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 View of Carpathian National Park from Hoverla. Carpathian National Park, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. Change image |
English : View of Carpathian National Park from Hoverla. Carpathian National Park, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.
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English : 1st of May demonstration in Brno (2011), Czech Republic. Police wants to separate left and rights parts demonstraters.
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 Earrings found in 1915 at Gyeongju. Diameter of the circle in the center is 3.5 centimeter. Change image |
English : Earrings found in 1915 at Gyeongju. Diameter of the circle in the center is 3.5 centimeter.
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 View from Balcón de Europa in Nerja (on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain), view north-east Change image |
English : View from Balcón de Europa in Nerja (on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain), view north-east
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English : This colorful view of Mercury was produced by using images from the color base map imaging campaign during MESSENGER's primary mission. The colors enhance the chemical, mineralogical, and physical differences between the rocks that make up Mercury's surface.
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 Eurema blanda, Three-Spot Grass Yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in Asia. Change image |
English : Eurema blanda, Three-Spot Grass Yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in Asia.
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 Branches of Suaeda vera (Shrubby Sea-blite). In the "Lido de Thau", an area protected by the Conservatoire du littoral. Sète, Hérault, France. Change image |
English : Branches of Suaeda vera (Shrubby Sea-blite). In the "Lido de Thau", an area protected by the Conservatoire du littoral. Sète, Hérault, France.
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English : The Return of Ulysses (1908). Adapted by Mr. Jules Lemaître of the Académie française from Homer's Odyssey.
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 Bones inside the ossuary in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora, the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people. Change image |
English : Bones inside the ossuary in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora, the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people.
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English : Speech by Harry S. Truman announcing the surrender of Germany, providing people with hope that World War II would come to a close.
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 Holy Mountains Monastery (complex of the architecture monuments of national significance). Sviatohirsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Change image |
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 Toompea Castle that houses the Parliament of Estonia. Change image |
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English : The tradition's historical methods of doing laundry by hand in Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum, 2008.
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 Speed skating arena in Kolomna, Russia Change image |
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 A young Ural owl in Albu Parish. Change image |
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 Town Event Hall ("Stadthalle") of Mülheim an der Ruhr at blue hour Change image |
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 Iron sculpture Zauberlehrling (sorcerer's apprentice) looking like a deformed and dancing power pole, photographed at sunset. Created for EMSCHERKUNST, an art exhibition in the public space. Change image |
English : Iron sculpture Zauberlehrling (sorcerer's apprentice) looking like a deformed and dancing power pole, photographed at sunset. Created for EMSCHERKUNST, an art exhibition in the public space.
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 Venus flytrap anemone (Actinoscyphia aurelia) in the Gulf of Mexico. Change image |
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English : Sea conditions encountered by vessels involved in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
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 Reflection on Matsimäe Pühajärv in Järva County. Change image |
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English : Liesegang band experiment. Red material is gelatin with Mg sulfate and a drop of red food coloring; clear material above it is concentrated ammonium hydroxide. Diffusion of NH4OH into the gelatin causes discontinuous precipitation of Mg hydroxide
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 Jack Johnson performing at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu Hawaii. Today he turns forty. Change image |
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English : Betty Boop's Birthday Party is a 1933 animated short film.
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 Young paper wasp queen (Polistes dominula) guarding her nest and eggs. Change image |
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 A supernova remnant in Large Magellanic Cloud in X-rays and visible light. Change image |
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English : Pseudobiceros bedfordi is a species of flatworm in the family Pseudocerotidae.
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 Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow at night. Change image |
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English : Shoe Lacing Methods
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 Panoramic view of Desenberg, western view. The hill Desenberg, a former volcano, near the village Daseburg is located in the area of Höxter in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most remarkable landmark of Warburger Börde flatlands. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of Desenberg, western view. The hill Desenberg, a former volcano, near the village Daseburg is located in the area of Höxter in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most remarkable landmark of Warburger Börde flatlands.
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English : Lip smacking exchanges in a naturalistic setting between mother and infant rhesus macaques.
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 Great Masterwort (Astrantia major), found near Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria Change image |
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 Musuem of mining (Bergbaumuseum) in Bochum at blue hour Change image |
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English : Landing of Airbus A320 registered HA-LPM at sunset in Romania on Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, Bucharest.
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English : An aerial view of Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town, South Africa. This media was submitted as part of the Wiki From Above media competition in May 2015.
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 A panoramic view of Glenfinnan site in Scotland. Change image |
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English : Landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis returning from mission STS-71 on Shuttle Landing Facility on 7 July 1995.
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 St. James's Church in Rothenburg ob der Tauber photographed from town hall tower Change image |
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 The capture of wild horses will be held in May in the nature reserve Merfelder Bruch near Dülmen on the last Saturday. Change image |
English : The capture of wild horses will be held in May in the nature reserve Merfelder Bruch near Dülmen on the last Saturday.
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English : Annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) in Tokyo, Japan.
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