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 Bwoom Mask of the Bushoong Kuba culture (Democratic Republic of the Congo). (Brooklyn Museum) Change image |
English : Bwoom Mask of the Bushoong Kuba culture (Democratic Republic of the Congo). (Brooklyn Museum)
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A southbound Downeaster passenger train, operated by Amtrak, passing through the Scarborough Marsh in Scarborough, Maine, USA, on the mainline of Pan Am Railways. Choose a new media file |
English : A southbound Downeaster passenger train, operated by Amtrak, passing through the Scarborough Marsh in Scarborough, Maine, USA, on the mainline of Pan Am Railways.
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 Dome and balconies of Galeries Lafayette store, lady section, in boulevard Haussmann, Paris, with Christmas decorations. Change image |
English : Dome and balconies of Galeries Lafayette store, lady section, in boulevard Haussmann, Paris, with Christmas decorations.
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Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) larvae use members of the genus Senecio as foodplants. Filmed in a meadow near Marburg, Hesse, Germany. Choose a new media file |
English : Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) larvae use members of the genus Senecio as foodplants. Filmed in a meadow near Marburg, Hesse, Germany.
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 Cigaritis cilissa, a Lycaenid butterfly, foraging on Eryngium creticum. Taken on Mount Meron, Upper Galilee, Israel, July 10, 2012. Change image |
English : Cigaritis cilissa, a Lycaenid butterfly, foraging on Eryngium creticum. Taken on Mount Meron, Upper Galilee, Israel, July 10, 2012.
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A pregnant bull shark at the Shark Reef Marine Reserve, Fiji. Choose a new media file |
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 Fort du Mont Bart (Bavans, France): At left, passageway with rail tracks up to the ramparts from the underground gunpowder room; at right, stairs leading upwards from the underground gunpowder room. Change image |
English : Fort du Mont Bart (Bavans, France): At left, passageway with rail tracks up to the ramparts from the underground gunpowder room; at right, stairs leading upwards from the underground gunpowder room.
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"Motionless Land", track 12 on Josh Woodward's 2010 release Ashes Choose a new media file |
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 Aethaloessa calidalis. Change image |
English : Aethaloessa calidalis.
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Mall workers marching in formation before morning shift in Haikou, Hainan, China. Choose a new media file |
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 Yak near Yamdrok lake, Tibet. It is a long-haired bovinae found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. Change image |
English : Yak near Yamdrok lake, Tibet. It is a long-haired bovinae found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia.
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Train trip in Portugal at Beira Alta train way Choose a new media file |
English : Train trip in Portugal at Beira Alta train way
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 A worker working in the sea salt pans of Marakkanam, Tamil Nadu, India Change image |
English : A worker working in the sea salt pans of Marakkanam, Tamil Nadu, India
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English : A bee fly (Villa sp.) deposes its eggs in a dry sandy area at San Vincenzo, Tuscany. The larval stages are predators or parasitoids of the eggs and larvae of other insects.
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English : Railway station in Kreiensen in the district of Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany in the year 1963.
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The Battle of San Pietro is a 1945 documentary film directed by John Huston about the Battle of San Pietro Infine during World War II Choose a new media file |
English : The Battle of San Pietro is a 1945 documentary film directed by John Huston about the Battle of San Pietro Infine during World War II
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 Sternbergia clusiana (Amaryllidaceae) blooming in the Golan Heights, November 8, 2006. Change image |
A single beating heart muscle cell. Isolating cells by cell type is an important step in stem cell therapy. A co-author of the video — Shinya Yamanaka — is to receive this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine tomorrow, along with John Gurdon. Choose a new media file |
English : A single beating heart muscle cell. Isolating cells by cell type is an important step in stem cell therapy. A co-author of the video — Shinya Yamanaka — is to receive this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine tomorrow, along with John Gurdon.
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 A Canadian special operations soldier descends in front of Mt. Rainier onto Fort Lewis, Wash. Change image |
English : A Canadian special operations soldier descends in front of Mt. Rainier onto Fort Lewis, Wash.
