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Synevyr National Nature Park, Strymba Mountain in winter. Carpathians, Ukraine.

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English : Synevyr National Nature Park, Strymba Mountain in winter. Carpathians, Ukraine.

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English : Steamboat Willie, a 1928 cartoon by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, was the debut of both Mickey and Minnie Mouse. It became immediately popular thanks to its fully synchronized soundtrack.

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Dome of the Palace of Post and Telegraf in Valencia, Spain. The building, located in the City Hall Square, was built between 1915 and 1923, by architect Miguel Ángel Navarro in eclectic style and still provide post services today.

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English : Dome of the Palace of Post and Telegraf in Valencia, Spain. The building, located in the City Hall Square, was built between 1915 and 1923, by architect Miguel Ángel Navarro in eclectic style and still provide post services today.

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English : “Le Vallon” (small valley), above the Saume pass.

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Experiment with lens ball and light stick

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English : Short video about Aristotle's thought. Subtitles available.
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Vintage car meets UNESCO world heritage site: Volkswagen Beetle, export model, built 1957, in front of Porta Nigra in Trier

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English : Vintage car meets UNESCO world heritage site: Volkswagen Beetle, export model, built 1957, in front of Porta Nigra in Trier

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English : The Big Combo is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph H. Lewis, written by Philip Yordan and photographed by cinematographer John Alton, with music by David Raksin.

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A 1899 theatrical poster promoting Sissieretta Jones. She was born on this date in 1868.

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English : A 1899 theatrical poster promoting Sissieretta Jones. She was born on this date in 1868.

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English : 1926 newsreel. Scenes of children buying tickets from a marionette and a marionette dancing at Tony Sarg's feet.

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A rose gold roller skate compared with an orange high-heeled one. 161 years ago today, James L. Plimpton received the U.S. patent for the four-wheel roller skate he invented.

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English : A rose gold roller skate compared with an orange high-heeled one. 161 years ago today, James L. Plimpton received the U.S. patent for the four-wheel roller skate he invented.

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English : Lion dance from Mikimachi, Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan

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Winter morning in the Carpathian National Park, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

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English : Blue Steel is a 1934 American pre-Code Monogram Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne.

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An African common toad swimming in Lake Sibhayi, South Africa

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English : Boo Moon (1954), with Casper the Ghost. An animated short film.

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This new Hubble image shows the scatterings of bright stars and thick dust that make up spiral galaxy Messier 83, otherwise known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy.

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English : This new Hubble image shows the scatterings of bright stars and thick dust that make up spiral galaxy Messier 83, otherwise known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy.

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The Mont Blanc ("white mountain") located on the French-Italian border. Rising 4,807.81 m (15,774 ft) above sea level, it is the highest mountain in the Alps mountain range and in Western Europe.

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English : The Mont Blanc ("white mountain") located on the French-Italian border. Rising 4,807.81 m (15,774 ft) above sea level, it is the highest mountain in the Alps mountain range and in Western Europe.

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English : Presentation of a Luxembourgish folk dance by the folklore group "Vallée des Sept Châteaux" in the Neumünster Abbey, as part of the "Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage 2023"

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An ultrawide angle panoramic view along the inside of L'Umbracle, designed by renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, in the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain.

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English : An ultrawide angle panoramic view along the inside of L'Umbracle, designed by renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, in the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain.

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English : Beat the Devil is a 1953 adventure/comedy film directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida and Jennifer Jones.

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Ana Rosa metro station, green line, São Paulo, Brazil

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English : A Case of Spring Fever is a 1940 American short industrial film produced by the Jam Handy Organization for Chevrolet.

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Building in downtown Caracas, Venezuela

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English : A film made by Centron Corporation, USA, to teach children about Advertising and media. This is a new transfer of an original faded 16mm print. Some color correction has been applied to remove the red cast.

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A panorama showing the Uluguru Mountain Ranges, in Tanzania

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English : A Coach for Cinderella is a 1936 Technicolor animated cartoon sponsored film based on the Cinderella fairy tale for promoting Chevrolet automobiles. Nicky Nome builds a modern day coach that turns into a Chevy in the last 20 seconds, thus laying way for a sequel cartoon in which Cinderella does attend the ball and her new coach.

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English : Volcano eruption next to Litli-Hrútur in Iceland in 2023 recorded from up close with a drone.

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Part of the facade of the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Washington, USA

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English : The Chase is a 1946 American film noir directed by Arthur Ripley. The screenplay by Philip Yordan is based on Cornell Woolrich's 1944 novel The Black Path of Fear. It stars Robert Cummings as Chuck Scott, a veteran who suffers from hallucinations. When he returns a lost wallet to violent mobster Eddie Roman (Steve Cochran), Eddie offers to hire him as a chauffeur. Chuck becomes mixed up in a plot to help Eddie's wife Lorna (Michèle Morgan) run off to Havana to escape her cruel husband.

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The old town of Zug, Switzerland, at blue hour

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English : Event called Atouts pour plaire ! organized by the city of Belfort, France

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Praia Grande (Big Beach) at the end of the day. Porto Covo, Portugal.

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English : Praia Grande (Big Beach) at the end of the day. Porto Covo, Portugal.

