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 Aerial view of the "Condor", one of the geoglyphs of the Nazca Lines, which are located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. The geoglyphs of this UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 1994) are spread over 80 km (50 mi) on a plateau between the towns of Nazca and Palpa and were, according to some studies, created between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D. Change image |
English : Aerial view of the "Condor", one of the geoglyphs of the Nazca Lines, which are located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. The geoglyphs of this UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 1994) are spread over 80 km (50 mi) on a plateau between the towns of Nazca and Palpa and were, according to some studies, created between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D.
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Under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Great Chinese Famine resulted in tens of millions of deaths. Journalist Yang Jisheng wrote a book about the famine. Choose a new media file |
English : Under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Great Chinese Famine resulted in tens of millions of deaths. Journalist Yang Jisheng wrote a book about the famine.
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 Street crowd reflecting in the polyhedral mirrors of Tokyu Plaza Omotesando, Harajuku Station, Tokyo, Japan, a sunny Sunday afternoon. Designed by architect Hiroshi Nakamura. Change image |
English : Street crowd reflecting in the polyhedral mirrors of Tokyu Plaza Omotesando, Harajuku Station, Tokyo, Japan, a sunny Sunday afternoon. Designed by architect Hiroshi Nakamura.
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The Covered Wagon, a silent western by James Cruze, was the highest-grossing film of 1923. Choose a new media file |
English : The Covered Wagon, a silent western by James Cruze, was the highest-grossing film of 1923.
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 Stairs to the gallery of the Holy Cross chapel (Kreuzkapelle) in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Stairs to the gallery of the Holy Cross chapel (Kreuzkapelle) in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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A Delta Air Lines Airbus A220 descending into the clouds during a sunset. This is on approach to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, IL. Choose a new media file |
English : A Delta Air Lines Airbus A220 descending into the clouds during a sunset. This is on approach to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, IL.
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 Tanguar Haor is a unique wetland ecosystem of national importance and has come into international focus. The area of Tanguar Haor, including 46 villages within the haor, is about 100 square kilometres. It is the source of livelihood for more than 40,000 people. Change image |
English : Tanguar Haor is a unique wetland ecosystem of national importance and has come into international focus. The area of Tanguar Haor, including 46 villages within the haor, is about 100 square kilometres. It is the source of livelihood for more than 40,000 people.
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"Into the Oceans and the Air" NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps , United States. Choose a new media file |
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 Water reflection of stringy gray and white clouds in a pond on a sand beach of Don Khon with rocks at sunrise, Si Phan Don, Laos. Change image |
English : Water reflection of stringy gray and white clouds in a pond on a sand beach of Don Khon with rocks at sunrise, Si Phan Don, Laos.
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French short documentary film on Jacques Doucet's haute couture collection for the summer of 1923. Choose a new media file |
English : French short documentary film on Jacques Doucet's haute couture collection for the summer of 1923.
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_01.jpg) Flower of an Astrantia major 'Roma'. Change image |
English : Flower of an Astrantia major 'Roma'.
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Tango Tangles is a 1914 American short comedy film taking place in a dance-hall, directed by Mack Sennett and starring Charles Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle. Choose a new media file |
English : Tango Tangles is a 1914 American short comedy film taking place in a dance-hall, directed by Mack Sennett and starring Charles Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle.
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 Bush canopy (Dracophyllum latifolium on the right) during sunset in Lake Kaniere Scenic Reserve, West Coast, New Zealand Change image |
English : Bush canopy (Dracophyllum latifolium on the right) during sunset in Lake Kaniere Scenic Reserve, West Coast, New Zealand
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 Three girls in yellow straw hats I by August Macke, 1913, Kunstmuseum Den Haag . Change image |
Damages caused by Typhoon Vicente in Hong Kong in 2012 Choose a new media file |
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 Thibaut Pinot at the individual time trial between Arc-et-Senans and Besançon (Stage 9 of 2012 Tour de France Change image |
English : Thibaut Pinot at the individual time trial between Arc-et-Senans and Besançon (Stage 9 of 2012 Tour de France
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Drone video of a building that collapsed in the 2016 southern Taiwan earthquake Choose a new media file |
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.jpg) Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), Lake Ziway, Ethiopia. Today is a public holiday in Ethiopia to celebrate Eid al-Adha, Islamic Year A. H. 1443. Change image |
English : Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), Lake Ziway, Ethiopia. Today is a public holiday in Ethiopia to celebrate Eid al-Adha, Islamic Year A. H. 1443.
