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Czech helicopter Mi-24/Mi-35

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Choir stalls in the Heiliggrabkapelle, Monastery Endowment of the Holy Grave, Heiligengrabe, Brandenburg, Germany Change image

English : Choir stalls in the Heiliggrabkapelle, Monastery Endowment of the Holy Grave, Heiligengrabe, Brandenburg, Germany

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Groundhog (Marmota monax) on Laval University campus, Quebec, Canada. Change image

English : Groundhog (Marmota monax) on Laval University campus, Quebec, Canada.

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Gas chamber of the Dachau concentration camp, Dachau, near Munich, Germany. It was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany, intended to hold political prisoners. Its purpose was enlarged to include forced labor, and eventually, the imprisonment of Jews, German and Austrian criminals, and later foreign nationals from countries that Germany occupied or invaded. As U.S. Army troops neared the Dachau sub-camp at Landsberg on 27 April 1945, the SS officer in charge ordered that 4,000 prisoners be murdered. Windows and doors of their huts were nailed shut. The buildings were then doused with gasoline and set afire. There were 32,000 documented deaths at the camp, and thousands that are undocumented. Change image

English : Gas chamber of the Dachau concentration camp, Dachau, near Munich, Germany. It was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany, intended to hold political prisoners. Its purpose was enlarged to include forced labor, and eventually, the imprisonment of Jews, German and Austrian criminals, and later foreign nationals from countries that Germany occupied or invaded. As U.S. Army troops neared the Dachau sub-camp at Landsberg on 27 April 1945, the SS officer in charge ordered that 4,000 prisoners be murdered. Windows and doors of their huts were nailed shut. The buildings were then doused with gasoline and set afire. There were 32,000 documented deaths at the camp, and thousands that are undocumented.

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White-throated kingfisher near Jargari, Ludhiana district, Punjab. Change image

English : White-throated kingfisher near Jargari, Ludhiana district, Punjab.

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A Konica Auto S3 rangefinder camera. Wikimedia Commons has a list of pictures taken with a Konica Auto S3. Change image

English : A Konica Auto S3 rangefinder camera. Wikimedia Commons has a list of pictures taken with a Konica Auto S3.

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The southern facade of Schloss Augustusburg. The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Change image

English : The southern facade of Schloss Augustusburg. The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark.

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Interior and high altar of the parish church St. Cyriak in Pfarrwerfen, federal state of Salzburg, Austria Change image

English : Interior and high altar of the parish church St. Cyriak in Pfarrwerfen, federal state of Salzburg, Austria

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Aerial photo of the Vasilievsky Island Spit in Saint Petersburg (Russia) Change image

English : Aerial photo of the Vasilievsky Island Spit in Saint Petersburg (Russia)

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View of one of the "Monks of the Pacana", huge rock formations created by the erosion of the wind and located near the Salar de Aguas Calientes, Los Flamencos National Reserve, northern Chile. Change image

English : View of one of the "Monks of the Pacana", huge rock formations created by the erosion of the wind and located near the Salar de Aguas Calientes, Los Flamencos National Reserve, northern Chile.

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Small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) female form melanogastrum; Crockford Stream, Hampshire Change image

English : Small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) female form melanogastrum; Crockford Stream, Hampshire

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Former Hanebuth Mansion (“Haus am Weststrand”) and restaurant “Giftbude”, Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany Change image

English : Former Hanebuth Mansion (“Haus am Weststrand”) and restaurant “Giftbude”, Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany

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BMW Mini at sunrise on a country lane in the hamlet Börnste, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image

English : BMW Mini at sunrise on a country lane in the hamlet Börnste, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Waterfalls in the Seebach Valley near Mallnitz, High Tauern National Park, Carinthia, Austria Change image

English : Waterfalls in the Seebach Valley near Mallnitz, High Tauern National Park, Carinthia, Austria

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White cultivar Hippeastrum 'Intokazi' Change image

English : White cultivar Hippeastrum 'Intokazi'

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The Maximilianeum in Munich, seat of the Bavarian State Legislature, at night with light trails created by a passing streetcar. Change image

English : The Maximilianeum in Munich, seat of the Bavarian State Legislature, at night with light trails created by a passing streetcar.

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View of one of the 5 buildings in the Masoudieh Mansion, Tehran, Iran. The mansion dates from 1878 and is named after Prince Masoud Mirza, son of Persia's king Naser al-Din Shah. The building houses the first Iranian library and museum back to the beginning of the 20th century. Change image

English : View of one of the 5 buildings in the Masoudieh Mansion, Tehran, Iran. The mansion dates from 1878 and is named after Prince Masoud Mirza, son of Persia's king Naser al-Din Shah. The building houses the first Iranian library and museum back to the beginning of the 20th century.

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A footbridge reflected in the former salt ponds of Peyriac-de-Mer, France. Change image

English : A footbridge reflected in the former salt ponds of Peyriac-de-Mer, France.

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Lion (Panthera leo), male, Chobe National Park, Botswana. Change image

English : Lion (Panthera leo), male, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

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The Bavarian National Museum (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum) in Munich is one of the most important museums of decorative arts in Europe and one of the largest art museums in Germany. Change image

English : The Bavarian National Museum (Bayerisches Nationalmuseum) in Munich is one of the most important museums of decorative arts in Europe and one of the largest art museums in Germany.

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Female village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus) in The Gambia Change image

English : Female village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus) in The Gambia

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Reflections in the Uyuni salt flat during sunrise, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, southwesten Bolivia, not far from the crest of the Andes. This salt flat is, with a surface of 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi), the world's largest, and during the rain saison (December-February) offers spectacular reflexions. Change image

English : Reflections in the Uyuni salt flat during sunrise, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, southwesten Bolivia, not far from the crest of the Andes. This salt flat is, with a surface of 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi), the world's largest, and during the rain saison (December-February) offers spectacular reflexions.

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Sunflower at a field in Köcking, market town Eberndorf, district Völkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, EU Change image

English : Sunflower at a field in Köcking, market town Eberndorf, district Völkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, EU

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Czech helicopter Mi-24/Mi-35 Change image

English : Czech helicopter Mi-24/Mi-35

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Attacus taprobanis male Change image

English : Attacus taprobanis male

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'Loft' storehouse from Berdal, southern Vinje, Telemark, Norway. Built 1750-60. Now at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. Change image

English : 'Loft' storehouse from Berdal, southern Vinje, Telemark, Norway. Built 1750-60. Now at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.

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Central building of the Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia. Change image

English : Central building of the Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia.

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Comedian, Zoe Lyons, publicity shot. Change image

English : Comedian, Zoe Lyons, publicity shot.

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Main nave of the St. Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran, Iran. The Armenian Apostolic temple was constructed between 1964 and 1970 and was work of Serkisian brothers in memory of their parents. Change image

English : Main nave of the St. Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran, Iran. The Armenian Apostolic temple was constructed between 1964 and 1970 and was work of Serkisian brothers in memory of their parents.

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