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View of the arches in the interior of the Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, which is a traditional mosque located in Shiraz district of Gowad-e-Arabān, Iran. The mosque was built from 1876 to 1888, by the order of Mirzā Hasan Ali (Nasir ol Molk), a Qajar ruler. Change image

English : View of the arches in the interior of the Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, which is a traditional mosque located in Shiraz district of Gowad-e-Arabān, Iran. The mosque was built from 1876 to 1888, by the order of Mirzā Hasan Ali (Nasir ol Molk), a Qajar ruler.

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Office building of the LVM, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image

English : Office building of the LVM, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Yellow-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus africanus) perch on a zebra in Senegal. Tomorrow, April 4, is Independence Day in Senegal Change image

English : Yellow-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus africanus) perch on a zebra in Senegal. Tomorrow, April 4, is Independence Day in Senegal

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Hochofenstraße in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image

English : Hochofenstraße in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Diesel multiple units IC4 under the Ringgade bridge with "Hesitation of Light" light installation in Aarhus, Denmark Change image

English : Diesel multiple units IC4 under the Ringgade bridge with "Hesitation of Light" light installation in Aarhus, Denmark

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These well-preserved basalt columns are known as "Symphony of the Stones" and are located in the Garni Gorge, near Yerevan, capital city of Armenia. The columns are visible because they were carved out by the Goght River. Change image

English : These well-preserved basalt columns are known as "Symphony of the Stones" and are located in the Garni Gorge, near Yerevan, capital city of Armenia. The columns are visible because they were carved out by the Goght River.

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The Bronze Horseman in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Change image

English : The Bronze Horseman in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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The crenellated parapet on a bastion of Kyrenia Castle, Cyprus. Change image

English : The crenellated parapet on a bastion of Kyrenia Castle, Cyprus.

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Peugeot 208 T16 at Rally Serras de Fafe 2017 Change image

English : Peugeot 208 T16 at Rally Serras de Fafe 2017

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Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Zoo of Madrid, Spain. Change image

English : Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Zoo of Madrid, Spain.

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Overview of the courtyard of the Agha Bozorg mosque, a historical mosque in Kashan, Iran. The mosque, located in the center of the city, was built in the late 18th century by master-mimar Ustad Haj Sa'ban-ali. The mosque has of two large iwans, one in front of the mihrab and the other by the entrance and the courtyard in the middle. Change image

English : Overview of the courtyard of the Agha Bozorg mosque, a historical mosque in Kashan, Iran. The mosque, located in the center of the city, was built in the late 18th century by master-mimar Ustad Haj Sa'ban-ali. The mosque has of two large iwans, one in front of the mihrab and the other by the entrance and the courtyard in the middle.

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The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, carrying Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, launched Sunday, October 12, 2008, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three crew members docked with the International Space Station on October 14. Garriott returned to Earth on October 24 with two members of the Expedition 17 crew, while Fincke and Lonchakov remained on the station for six months. Change image

English : The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, carrying Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, launched Sunday, October 12, 2008, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three crew members docked with the International Space Station on October 14. Garriott returned to Earth on October 24 with two members of the Expedition 17 crew, while Fincke and Lonchakov remained on the station for six months.

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The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a star-forming region located only 400 light years from Earth. It is surrounded by a red emission nebula and numerous light and dark brown dust lanes. Nearby is the yellow star Antares while the globular cluster, M4, is visible between Antares and the red emission nebula. Toward the bottom can be found IC 4592, the Blue Horsehead nebula. Change image

English : The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a star-forming region located only 400 light years from Earth. It is surrounded by a red emission nebula and numerous light and dark brown dust lanes. Nearby is the yellow star Antares while the globular cluster, M4, is visible between Antares and the red emission nebula. Toward the bottom can be found IC 4592, the Blue Horsehead nebula.

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Indosylvirana urbis, Urban Golden-backed Frog, is a species of frog known only in the southern Western Ghats in Kerala. Here it is resting comfortably in the pink colored boat-shaped bract of the Curcuma angustifolia (East Indian Arrowroot) flower. Change image

English : Indosylvirana urbis, Urban Golden-backed Frog, is a species of frog known only in the southern Western Ghats in Kerala. Here it is resting comfortably in the pink colored boat-shaped bract of the Curcuma angustifolia (East Indian Arrowroot) flower.

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Panorama of the Tobolsk Kremlin from the Cape Chukman. Tobolsk, Russia. Change image

English : Panorama of the Tobolsk Kremlin from the Cape Chukman. Tobolsk, Russia.

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A MK-46 exercise torpedo is launched from the deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during a torpedo launch exercise in Philippine Sea. Change image

English : A MK-46 exercise torpedo is launched from the deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during a torpedo launch exercise in Philippine Sea.