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 Saint John Church of Sohrol is a 5th or 6th century Armenian Catholic church in Sohrol, Shabestar, Iran. Change image |
English : Saint John Church of Sohrol is a 5th or 6th century Armenian Catholic church in Sohrol, Shabestar, Iran.
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The highlight of the interior decoration is a series of monumental frescoes by w:José Clemente Orozco Hospicio Cabañas , Mexico. Choose a new media file |
English : The highlight of the interior decoration is a series of monumental frescoes by w:José Clemente Orozco Hospicio Cabañas , Mexico.
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 A wooden boomerang Change image |
How a charge-coupled device (CCD) works Choose a new media file |
English : How a charge-coupled device (CCD) works
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English : Yodeling Blues by Clarence Williams, recorded in 1923 by Bessie Smith and Fletcher Henderson.
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 Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia, ♂) near Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria. Change image |
English : Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia, ♂) near Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria.
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 Sunset in the Namib desert, Namibia. Change image |
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 Nature reserve “Roruper Holz” (COE-045) in the Hanrorup hamlet near Rorup, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Nature reserve “Roruper Holz” (COE-045) in the Hanrorup hamlet near Rorup, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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ColognePride 2022, Pride Parade in Cologne Choose a new media file |
English : ColognePride 2022, Pride Parade in Cologne
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.jpg) Flower of a Helenium 'El Dorado' in a misty early morning. Focus stack of 25 photos. Change image |
English : Flower of a Helenium 'El Dorado' in a misty early morning. Focus stack of 25 photos.
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The Laughing Song, arranged by Frank P. Banta, recorded in 1898 by George W. Johnson with Fred Hylands on piano. Choose a new media file |
English : The Laughing Song, arranged by Frank P. Banta, recorded in 1898 by George W. Johnson with Fred Hylands on piano.
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 Environmental disaster in Levikha Village, Sverdlovsk region of Russia, caused by mining of chalcopyrite in the area. Change image |
English : Environmental disaster in Levikha Village, Sverdlovsk region of Russia, caused by mining of chalcopyrite in the area.
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The Venetian gang saw at the Wurzerhof in Winkeltal, Ausservillgraten, East Tyrol. Choose a new media file |
English : The Venetian gang saw at the Wurzerhof in Winkeltal, Ausservillgraten, East Tyrol.
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Animation of average annual temperature by continent and country between 1880 and 2021. Choose a new media file |
English : Animation of average annual temperature by continent and country between 1880 and 2021.
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 The Jane Byrne Interchange in downtown Chicago, IL Change image |
The group of people, who preserve, promote and maintain local seeds in Phek district, Nagaland, Northeast India. Choose a new media file |
English : The group of people, who preserve, promote and maintain local seeds in Phek district, Nagaland, Northeast India.
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Le Dormeur du val, by Arthur Rimbaud, in French. LibriVox recording by Ezwa. Choose a new media file |
English : Le Dormeur du val, by Arthur Rimbaud, in French. LibriVox recording by Ezwa.
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.jpg) A great egret (Ardea alba) plunges its head into the water to spear a fish in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. Change image |
English : A great egret (Ardea alba) plunges its head into the water to spear a fish in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
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Expanation of principle and function od smoke detector using the radioactive source and transistor MOSFET in electronic circuit. Choose a new media file |
English : Expanation of principle and function od smoke detector using the radioactive source and transistor MOSFET in electronic circuit.
