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 Touratech BMW F800GS, BMW Welt, Munich, Germany. Change image |
English : Touratech BMW F800GS, BMW Welt, Munich, Germany.
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Infrared thermography of a sleeping newborn. Choose a new media file |
English : Infrared thermography of a sleeping newborn.
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 Wabash County Courthouse, Wabash, Indiana, USA Change image |
English : Wabash County Courthouse, Wabash, Indiana, USA
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3D Ultrasound image of the fetal movements at 12 weeks + 3 days of pregnancy. Choose a new media file |
English : 3D Ultrasound image of the fetal movements at 12 weeks + 3 days of pregnancy.
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 Market Hall, Gdansk, Poland Change image |
English : Market Hall, Gdansk, Poland
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A Plasma globe filmed from above. Choose a new media file |
English : A Plasma globe filmed from above.
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 Bridge Gobernador Nobre de Carvalho, Macau. Change image |
English : Bridge Gobernador Nobre de Carvalho, Macau.
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Pottery: Shaping the clay Choose a new media file |
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 Chicago Skyline, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Change image |
English : Chicago Skyline, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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A cuckoo clock is a clock, typically pendulum-regulated, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo's call and often has a mechanical cuckoo that emerges with each note. Choose a new media file |
English : A cuckoo clock is a clock, typically pendulum-regulated, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo's call and often has a mechanical cuckoo that emerges with each note.
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 Ordination Hall with Yaksha guardians in the Wat Arun Temple, Bangkok, Thailand. Change image |
English : Ordination Hall with Yaksha guardians in the Wat Arun Temple, Bangkok, Thailand.
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 Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral, Finland. Change image |
English : Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral, Finland.
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Amoeba Entamoeba gingivalis feeds on the nuclei of white blood cells. Choose a new media file |
English : Amoeba Entamoeba gingivalis feeds on the nuclei of white blood cells.
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 Guan Yin Statue, Macau. Change image |
English : Guan Yin Statue, Macau.
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The tardigrade Richtersius coronifer changes its shape and metabolic activity in response to the lack or presence of water. Choose a new media file |
English : The tardigrade Richtersius coronifer changes its shape and metabolic activity in response to the lack or presence of water.
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 BMW 4 Cylinders, Munich, Germany. Change image |
English : BMW 4 Cylinders, Munich, Germany.
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 Animation of Lissajous curves with increasing ratio from 0.0 to 1.0 in steps of 0.01. Choose a new media file |
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 Macau Science Center in Macau, China at night. Change image |
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 Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) Change image |
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English : Title hip-hop song from Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton Mixtape" about the life and death of founding father Alexander Hamilton. Performed live at The White House on May 12, 2009.
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 The lighthouse of the citadel of Ajaccio, Southern Corsica, France. Its range is 16 nautical miles (30 km). At sea, in front of the citadel, stands a complementary light with a range of 7 miles (13 km). Change image |
Creative Commons and Commerce: This video explains how Creative Commons licenses can be used in conjunction with commercial licensing arrangements. Choose a new media file |
English : Creative Commons and Commerce: This video explains how Creative Commons licenses can be used in conjunction with commercial licensing arrangements.
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 View on Panamint Butt / Panamint Valley from SR190 (at the end of Death Valley) with flash floods and reflections in the water. Change image |
English : View on Panamint Butt / Panamint Valley from SR190 (at the end of Death Valley) with flash floods and reflections in the water.
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A stroll along Beach Avenue in Cape May, New Jersey from the Congress Hotel (200 Beach) to about 1600 Beach Ave. about 1.25 miles along the beach. The entire route is in the Cape May Historic District Cape May Historic District. Choose a new media file |
English : A stroll along Beach Avenue in Cape May, New Jersey from the Congress Hotel (200 Beach) to about 1600 Beach Ave. about 1.25 miles along the beach. The entire route is in the Cape May Historic District Cape May Historic District.
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 Tivoli Bridge (bascule bridge), in closed position, Sète, Hérault, France. Change image |
English : Tivoli Bridge (bascule bridge), in closed position, Sète, Hérault, France.
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Biting midges (Atrichopogon sp.) on Oedemera virescens. The Ceratopogonidae are attracted by cantharidin in the beetle. Choose a new media file |
English : Biting midges (Atrichopogon sp.) on Oedemera virescens. The Ceratopogonidae are attracted by cantharidin in the beetle.
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.jpg) Forum Romanum in Rome, Italy. HDR panoramic view out of 9 pictures (3 exposures at 3 different angles). Picture taken from the Capitoline Museums. Change image |
English : Forum Romanum in Rome, Italy. HDR panoramic view out of 9 pictures (3 exposures at 3 different angles). Picture taken from the Capitoline Museums.
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A Sneak Preview of the Wikipedia VisualEditor, narrated by Trevor Parscal, uploaded March 1, 2013 Choose a new media file |
English : A Sneak Preview of the Wikipedia VisualEditor, narrated by Trevor Parscal, uploaded March 1, 2013
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 Example of groin vault in medieval architecture: the portico to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore at Guardiagrele in the Abruzzo, Italy. Change image |
English : Example of groin vault in medieval architecture: the portico to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore at Guardiagrele in the Abruzzo, Italy.
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Today, Hivus-48 is the largest passenger hovercraft in Russia and one of the biggest hovercraft in the world. They are used for fast passenger transportation as well as for tourist excursions along the river to attractions of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region. Choose a new media file |
English : Today, Hivus-48 is the largest passenger hovercraft in Russia and one of the biggest hovercraft in the world. They are used for fast passenger transportation as well as for tourist excursions along the river to attractions of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region.