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View of the Castle of Zafra, Campillo de Dueñas, Guadalajara, Spain. The castle was built in the late 12th or early 13th centuries on a sandstone outcrop and stands on the site of a former Visigothic and Moorish fortification that fell into Christian hands in 1129. It had considerable strategic importance as a virtually impregnable defensive work on the border between Christian and Muslim-ruled territory. The castle was never conquered and was successfully defended against the King of Castile in the 13th century. The successful completion of the Reconquista at the end of the 15th century ended its military significance. Change image

English : View of the Castle of Zafra, Campillo de Dueñas, Guadalajara, Spain. The castle was built in the late 12th or early 13th centuries on a sandstone outcrop and stands on the site of a former Visigothic and Moorish fortification that fell into Christian hands in 1129. It had considerable strategic importance as a virtually impregnable defensive work on the border between Christian and Muslim-ruled territory. The castle was never conquered and was successfully defended against the King of Castile in the 13th century. The successful completion of the Reconquista at the end of the 15th century ended its military significance.

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A Cirrus fibratus cloud front on evening sky as seen over Austnesfjorden from Sildpollneset in Austvågøya, Lofoten, Norway in April 2015. Change image

English : A Cirrus fibratus cloud front on evening sky as seen over Austnesfjorden from Sildpollneset in Austvågøya, Lofoten, Norway in April 2015.

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Salvatore Puccio from Sky team – 1st stage Tour of Slovenia 2015. Time trial on the streets of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Change image

English : Salvatore Puccio from Sky team – 1st stage Tour of Slovenia 2015. Time trial on the streets of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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A tape head cleaner cassette made of clear hard plastic. The plastic is birefringent and demonstrates internal stress as coloured patterns (photoelasticity) when photographed using cross polarisation. The polarising light source (an LCD monitor) has been rotated such that the polarising filter on the lens is oppositely oriented and so cuts out all the direct light, leaving a black background. Change image

English : A tape head cleaner cassette made of clear hard plastic. The plastic is birefringent and demonstrates internal stress as coloured patterns (photoelasticity) when photographed using cross polarisation. The polarising light source (an LCD monitor) has been rotated such that the polarising filter on the lens is oppositely oriented and so cuts out all the direct light, leaving a black background.

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A port security boat assigned to Martime Expeditionary Squadron (MSRON) 1 patrols the waters near Kuwait Naval Base. MSRON-1 is deployed supporting maritime security operations and port security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Change image

English : A port security boat assigned to Martime Expeditionary Squadron (MSRON) 1 patrols the waters near Kuwait Naval Base. MSRON-1 is deployed supporting maritime security operations and port security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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Panorama of the Imperial Academy of Arts building in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Change image

English : Panorama of the Imperial Academy of Arts building in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Exemplar of brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Punta Pitt, San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Change image

English : Exemplar of brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Punta Pitt, San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.

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The Spring path at the island of Mainau during the tulip blooming. Change image

English : The Spring path at the island of Mainau during the tulip blooming.

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Anzac Parade from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. In the distance is Old Parliament House, and behind that is the new Parliament House. Today is ANZAC Day, the day of recognition of Australians and New Zealanders who served their country. Change image

English : Anzac Parade from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. In the distance is Old Parliament House, and behind that is the new Parliament House. Today is ANZAC Day, the day of recognition of Australians and New Zealanders who served their country.

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Stephen Hawking (center) enjoys zero gravity during a flight aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corporation. Hawking is being rotated in air by (right) Peter Diamandis and (left) Byron Lichtenberg. Change image

English : Stephen Hawking (center) enjoys zero gravity during a flight aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corporation. Hawking is being rotated in air by (right) Peter Diamandis and (left) Byron Lichtenberg.

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Painting of the Last Supper and mosaic of the Death of the Virgin, Cocoș Monastery, Romania. The monastery, located in a forest clearing 6 km of Niculițel, was built between 1883 and 1913 and is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. Change image

English : Painting of the Last Supper and mosaic of the Death of the Virgin, Cocoș Monastery, Romania. The monastery, located in a forest clearing 6 km of Niculițel, was built between 1883 and 1913 and is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos.

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An olive baboon (Papio anubis) with juvenile, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. After the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh from 28-30 April 1954, Kazinga National Park was renamed in her honour. Change image

English : An olive baboon (Papio anubis) with juvenile, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. After the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh from 28-30 April 1954, Kazinga National Park was renamed in her honour.

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Palm Springs International Airport, final approach on runway 13R Change image

English : Palm Springs International Airport, final approach on runway 13R

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Zhavoronki are traditional Eastern Slavic cookies. Photographed in Shebekinsky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Change image

English : Zhavoronki are traditional Eastern Slavic cookies. Photographed in Shebekinsky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia.

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