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 Panoramic view of Tbilisi, Georgia. Change image |
Octocopter fly over the Goetheanum located in Dornach (near Basel), Switzerland. Choose a new media file |
English : Octocopter fly over the Goetheanum located in Dornach (near Basel), Switzerland.
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 Crew members refuel an A V-22 Osprey vertical-lift aircraft before a night mission in central Iraq. Change image |
English : Crew members refuel an A V-22 Osprey vertical-lift aircraft before a night mission in central Iraq.
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Phase and libration of the Moon at hourly intervals, for the whole year 2012. Choose a new media file |
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English : Purple anemone (Heteractis magnifica) and resident anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) (clownfish) in East Timor.
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A video on Making of Murukku Choose a new media file |
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English : Marek Szufa in his replica of a Curtiss JN-4. On the same day, in a different plane, the pilot was fatally injured upon striking the river. He was rushed to hospital, where he died in ER.
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English : South Africa: The burning of the ritual hut after the young boys have left it
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 Sarcophaga (Liopygia) ruficornis flesh-fly mating. Pictured in Dar es salaam, Tanzania. Change image |
Black-veined Moth (Siona lineata) is a European member of the family Geometridae. Choose a new media file |
English : Black-veined Moth (Siona lineata) is a European member of the family Geometridae.
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 Orthodox church of Saint Blessed Xenia of Petersburg in Vinnitsa, Ukraine. St.Xenia was canonized on February 6, 1988. The Southern Bug river bank. Change image |
English : Orthodox church of Saint Blessed Xenia of Petersburg in Vinnitsa, Ukraine. St.Xenia was canonized on February 6, 1988. The Southern Bug river bank.
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Video of Vermin Supreme working the crowds during the New Hampshire primary Choose a new media file |
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English : A U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle with the 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C in Nevada, US
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Beaches of Netanya, Israel. Choose a new media file |
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English : Saturn's Rings in Ultraviolet Light
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An action (video) of coconut grating Choose a new media file |
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 Scanning electron micrograph of a flea with false colors. Change image |
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English : Village festival in Nafadié, a small village about 85km northwest of Bamako, Mali. Ensemble with one konkoni and two djembes.
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Pipe organ tuning in the church of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Passy in Paris, France. Choose a new media file |
English : Pipe organ tuning in the church of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Passy in Paris, France.
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 Comma (Polygonia c-album) in Hamm, Germany. Change image |
People celebrating the fall of Hosni Mubarak on Talaat Harb, Cairo. Choose a new media file |
English : People celebrating the fall of Hosni Mubarak on Talaat Harb, Cairo.
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 2010 Mavericks surfing competition Change image |
"Swansong" from the 2009 album Breadcrumbs, composed and sung by Josh Woodward, winner of the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase 10.10. Choose a new media file |
English : "Swansong" from the 2009 album Breadcrumbs, composed and sung by Josh Woodward, winner of the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase 10.10.
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Ultrasound of a heart (3.3s). Choose a new media file |
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 The Post Tower in Bonn during sunset Change image |
English : The Post Tower in Bonn during sunset
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The flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans, is a fish of tropical to warm temperate waters on both sides of the Atlantic Choose a new media file |
English : The flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans, is a fish of tropical to warm temperate waters on both sides of the Atlantic
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English : Anti-Putin rally against fraud in parliamentary elections, for holding new elections with all unregistered parties participating which became the biggest demonstration in Russia in more than a decade. Moscow, Bolotnaya square, December 10, 2011.
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Traditional sausage making - stanching, Italy 2008 Choose a new media file |
English : Traditional sausage making - stanching, Italy 2008
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 A pair of Giraffes in Mikumi National Park in Tanzania. Change image |
Agelena labyrinthica is a widespread funnel-web spider species in Europe Choose a new media file |
English : Agelena labyrinthica is a widespread funnel-web spider species in Europe
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 Herd of horses on summer mountain pasture in the Spanish Pyrenees, near the lake of Estaens (Ibón de Estanés) near the border to France. Change image |
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 Underside of taro leaf (Colocasia esculenta), backlit by sunlight. Picture taken in a backyard in Auckland, New Zealand. Change image |
English : Underside of taro leaf (Colocasia esculenta), backlit by sunlight. Picture taken in a backyard in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Satellite images show the changing water levels in the Aral Sea from 2000 through 2011. Choose a new media file |
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English : A four segment panorama of Baltimore's Inner Harbor skyline taken at night from Federal Hill.
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Commercial white water rafting on the Chuya River Choose a new media file |
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 A Qantas Boeing 747-400 flying at approximately 11,000 metres viewed from the ground at Starbeyevo in Moscow. Change image |
English : A Qantas Boeing 747-400 flying at approximately 11,000 metres viewed from the ground at Starbeyevo in Moscow.
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 Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) at Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., USA. Change image |
English : Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) at Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., USA.
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 Neuroblasts in a brain migrate along radial glia fibers Choose a new media file |
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 Large-flowered tickseed (Coreopsis grandiflora) at Jardin des Plantes in Paris, France. Change image |
Children sledding in Central Park Choose a new media file |
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 U.S. actress and singer Emily Osment performing at a concert in Boston in May 2010. Change image |
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English : Squashes and pumpkins.
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During the three-year trek of NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, rover planners captured a horizon photograph at the end of each drive. 309 images taken during the 13-mile journey appear in this video. Audio comes from rover accelerometer data adjusted to an audible frequency. It indicates vibrations of the rover: louder on rocky surfaces, quieter on sandy ground. Choose a new media file |
English : During the three-year trek of NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, rover planners captured a horizon photograph at the end of each drive. 309 images taken during the 13-mile journey appear in this video. Audio comes from rover accelerometer data adjusted to an audible frequency. It indicates vibrations of the rover: louder on rocky surfaces, quieter on sandy ground.
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 European Mistletoe (Viscum album). Cross-section on a branch of a Hybrid Black Poplar (Populus × canadensis). Ukraine. Change image |
English : European Mistletoe (Viscum album). Cross-section on a branch of a Hybrid Black Poplar (Populus × canadensis). Ukraine.
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English : 70 years ago today, The Arctic Giant, the fourth of the 1940s Superman animated Technicolor short films, was released.
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 Portrait of Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot (Amazona oratrix) taken at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, USA. Change image |
English : Portrait of Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot (Amazona oratrix) taken at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, USA.
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Khao Ta-Pu - James Bond Island, Phang Nga Bay, Thailand. Choose a new media file |
English : Khao Ta-Pu - James Bond Island, Phang Nga Bay, Thailand.
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English : An Aeroflot Airbus A330-200 climbs out of Sheremetyevo International Airport after take-off.
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Mexican waves performed by Asian Giant Honeybees drive hornets away from the nest. Choose a new media file |
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