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 High resolution panoramic overview over Yosemite Valley photographed from Glacier Point Change image |
English : High resolution panoramic overview over Yosemite Valley photographed from Glacier Point
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Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis, USA Choose a new media file |
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 Joshua Tree National Park with approaching thunderstorm front Change image |
English : Joshua Tree National Park with approaching thunderstorm front
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A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 American short silent film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread. Choose a new media file |
English : A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 American short silent film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread.
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 View from observation tower on Suur Munamägi in Haanja Upland during winter. Change image |
Train in Pattipola, highest station in Sri Lanka Choose a new media file |
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 Tallinn Town Hall, built in 1402–1404, is the oldest town hall in Scandinavia and the Baltic states. Change image |
English : Tallinn Town Hall, built in 1402–1404, is the oldest town hall in Scandinavia and the Baltic states.
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Stora Enso pulp and paper mill in Oulu, Finland. Choose a new media file |
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 Agraulis vanillae (Linnaeus, 1758) in Isla Margarita Change image |
Parque eólico de Cañada de la Barca in Costa Calma, Pájara, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Choose a new media file |
English : Parque eólico de Cañada de la Barca in Costa Calma, Pájara, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
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 Fangtooths are beryciform fish of the family Anoplogastridae (sometimes spelled "Anoplogasteridae") that live in the deep sea. Change image |
English : Fangtooths are beryciform fish of the family Anoplogastridae (sometimes spelled "Anoplogasteridae") that live in the deep sea.
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71st Infantry marching at Camp Wikoff, Long Island, NY, after returning from Cuba, September 1898. The picture shows many of the companies reduced to seven or eight men, and the whole regiment, rank and file is in a sad condition. Choose a new media file |
English : 71st Infantry marching at Camp Wikoff, Long Island, NY, after returning from Cuba, September 1898. The picture shows many of the companies reduced to seven or eight men, and the whole regiment, rank and file is in a sad condition.
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 Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Venezuela) Interior. Change image |
English : Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá (Venezuela) Interior.
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A visualization of Algal bloom populations in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans from March 2003 to October 2006. The blue areas are nutrient deficient. Green to yellow show blooms fed by dust blown from nearby landmasses. Choose a new media file |
English : A visualization of Algal bloom populations in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans from March 2003 to October 2006. The blue areas are nutrient deficient. Green to yellow show blooms fed by dust blown from nearby landmasses.
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 A 9-year-old boy's face, Margarita Island, Venezuela. Change image |
English : A 9-year-old boy's face, Margarita Island, Venezuela.
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 2004 FH is the centre dot being followed by the sequence; the object that flashes by near the end is an artificial satellite. Choose a new media file |
English : 2004 FH is the centre dot being followed by the sequence; the object that flashes by near the end is an artificial satellite.
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 Typical street in Maracaibo city and Ford Custom 1958, Venezuela. Change image |
English : Typical street in Maracaibo city and Ford Custom 1958, Venezuela.
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Polar bears in a play fight. Choose a new media file |
English : Polar bears in a play fight.
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 Feral Charolais bull at 4600 meters above sea level, in Sierra Nevada de Mérida, Venezuela. Change image |
English : Feral Charolais bull at 4600 meters above sea level, in Sierra Nevada de Mérida, Venezuela.
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Playa del Matorral in Morro Jable, Pájara, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Choose a new media file |
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 Chlosyne lacinia (Bordered Patch) from Margarita island. Its wingspan ranges from 1¼ to 1⅞ inches. Change image |
English : Chlosyne lacinia (Bordered Patch) from Margarita island. Its wingspan ranges from 1¼ to 1⅞ inches.
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The Teuto-Express with the Prussian T 18 steam locomotive 78 468 (Pt 37.17) passing through Tecklenburg-Brochterbeck, Germany. Choose a new media file |
English : The Teuto-Express with the Prussian T 18 steam locomotive 78 468 (Pt 37.17) passing through Tecklenburg-Brochterbeck, Germany.
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 El Guamache Bay, Margarita island, Venezuela. Change image |
English : El Guamache Bay, Margarita island, Venezuela.
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Phyllorhiza punctata around Ko Phi Phi, Thailand Choose a new media file |
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 Old house typical of the San Juan Bautista, island of Margarita. Built in the 1880s. Change image |
English : Old house typical of the San Juan Bautista, island of Margarita. Built in the 1880s.
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Yabusame in Sumida Park, Tokyo, Japan Choose a new media file |
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 Lake Aalupi in Põlva County, Estonia. Change image |
English : Lake Aalupi in Põlva County, Estonia.
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A video documenting cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) running. The film was shot using a Phantom camera at 1200 frames per second. Choose a new media file |
English : A video documenting cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) running. The film was shot using a Phantom camera at 1200 frames per second.
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 Marble Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia Change image |
English : Marble Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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 A simulation of the original design of the GPS space segment, with 24 GPS satellites (4 satellites in each of 6 orbits), showing the evolution of the number of visible satellites from a fixed point (45°N) on earth (considering "visibility" as having direct line of sight). Choose a new media file |
English : A simulation of the original design of the GPS space segment, with 24 GPS satellites (4 satellites in each of 6 orbits), showing the evolution of the number of visible satellites from a fixed point (45°N) on earth (considering "visibility" as having direct line of sight).
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