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English : The Deadly Companions is a 1961 American Western and war film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, and Chill Wills. Based on the novel of the same name by A. S. Fleischman, the film is about an ex-army soldier who accidentally kills a woman's son, and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.

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Chelonoidis vicina in the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos National Park, Ecuador

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English : Commemoration of the armistice, November 11th, 2023, in Meroux (commune of Meroux-Moval), France.

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Falling rain in downtown León, Guanajuato, Mexico. León was founded on this day in 1576.

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English : Falling rain in downtown León, Guanajuato, Mexico. León was founded on this day in 1576.

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English : Dementia 13, known in the United Kingdom as The Haunted and the Hunted, is a 1963 independently made black-and-white horror-thriller film, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Roger Corman, starring William Campbell and Luana Anders with Bart Patton, Mary Mitchell, and Patrick Magee.

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Night in Esztergom, Hungary. Simor János street during its reconstruction.

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English : Ceremonies celebrating the 79th anniversary of the Liberation of Belfort, November 18, 2023:
  • 10:45 a.m., Necropolis of the Siege of 1870, Mobiles cemetery, Brisach suburb in Belfort,
  • 11:20 a.m., Plaque of the African Commandos, rue de la Première-Armée-Française in Belfort,
  • 11:30 a.m., Plaque paying tribute to Ali Zmaïli, 117 avenue Jean-Jaurès in Belfort,
  • 11:40 a.m., Monument of Hope, at the corner of avenue Jean Jaurès and rue de Brasse in Belfort.

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Yellow fungus (Tremella mesenterica) on dead branch. Focus stack of 21 photos.

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English : The Devil Bat is a 1940 black-and-white American horror film film produced by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) and directed by Jean Yarborough.

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View across the Vistula of Wawel Castle in Kraków, Poland

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English : Destination Earth (1956) is an industrial cartoon produced by John Sutherland and directed by Carl Urbano. Fanciful, funny cartoon about a Martian flying to Earth to discover the power source of our mobile vehicles—gasoline!

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Night view of the hill town of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, India. Established as a hill-station in the early 19th century, the town served as the summer capital of British India until the end of British rule in India. The town became the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh on 25 January 1971.

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English : Night view of the hill town of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, India. Established as a hill-station in the early 19th century, the town served as the summer capital of British India until the end of British rule in India. The town became the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh on 25 January 1971.

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English : Conspiracy is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery melodrama film produced and distributed by RKO Pictures and directed by Christy Cabanne.

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Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket, ca. 1865-1885

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English : Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket, ca. 1865-1885

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English : The Ducktators is a 1942 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short directed by Norman McCabe.

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A tea garden in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim. The country is the second largest producer of tea in the world.

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English : A tea garden in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim. The country is the second largest producer of tea in the world.

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English : Act Your Age (1949), an educational film by Coronet Films

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Remnant of one Scleroderma citrinum in beautiful earthy colors between fallen leaves. Location, De Famberhorst. Focus stack of 20 photos.

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English : Remnant of one Scleroderma citrinum in beautiful earthy colors between fallen leaves. Location, De Famberhorst. Focus stack of 20 photos.

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English : Learn how to prevent a sneaky food safety hazard that can show up at many points between purchasing and eating food: cross-contamination.

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"The Black Spot" (1887) by French artist Albert Bettannier. This painting shows a teacher pointing to a black spot on the map of France, where it lost the provinces of Alsace–Lorraine after the Franco-Prussian War. This loss will lead to the rise of a deep hatred and demand for revenge against Germany, called revanchism.

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English : "The Black Spot" (1887) by French artist Albert Bettannier. This painting shows a teacher pointing to a black spot on the map of France, where it lost the provinces of Alsace–Lorraine after the Franco-Prussian War. This loss will lead to the rise of a deep hatred and demand for revenge against Germany, called revanchism.

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English : Fox Pop is an American traditional animated short film part of the Merrie Melodies series directed by Chuck Jones, written by Tedd Pierce, and produced by Leon Schlesinger. This is a restored HD version.

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Close up of an orange-winged amazon's (Amazona amazonica) eye, Jalapão State Park, Tocantins, Brazil.

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English : Close up of an orange-winged amazon's (Amazona amazonica) eye, Jalapão State Park, Tocantins, Brazil.

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English : The New Moscow (Russian: Новая Москва, romanized: Novaya Moskva) is a 1938 Soviet sci-fi comedy film directed by Aleksandr Medvedkin and Aleksandr Olenin. It was banned from showing by Joseph Stalin.

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Red and yellow bell peppers in water

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Pottery maker doing his work. Banshkhali, a village a few kilometres from Chittagong town, Bangladesh. For decades locals there have pursued a pottery tradition, crafting all manner of wares from raw clay to fire in the kilns.

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English : Pottery maker doing his work. Banshkhali, a village a few kilometres from Chittagong town, Bangladesh. For decades locals there have pursued a pottery tradition, crafting all manner of wares from raw clay to fire in the kilns.

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English : In the skin of the fingertips, around 150 receptors per square centimeter register mechanical stimuli. Four different cell types share the work. The fine skin sensors make fingers a universal tactile organ.
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