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 Panoramic view of the ancient Naqsh-e Rustam necropolis located about 12 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars Province, Iran. The site includes rock reliefs of Achaemenid and Sassanid periods, 4 tombs of Achaemenid kings and a Cube of Zoroaster (far left). The reliefs are the oldest elements (the oldest one from 1000 BC) of Elamite origin. The tombs were carved out of the rock and belong (left to right) to Darius II (c. 423-404 BC), Artaxerxes I (c. 465-424 BC), Darius I (c. 522-486 BC) and Xerxes I (c. 486-465 BC). The Cube of Zoroaster belongs to the Achaemenid era (5th century BC) and its purpose is still unclear. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of the ancient Naqsh-e Rustam necropolis located about 12 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars Province, Iran. The site includes rock reliefs of Achaemenid and Sassanid periods, 4 tombs of Achaemenid kings and a Cube of Zoroaster (far left). The reliefs are the oldest elements (the oldest one from 1000 BC) of Elamite origin. The tombs were carved out of the rock and belong (left to right) to Darius II (c. 423-404 BC), Artaxerxes I (c. 465-424 BC), Darius I (c. 522-486 BC) and Xerxes I (c. 486-465 BC). The Cube of Zoroaster belongs to the Achaemenid era (5th century BC) and its purpose is still unclear.
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Dark Small-branded Swift (Pelopidas mathias) on marigold (Tagetes). Choose a new media file |
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English : Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, Germany, escalator to former coal washing plant.
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Laborer's Love is a 1922 silent Chinese film by Zhang Shichuan. Choose a new media file |
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 Entrance to building on Sonnenstraße 15, Munich. Change image |
The making of pootharekulu, an Indian sweet. Choose a new media file |
English : The making of pootharekulu, an Indian sweet.
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 Melanitis leda, Common Evening Brown, is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. This is wet season form. Change image |
English : Melanitis leda, Common Evening Brown, is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. This is wet season form.
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 Fountain in the Old City of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. Change image |
Dating Do's and Don'ts is a 1949 instructional film designed for American high schools, to teach adolescents basic dating skills. Choose a new media file |
English : Dating Do's and Don'ts is a 1949 instructional film designed for American high schools, to teach adolescents basic dating skills.
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 Steel monument of a biking couple on a Harley-Davidson Fat Bob at a roundabout on Rosental Strasse in Faak am See, market town Finkenstein on the Lake Faak, district Villach Land, Carinthia, Austria, EU Change image |
English : Steel monument of a biking couple on a Harley-Davidson Fat Bob at a roundabout on Rosental Strasse in Faak am See, market town Finkenstein on the Lake Faak, district Villach Land, Carinthia, Austria, EU
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A carding machine at the Mueller Cloth Mill. Choose a new media file |
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Explanatory video on the engineering of the Drinking bird. Choose a new media file |
English : Explanatory video on the engineering of the Drinking bird.
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 International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. It commemorates the movement for women's rights. Change image |
English : International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. It commemorates the movement for women's rights.
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Surviving fragment from The Mechanical Man, a 1921 Italian science-fiction film. Choose a new media file |
English : Surviving fragment from The Mechanical Man, a 1921 Italian science-fiction film.
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 A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III T-1 flies over Owens Valley to Edwards Air Force Base, California, after 208 days of life-extension modifications in San Antonio, Texas. The T-1 is the first Air Force C-17 built to perform developmental testing. Change image |
English : A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III T-1 flies over Owens Valley to Edwards Air Force Base, California, after 208 days of life-extension modifications in San Antonio, Texas. The T-1 is the first Air Force C-17 built to perform developmental testing.
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A traditional folk dance from Bhutan. Choose a new media file |
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The video about an immediate response around the Constitutional Court of Korea on impeachment decision of the Constitutional Court of Korea in March 10, 2017. Choose a new media file |
English : The video about an immediate response around the Constitutional Court of Korea on impeachment decision of the Constitutional Court of Korea in March 10, 2017.
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 Ruined armenian church inside Lori Berd (Lori Fortress), a 11th-century fortress located in the Lori Province, Armenia. The fortress was built by David Anhoghin to become the capital of Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget in 1065. Change image |
English : Ruined armenian church inside Lori Berd (Lori Fortress), a 11th-century fortress located in the Lori Province, Armenia. The fortress was built by David Anhoghin to become the capital of Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget in 1065.
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 Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) surfs the wake of a research boat on the Banana River - near the Kennedy Space Center. Change image |
English : Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) surfs the wake of a research boat on the Banana River - near the Kennedy Space Center.