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Genetically different frog embryos developing in eggs of one species, Xenopus laevis: a diploid laevis x laevis is shown on the top, cleaving and entering gastrulation about 50 min earlier than haploid [laevis] x laevis embryos (middle) and cybrid [laevis] x tropicalis (bottom) embryos. A co-author of the video, John Gurdon, receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine today, jointly with Shinya Yamanaka. Choose a new media file |
English : Genetically different frog embryos developing in eggs of one species, Xenopus laevis: a diploid laevis x laevis is shown on the top, cleaving and entering gastrulation about 50 min earlier than haploid [laevis] x laevis embryos (middle) and cybrid [laevis] x tropicalis (bottom) embryos. A co-author of the video, John Gurdon, receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine today, jointly with Shinya Yamanaka.
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A Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus) warms up at the mouth of the River Shin Kushiro in Hokkaido. Choose a new media file |
English : A Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus) warms up at the mouth of the River Shin Kushiro in Hokkaido.
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The train Yamaguchi to Tsuwano pulled by two locomotives (C57 1 and C56 160) departs from the station Nabekura of the Yamaguchi Line. Choose a new media file |
English : The train Yamaguchi to Tsuwano pulled by two locomotives (C57 1 and C56 160) departs from the station Nabekura of the Yamaguchi Line.
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 Photograph of the geneticist Riin Tamm, Estonian Biocentre. Change image |
English : Photograph of the geneticist Riin Tamm, Estonian Biocentre.
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Serge Haroche, Nobel laureate in physics 2012, after his Nobel lecture Choose a new media file |
English : Serge Haroche, Nobel laureate in physics 2012, after his Nobel lecture
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 Belle of Nelson poster for their sour mash whiskey, shows a Turkish harem of nude white women, and a black man (presumed eunuch) with water pipe in foreground. The artwork is based on a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme. Change image |
A video dedicated to the GLAMs (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) about WHY they can share their knowledge through Creative Commons and Wikipedia. A video by DensityDesign Research LabDesign Department INDACO Politecnico di Milano for WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge. Choose a new media file |
English : A video dedicated to the GLAMs (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) about WHY they can share their knowledge through Creative Commons and Wikipedia. A video by DensityDesign Research LabDesign Department INDACO Politecnico di Milano for WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge.
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 The chemical element bromine, purity 99,8%, amount ~ 2 g, sealed in a borosilicate glass vial (ampoule), sealed in a 2‑inch cube of acrylic. Change image |
In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg as performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, commissioned by Musopen Choose a new media file |
English : In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg as performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, commissioned by Musopen
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 Onychargia atrocyana female. A medium sized (abdomen 30 mm and hindwing 20 mm) black damselfly with pale yellowish white stripes. Distributed in Western Ghats, Northeast India, extending to Southeast Asia. Taken at Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Change image |
English : Onychargia atrocyana female. A medium sized (abdomen 30 mm and hindwing 20 mm) black damselfly with pale yellowish white stripes. Distributed in Western Ghats, Northeast India, extending to Southeast Asia. Taken at Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
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Asteia amoena an Asteiidae species of fly sucks honeydew on Impatiens parviflora. The body size of this individual is about 2mm. Choose a new media file |
English : Asteia amoena an Asteiidae species of fly sucks honeydew on Impatiens parviflora. The body size of this individual is about 2mm.
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English : Air France Airbus A380 landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, USA.
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President Obama makes a Statement on the Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut Choose a new media file |
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 Neoclassical manor in Neuhardenberg, Brandenburg, Germany. Change image |
SmartBird, animation of interacting arm wing and hand wing Choose a new media file |
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.jpg) Snowboarder in Tannheim, Austria. Change image |
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English : Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) flying against the wind in the port of Ny-Alesund, Svalbard
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Video sample of Machinima filmed in Second Life. Choose a new media file |
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 The Common Jezebel (Delias eucharis) is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in many areas of South and Southeast Asia, especially in the non-arid regions of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand. Change image |
English : The Common Jezebel (Delias eucharis) is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in many areas of South and Southeast Asia, especially in the non-arid regions of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.