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.jpg) Guard at the Prague castle, Prague. Change image |
English : Guard at the Prague castle, Prague.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau, by H. G. Wells, Introduction. LibriVox recording by Alex Patterson. Choose a new media file |
English : The Island of Dr. Moreau, by H. G. Wells, Introduction. LibriVox recording by Alex Patterson.
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 Esslingen am Neckar: the northern gable of the Altes Rathaus (old townhall) with its magnificent astronomic clock and the carillon. Change image |
English : Esslingen am Neckar: the northern gable of the Altes Rathaus (old townhall) with its magnificent astronomic clock and the carillon.
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Video compression primer (animated). Choose a new media file |
English : Video compression primer (animated).
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 Zhuravlyne Lake is a hydrological monument of nature, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. Change image |
Polaire, famous for her wasp waist, performing an Apache Dance with Gaston Silvestre in Léonce Perret's 1910 film La Tournée des grands ducs. Choose a new media file |
English : Polaire, famous for her wasp waist, performing an Apache Dance with Gaston Silvestre in Léonce Perret's 1910 film La Tournée des grands ducs.
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 The Mircea (ship, 1938) moored at the embankment "Quai d'Alger" during the event "Escale à Sète 2022". Change image |
English : The Mircea (ship, 1938) moored at the embankment "Quai d'Alger" during the event "Escale à Sète 2022".
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American astronaut Jessica Watkins discusses living and working in space during an in-flight interview aboard the International Space Station. Choose a new media file |
English : American astronaut Jessica Watkins discusses living and working in space during an in-flight interview aboard the International Space Station.
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 Newly eclosed individual of Pachliopta aristolochiae in Harinavi, West Bengal. Change image |
English : Newly eclosed individual of Pachliopta aristolochiae in Harinavi, West Bengal.
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_%E2%80%93_Yellow_Jezebel_(Male)_WLB_IMG_2640.jpg) Close wing Mud puddle of Delias agostina agostina (Hewitson, 1852) – Sikkim Yellow Jezebel in Dzongu Valley, Sikkim. Change image |
English : Close wing Mud puddle of Delias agostina agostina (Hewitson, 1852) – Sikkim Yellow Jezebel in Dzongu Valley, Sikkim.
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Voyelles, by Arthur Rimbaud, in French. Opération Thalie Envolée recording by Antoine Giet, Matthieu Van Dyck, produced by the Compagnie Artaban. Choose a new media file |
English : Voyelles, by Arthur Rimbaud, in French. Opération Thalie Envolée recording by Antoine Giet, Matthieu Van Dyck, produced by the Compagnie Artaban.
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.jpg) Tree-climbing lions (Panthera leo), Ishasha, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. The United Nations officially recognizes 30th July as International Friendship Day; most countries have chosen dates in February or August. Change image |
English : Tree-climbing lions (Panthera leo), Ishasha, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. The United Nations officially recognizes 30th July as International Friendship Day; most countries have chosen dates in February or August.
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Fireworks at Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France). Choose a new media file |
English : Fireworks at Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France).
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.jpg) A yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), a medium-sized woodpecker, perched on a tree in Central Park in New York City, New York, USA. These sapsuckers drill neatly organized rows of holes through which it does not "suck" the sap, but uses a brush-shaped tongue to lap it up. The red coloring on its head and throat indicates a male. Change image |
English : A yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), a medium-sized woodpecker, perched on a tree in Central Park in New York City, New York, USA. These sapsuckers drill neatly organized rows of holes through which it does not "suck" the sap, but uses a brush-shaped tongue to lap it up. The red coloring on its head and throat indicates a male.
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So This Is Paris is a 1926 American silent film by Ernst Lubitsch, famous for its kaleidoscopic sequence on a charleston contest. Choose a new media file |
English : So This Is Paris is a 1926 American silent film by Ernst Lubitsch, famous for its kaleidoscopic sequence on a charleston contest.
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