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 RhB Ge 4/4 III with a Regio Express train from St. Moritz to Chur on the Landwasser Viaduct. The locomotive carries advertisement for the UNESCO world heritage Albula and Bernina lines. The stylized viaduct pictured on the locomotive is the very same that it is currently passing over. Also note the two first coaches of a train have panoramic windows. This type of panoramic coach is normally used on the Bernina line, but because there's less traffic on that line during winter the coaches are used on other parts of the network. Change image |
English : RhB Ge 4/4 III with a Regio Express train from St. Moritz to Chur on the Landwasser Viaduct. The locomotive carries advertisement for the UNESCO world heritage Albula and Bernina lines. The stylized viaduct pictured on the locomotive is the very same that it is currently passing over. Also note the two first coaches of a train have panoramic windows. This type of panoramic coach is normally used on the Bernina line, but because there's less traffic on that line during winter the coaches are used on other parts of the network.
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Aerial recording of trains crossing the Landwasser Viaduct (1050 m, Schmitten/Filisur, Grisons, Switzerland). There are electric locomotive Ge 4/4 III № 652 with the Glacier Express train and electric multiple unit ABe 8/12 № 3515 with an Alvra train Choose a new media file |
English : Aerial recording of trains crossing the Landwasser Viaduct (1050 m, Schmitten/Filisur, Grisons, Switzerland). There are electric locomotive Ge 4/4 III № 652 with the Glacier Express train and electric multiple unit ABe 8/12 № 3515 with an Alvra train
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The Trust or the Battles for Money is a 1911 French silent short by Louis Feuillade with René Navarre. Choose a new media file |
English : The Trust or the Battles for Money is a 1911 French silent short by Louis Feuillade with René Navarre.
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,_160809,_ako.jpg) Entrance hall of Kammergericht (higher regional court) in Berlin-Schöneberg. Change image |
I'm a Yiddish Cowboy is a typical Tin Pan Alley song recorded in 1908 by Edward Meeker for Edison Records. Choose a new media file |
English : I'm a Yiddish Cowboy is a typical Tin Pan Alley song recorded in 1908 by Edward Meeker for Edison Records.
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Nawal Al Zoghbi sings Meen Habibi Ana in concert in Kuweit in 1997. Choose a new media file |
English : Nawal Al Zoghbi sings Meen Habibi Ana in concert in Kuweit in 1997.
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 Church of San Juan el Real in the center of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The baroque church was built in the 17th and 18th century and hosts among others some of the first paintings still conserved by Francisco de Goya in the pendentives of the main dome. Change image |
English : Church of San Juan el Real in the center of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The baroque church was built in the 17th and 18th century and hosts among others some of the first paintings still conserved by Francisco de Goya in the pendentives of the main dome.
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60 years ago today, the Vanguard 1 satellite was launched. Although communication with it was lost in 1964, it remains the oldest manmade object still in orbit. Choose a new media file |
English : 60 years ago today, the Vanguard 1 satellite was launched. Although communication with it was lost in 1964, it remains the oldest manmade object still in orbit.
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 Hand with 'power stone' bracelets made of gemstones, holding a box with smoking incense. Change image |
English : Hand with 'power stone' bracelets made of gemstones, holding a box with smoking incense.
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European Southern Observatory's contributions to the discovery of exoplanets. Choose a new media file |
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 The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula has been captured in great detail by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Change image |
English : The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula has been captured in great detail by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory.
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British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, who died ten years ago today, talks about the future importance of home computers and networking in this 1974 interview for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Choose a new media file |
English : British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, who died ten years ago today, talks about the future importance of home computers and networking in this 1974 interview for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Bear fishing for salmon at Crescent Lake in Alaska. Choose a new media file |
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_male.jpg) Male common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. Tomorrow is World Water Day Change image |
English : Male common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. Tomorrow is World Water Day
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The Wicked Darling is a 1919 silent American film by Tod Browning with Lon Chaney and Priscilla Dean. Choose a new media file |
English : The Wicked Darling is a 1919 silent American film by Tod Browning with Lon Chaney and Priscilla Dean.
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 World Water Day is an annual event celebrated on March 22. The day focuses attention on the importance of fresh water and advocates for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In 1993, the first World Water Day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly and since, each year focuses on a different issue. This image shows light reflections on the water surface of Lake Stappitz, High Tauern National Park, Carinthia. Change image |
English : World Water Day is an annual event celebrated on March 22. The day focuses attention on the importance of fresh water and advocates for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In 1993, the first World Water Day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly and since, each year focuses on a different issue. This image shows light reflections on the water surface of Lake Stappitz, High Tauern National Park, Carinthia.
