirchhausen: the former water castle of the Teutonic Order, built in 1572–1578. Change image |
English : Heilbronn, Germany, district Kirchhausen: the former water castle of the Teutonic Order, built in 1572–1578.
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.jpg) Sally Ride as photographed in 1984. She died on this day in 2012. Change image |
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 Volcano eruption at Fagradalsfjall next to Litli-Hrútur in Iceland in July 2023 captured from up close with a drone. Such a shot was only made possible by the use of new technologies, since it is otherwise impossible to safely observe an erupting volcano at such close range. Change image |
English : Volcano eruption at Fagradalsfjall next to Litli-Hrútur in Iceland in July 2023 captured from up close with a drone. Such a shot was only made possible by the use of new technologies, since it is otherwise impossible to safely observe an erupting volcano at such close range.
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 The Saint James's Tower in Paris (France). The only surviving part of a 16th-century church destroyed during the French Revolution, it is nowadays a national historic landmark and one of the starting points of the Way of St James. Change image |
English : The Saint James's Tower in Paris (France). The only surviving part of a 16th-century church destroyed during the French Revolution, it is nowadays a national historic landmark and one of the starting points of the Way of St James.
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 Race Imboden of the United States (L) fences against Italy's Andrea Cassarà (R) in the men's foil team final of the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 12 August 2013. Change image |
English : Race Imboden of the United States (L) fences against Italy's Andrea Cassarà (R) in the men's foil team final of the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 12 August 2013.
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 Benjamin Compaoré competes in the men's triple jump final during the French Athletics Championships 2013 at Stade Charléty in Paris, July 2013. Change image |
English : Benjamin Compaoré competes in the men's triple jump final during the French Athletics Championships 2013 at Stade Charléty in Paris, July 2013.
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 Views of the Historic centre of Córdoba from the Guadalquivir River, from where the Mosque-Cathedral and the Roman Bridge stand out, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994. In the image you can also see the Puerta del Puente, the Triunfo de San Rafael and part of the Episcopal Palace. Change image |
English : Views of the Historic centre of Córdoba from the Guadalquivir River, from where the Mosque-Cathedral and the Roman Bridge stand out, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994. In the image you can also see the Puerta del Puente, the Triunfo de San Rafael and part of the Episcopal Palace.
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