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Mock fight of two male spiders of Philaeus chrysops. A third male tries in the meantime to copulate with a female. Slavnik, Podgorje, Slovenia Choose a new media file |
English : Mock fight of two male spiders of Philaeus chrysops. A third male tries in the meantime to copulate with a female. Slavnik, Podgorje, Slovenia
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 Kikin Hall in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Change image |
A female Meliscaeva auricollis visits a rosemary flower in a garden at San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy. Choose a new media file |
English : A female Meliscaeva auricollis visits a rosemary flower in a garden at San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy.
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 Fruits of the Moriche Palm (Mauritia flexuosa), which grows in wet areas of the Brazilian Amazon and Peruvian Orinoco basin. Change image |
English : Fruits of the Moriche Palm (Mauritia flexuosa), which grows in wet areas of the Brazilian Amazon and Peruvian Orinoco basin.
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When inclined, this Maritime Pine reorients its shoots upright, a phenomenon known as negative gravitropism. Choose a new media file |
English : When inclined, this Maritime Pine reorients its shoots upright, a phenomenon known as negative gravitropism.
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 The oil painting The Adoration of the Shepherds was painted between 1500 and 1535 by the Italian painter and architect Bartolomeo Suardi, best known as Bramantino. It belongs to the art collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Change image |
English : The oil painting The Adoration of the Shepherds was painted between 1500 and 1535 by the Italian painter and architect Bartolomeo Suardi, best known as Bramantino. It belongs to the art collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
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Christmas Comes But Once A Year was filmed in 1936. Choose a new media file |
English : Christmas Comes But Once A Year was filmed in 1936.
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 The Flight into Egypt. Stained glass in a choir chapel, Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France. Change image |
English : The Flight into Egypt. Stained glass in a choir chapel, Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France.
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Christmas lights, rue de la Mésange in Strasbourg, France. Choose a new media file |
English : Christmas lights, rue de la Mésange in Strasbourg, France.
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 A home made "bûche de Noël" (yule log), this one is chocolate filled with raspberry jam. French traditional dessert for Christmas. Change image |
English : A home made "bûche de Noël" (yule log), this one is chocolate filled with raspberry jam. French traditional dessert for Christmas.
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Participants of the Monte Carlo Rally drive through the Netherlands on the third day. One of the participants is a Dutch taxi. (Dutch Newsreels, 1949) Choose a new media file |
English : Participants of the Monte Carlo Rally drive through the Netherlands on the third day. One of the participants is a Dutch taxi. (Dutch Newsreels, 1949)
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 An Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) at Kioloa beach in New South Wales, Australia. This photograph was taken with a polarizing filter to screen out the reflections on the water and rocks. Change image |
English : An Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) at Kioloa beach in New South Wales, Australia. This photograph was taken with a polarizing filter to screen out the reflections on the water and rocks.
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 Elymnias hypermnestra race caudata male on his larva host plant, Coconut palm. Change image |
Male violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) visits flowers in a garden at San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy. Choose a new media file |
English : Male violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) visits flowers in a garden at San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy.
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 A snowy ski-lift on top of Åreskutan, in Sweden. Change image |
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 Figurny Bridge in Tsaritsyno Park in Moscow, Russia. Change image |
English : Figurny Bridge in Tsaritsyno Park in Moscow, Russia.
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 Megalithic grave Harhoog located in Keitum on the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Harhoog is an extended dolmen, a type of megalithic tomb. It was built by the Funnelbeaker culture, probably around 3000 BC. It has been moved from its original location 1954. Change image |
English : Megalithic grave Harhoog located in Keitum on the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Harhoog is an extended dolmen, a type of megalithic tomb. It was built by the Funnelbeaker culture, probably around 3000 BC. It has been moved from its original location 1954.
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Fireworks display in Japan. Choose a new media file |
English : Fireworks display in Japan.
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