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The Original Movie (1922) is a short silent animated film by Tony Sarg. Choose a new media file |
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A Trip through Japan with the YWCA is a 1919 documentary film on Japan by Benjamin Brodsky. Choose a new media file |
English : A Trip through Japan with the YWCA is a 1919 documentary film on Japan by Benjamin Brodsky.
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A timelapse video, sped up by about 500% to be 30 seconds long, of Dallas, Texas during Earth hour in 2009. Earth hour occurs every year between 20:30 to 21:30 local time towards the end of March, and this day is today. During Earth hour, people are encouraged to turn off lights for one hour to reduce electricity use. Choose a new media file |
English : A timelapse video, sped up by about 500% to be 30 seconds long, of Dallas, Texas during Earth hour in 2009. Earth hour occurs every year between 20:30 to 21:30 local time towards the end of March, and this day is today. During Earth hour, people are encouraged to turn off lights for one hour to reduce electricity use.
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 A portrait of a jaguar (Panthera onca) at the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Change image |
English : A portrait of a jaguar (Panthera onca) at the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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 The western span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge at night. Change image |
English : The western span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge at night.
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Report from the Aleutians is a 1943 documentary propaganda film directed by John Huston and produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about the battle of the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Choose a new media file |
English : Report from the Aleutians is a 1943 documentary propaganda film directed by John Huston and produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about the battle of the Aleutian Islands during World War II.
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 Illustration of the relative sizes of the one-man Mercury spacecraft, the two-man Gemini spacecraft, and the three-man Apollo spacecraft. Also shows line drawing of launch vehicles (Saturn V, Titan II and Atlas-D) to show their relative size to each other and the position of the spacecraft at launch (highlighted at top). Change image |
English : Illustration of the relative sizes of the one-man Mercury spacecraft, the two-man Gemini spacecraft, and the three-man Apollo spacecraft. Also shows line drawing of launch vehicles (Saturn V, Titan II and Atlas-D) to show their relative size to each other and the position of the spacecraft at launch (highlighted at top).
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Those Awful Hats is a 1909 silent short comedy film directed by D.W. Griffith with Mack Sennett and Flora Finch. Choose a new media file |
English : Those Awful Hats is a 1909 silent short comedy film directed by D.W. Griffith with Mack Sennett and Flora Finch.
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 The main office complex of the ADAC (General German Automobile Club) in Munich was designed by Sauerbruch Hutton and opened in 2012. Change image |
English : The main office complex of the ADAC (General German Automobile Club) in Munich was designed by Sauerbruch Hutton and opened in 2012.
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Trance and Dance in Bali is a documentary film by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson shot in Bali in 1937-1939. Choose a new media file |
English : Trance and Dance in Bali is a documentary film by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson shot in Bali in 1937-1939.
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 Et selskab af danske kunstnere i Rom painted by Constantin Hansen in 1837. A group of Danish artists in Rome. Lying on the floor is the architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll. From left to right: Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, Wilhelm Marstrand, Albert Küchler, Ditlev Blunck and Jørgen V. Sonne. Change image |
English : Et selskab af danske kunstnere i Rom painted by Constantin Hansen in 1837. A group of Danish artists in Rome. Lying on the floor is the architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll. From left to right: Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, Wilhelm Marstrand, Albert Küchler, Ditlev Blunck and Jørgen V. Sonne.
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Jam Session is a 1942 short film, directed by Josef Berne, which shows Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing C Jam Blues. Choose a new media file |
English : Jam Session is a 1942 short film, directed by Josef Berne, which shows Duke Ellington and his orchestra performing C Jam Blues.
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 Winged altar at the parish- and pilgrimage church Maria Laach am Jauerling, Lower Austria. View with closed inner wings, showing the passion and resurrection of Christ. Anonymous master, 1480. Change image |
English : Winged altar at the parish- and pilgrimage church Maria Laach am Jauerling, Lower Austria. View with closed inner wings, showing the passion and resurrection of Christ. Anonymous master, 1480.
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English : Panoramic view from Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge with the Kremlin to the right. Moscow, Russia.
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Urashima Tarō is a 1931 Japanese animated film by Manzō Miyashita. Choose a new media file |
English : Urashima Tarō is a 1931 Japanese animated film by Manzō Miyashita.
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