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Hong Kong; View from Victoria Peak to Victoria Harbour and Kowloon

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Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira, Portugal. Change image

English : Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira, Portugal.

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Banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata), ventral view. Change image

English : Banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata), ventral view.

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Library building of the Vienna University of Technology. Change image

English : Library building of the Vienna University of Technology.

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Common hemp-nettle in Keila. Change image

English : Common hemp-nettle in Keila.

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The Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny Embankment and the Canal of La Peyrade. Sète, Hérault, France. Change image

English : The Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny Embankment and the Canal of La Peyrade. Sète, Hérault, France.

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Letter from Michel de Montaigne to the Marechal de Matignon, 26 January 1585. Change image

English : Letter from Michel de Montaigne to the Marechal de Matignon, 26 January 1585.

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Makedonium monument, dedicated to the Ilinden Uprising, Kruševo, Macedonia. Change image

English : Makedonium monument, dedicated to the Ilinden Uprising, Kruševo, Macedonia.

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Mong Bridge, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Change image

English : Mong Bridge, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Saint Isaac's Cathedral on Saint Isaac's Square in Saint Petersburg. Change image

English : Saint Isaac's Cathedral on Saint Isaac's Square in Saint Petersburg.

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Autignac, Hérault, France. Change image

English : Autignac, Hérault, France.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Change image

English : Sydney Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Caesio teres in Fiji Change image

English : Caesio teres in Fiji

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A man sweeping ash from the road during the 2014 eruption of Kelud, Indonesia Change image

English : A man sweeping ash from the road during the 2014 eruption of Kelud, Indonesia

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Eristalinus quinquestriatus is a species of hoverfly. Most Eristalinus species have very distinctive eye marking in the form of spots or banding, though these features may fade on some preserved specimens. Most are stout flies, and are nimble flyers, even compared to other hoverfly species. Change image

English : Eristalinus quinquestriatus is a species of hoverfly. Most Eristalinus species have very distinctive eye marking in the form of spots or banding, though these features may fade on some preserved specimens. Most are stout flies, and are nimble flyers, even compared to other hoverfly species.

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Dominosteine noble bitter chocolate coating. Size ca. 25x25x23mm. Change image

English : Dominosteine noble bitter chocolate coating. Size ca. 25x25x23mm.

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McPherson Square station, Metro, Washington, D.C. Change image

English : McPherson Square station, Metro, Washington, D.C.

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Hong Kong; View from Victoria Peak to Victoria Harbour and Kowloon Change image

English : Hong Kong; View from Victoria Peak to Victoria Harbour and Kowloon

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Lemons from organic farming. Change image

English : Lemons from organic farming.

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Purekkari neem, northernmost point in mainland Estonia at the end of October. Change image

English : Purekkari neem, northernmost point in mainland Estonia at the end of October.

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The Mayflowers, eel fishing boat (civellier), port of Mortagne-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime, France. Change image

English : The Mayflowers, eel fishing boat (civellier), port of Mortagne-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime, France.

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Pol-e Dokhtar Bridge, Meyaneh, Iran. Change image

English : Pol-e Dokhtar Bridge, Meyaneh, Iran.

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The Brazilian model, actress and television presenter Fernanda Lima with her six medals of nominations to the International Emmy Awards in 2012. Change image

English : The Brazilian model, actress and television presenter Fernanda Lima with her six medals of nominations to the International Emmy Awards in 2012.

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Science library of Upper Lusatia in Görlitz, Germany. Change image

English : Science library of Upper Lusatia in Görlitz, Germany.

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Island Neuwerk near Hamburg in the german wadden Sea; View from ESE and a high of 4600 feet and distance of 20.000 feet. Change image

English : Island Neuwerk near Hamburg in the german wadden Sea; View from ESE and a high of 4600 feet and distance of 20.000 feet.

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Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece Change image

English : Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece

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A panorama of the Great Court of the British Museum in London, United Kingdom. Change image

English : A panorama of the Great Court of the British Museum in London, United Kingdom.

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Kuwait Towers, Kuwait City, Kuwait Change image

English : Kuwait Towers, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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Variability in the shells of land snails of the species Theba geminata. Seven shells of diameter 1.7 – 2.0 cm; collected at the Cactus garden of the Centro de Artesanía Molino de Antigua, Antigua, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. Change image

English : Variability in the shells of land snails of the species Theba geminata. Seven shells of diameter 1.7 – 2.0 cm; collected at the Cactus garden of the Centro de Artesanía Molino de Antigua, Antigua, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.

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Photo flight over the North Frisian Wadden Sea, view from SSW (200 °), 1 km altitude and 4 km distance to Sylt Change image

English : Photo flight over the North Frisian Wadden Sea, view from SSW (200 °), 1 km altitude and 4 km distance to Sylt

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Vao tower house in Estonia. Change image

English : Vao tower house in Estonia.

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Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, during blue hour. Change image

English : Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, during blue hour.

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