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Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta japonica) in summer plumage on Mount Tsubakuro, Japan

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English : This Music box by Polyphon-Musikwerke in Leipzig (Germany) plays the William Tell Ouverture by Gioachino Rossini.

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View of a glacier in Chugach State Park, Alaska, United States.

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English : Autumn in Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine

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View of Stockholm, Sweden, with Kastellet, Vasa Museum, and Nordic Museum.

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English : Istanbul, formerly known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural and historic center.

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View from Mount Fyffe, Kaikōura Ranges, New Zealand

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English : Video of Majori, the central district of Jūrmala resort town in Latvia

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Door lock on bunker 26 at the area of the US army at the special ammunition depot in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : An Atlas V rocket lofted the Juno spacecraft toward Jupiter from Space Launch Complex-41.

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English : 3D file of Venus de Milo.

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Atomic model of the external structure of the SARS-CoV-2. Each "ball" is an atom.

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English : On the outskirts of Berlin the village where 3,878 athletes of 1936 Summer Olympics lived and trained still survives.
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Bosc's fringe-toed lizards (Acanthodactylus boskianus asper) in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan. The male is giving the female a lovebite as part of his courtship ritual.

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Desna river, feeder of the Southern Bug, at dawn. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Raion

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English : All human beings who once emigrated from Africa have the same mutation on the Y chromosome. Over time, other mutations appeared that can still be detected today.

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Illuminated edges of paper (abstract photography )

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Spherical panorama of San Andrés church, Calatayud, Spain. The Gothic-Mudéjar church was built in the 14th and 15th centuries and underwent some modifications in the 16th-century. This image is the result of 175 frames. (360° view)

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English : Spherical panorama of San Andrés church, Calatayud, Spain. The Gothic-Mudéjar church was built in the 14th and 15th centuries and underwent some modifications in the 16th-century. This image is the result of 175 frames. (360° view)

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English : Feral Canada geese with goslings in the Netherlands, where they are an invasive species.

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Log pod Mangartom and Mount Rombon in the background; municipality of Bovec, Slovenia, EU

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English : Gymnopédie No. 2, here performed by Kevin MacLeod, is one of three Gymnopédies, piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie.

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View of three volcanoes (Avachinsky, Koryaksky, and Kozelsky) on Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East

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English : Artist working on a graffiti mural as part of the Meeting of Styles 2015 event in the historic center of Mexico City.
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English : «La Libération de Paris» is a documentary shot by the French Resistance during the Liberation of Paris in August 1944.

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English : Black swans (Cygnus atratus) filmed in Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park, England, the UK.

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Bourtzi Castle and harbour of Karystos, Euboea, Greece.

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English : CSR EMU (Línea Mitre) arriving to Rivadavia train station in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Waltensburg/Vuorz. Switzerland. ruins of a castle Munt Sorn Gieri. (Burg Jörgenberg).

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English : Timelapse of deforestation in the state of Rondonia in Brazil, from 2000-2010. Images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) NASA's Terra satellite.

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55 Cancri e: Skies Sparkle Above a Never-Ending Ocean of Lava. Poster from the NASA Exoplanets Exploration Program's Exoplanet Travel Bureau.

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English : A demonstration of the phases of the Moon using a styrofoam ball illuminated by a light bulb
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The Rock Arch, a natural granite formation, near Spitzkoppe, Namibia. The Spitzkoppe itself is visible on the right.

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English : Karujaht Pärnumaal (English: Bear Hunt in Pärnu County) is the first Estonian narrative film, directed by Johannes Pääsuke in 1914.

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Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus), near Divava, Namibia, very close to the Botswana border.

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English : Gymnopédie No. 3, here performed by Kevin MacLeod, is the last of three Gymnopédies, piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie.

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Steam-boiling green asparagus in a stainless steel pot.

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English : Aerial recording of Snowdonia in Wales

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Max Niedermeier practicing for the 2018 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship finals at Inzell, Germany.

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English : Vettisfossen waterfall in Utladalen, Norway

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Coast with Dome Hotel, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus.

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Microcrystals of “Essentuki 4” mineral water’s salts; light microscopy, polarized light.

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Prielbrusye National Park, Central Caucasus.

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Cracked skin of an Aesculus.

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English : Aerial recording of Piz Forbesch (3262 m, Switzerland).
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Flower of one Rudbeckia fulgida. An indestructible plant for a sunny spot in the garden.

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English : Parade of US forces after Liberation of Paris in 1944

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Autumn morning in the outskirts of Rakhiv. Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine.

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