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 Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at Látrabjarg, Iceland Change image |
English : Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at Látrabjarg, Iceland
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English : The Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Sept. 23, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz rocket launched on September 26, Kazakh time, and sent Expedition 37 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov, NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins and Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy on a five and a half month mission aboard the International Space Station.
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 Moyland Castle, side view Change image |
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English : Courtship song of a male parasitic wasp, Cotesia congregata.
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 View of Segovia (Spain) from the Alcázar. Change image |
English : View of Segovia (Spain) from the Alcázar.
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English : Driving westbound along Great Eastern Highway, Greenmount (Western Australia), from Bilgoman Road to the truck arrester bed
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 Luhasoo bog in Rõuge Parish, Estonia. Change image |
English : Luhasoo bog in Rõuge Parish, Estonia.
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 Batterie de l'Eperon (in Frouard, France): on the left, there is the access to the Counterscarp battery. On the right, there is the access to the gun turret of 155 L. Change image |
English : Batterie de l'Eperon (in Frouard, France): on the left, there is the access to the Counterscarp battery. On the right, there is the access to the gun turret of 155 L.
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 Lightnings in Belfort (France). Change image |
English : Lightnings in Belfort (France).
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English : Icius hamatus on oak. Video taken near Monte Borghetto (about 20km south of Lake Garda), Italy.
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 Lok 99222 at Central Station Wernigerode, Germany Change image |
English : Lok 99222 at Central Station Wernigerode, Germany
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English : 3D reconstruction of the head of the polychaete Lumbrineris latreilli on the basis of a micro-CT scan.
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 Souq Waqif, Doha, Qatar. Change image |
English : Souq Waqif, Doha, Qatar.
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 Sangaste manor main building, built in 1874–1881. Change image |
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 Panoramic view over medieval town of Warburg, picture taken at Fügeler Kanone Change image |
English : Panoramic view over medieval town of Warburg, picture taken at Fügeler Kanone
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English : Egg grooming behaviour in the termite Reticulitermes speratus.
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 Butternut squash, cultivar variety of Cucurbita moschata, ripe fruits. Ukraine. Change image |
English : Butternut squash, cultivar variety of Cucurbita moschata, ripe fruits. Ukraine.
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English : "Stride la vampa" from Act II of Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore (1853), sung by Gabriella Besanzoni in 1920.
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.jpg) The Golden Gate Bridge as seen from the Marin Headlands at sunrise. Change image |
English : The Golden Gate Bridge as seen from the Marin Headlands at sunrise.
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English : The Borkumer Kleinbahn leaving Borkum harbour station (Bahnhof „Reede“) in Borkum-Reede, Landkreis Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany. This narrow gauge railway line is a listed cultural heritage monument.
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,_Cozumel.jpg) A free swimming Green Moray Eel (Gymnothorax funebris) with diver, Cozumel, Mexico. Change image |
English : A free swimming Green Moray Eel (Gymnothorax funebris) with diver, Cozumel, Mexico.
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 Interior of Prussian Landtag in Berlin, Germany. Change image |
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English : A crash simulation featuring female passengers with a low (left) and high (right) body mass index.
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 Castle of Borbeck with outbuilding in the evening. Change image |
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 Gynaephora selenitica caterpillar on meadow vetchling in Estonia. Change image |
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English : A contest between males of the jumping spider Cosmophasis umbratica.
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 Holy Trinity Cathedral — main cathedral of Trinity Monastery in Chernihiv, Ukraine. View from the bell tower Change image |
English : Holy Trinity Cathedral — main cathedral of Trinity Monastery in Chernihiv, Ukraine. View from the bell tower
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English : Cello Suite No. 1 in G Allemande by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by John Michel
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 The Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory has imaged a region of star formation called NGC 3324. Change image |
English : The Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory has imaged a region of star formation called NGC 3324.
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English : A glimpse of the beach volleyball tournament Smart Beach Tour 2013 at Binz, Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
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 Grisblänkan lighthouse outside Öja island, Stockholm archipelago. In the background, Tiljandersknall lighthouse. Change image |
English : Grisblänkan lighthouse outside Öja island, Stockholm archipelago. In the background, Tiljandersknall lighthouse.
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 Anatomical drawing of a male C. elegans nematode with emphasis on the reproductive system. Change image |
English : Anatomical drawing of a male C. elegans nematode with emphasis on the reproductive system.
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English : Jack Andraka, the 16-year-old inventor of a breakthrough cancer diagnostic and winner of the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, talks with Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health of the United States, about open access to the research literature.
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 Oka River in Konstantinovo (Rybnovsky District), Ryazan Oblast, Russia. Change image |
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English : Tian Tan Buddha, also known as the Big Buddha located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong.
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 Hungary's Áron Szilágyi (L) fences against Russia's Nikolay Kovalev (R) in the men's sabre semi-finals of the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 10 August 2013. Change image |
English : Hungary's Áron Szilágyi (L) fences against Russia's Nikolay Kovalev (R) in the men's sabre semi-finals of the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 10 August 2013.
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 The Lutheran Cathedral in Helsinki, Finland. Change image |
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 First Cabinet of President Barack Obama in the White House East Room. Change image |
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English : Eye tracking while viewing a driving scene.
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 Sparrowhawk with its prey. Change image |
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English : A hamster walking.
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 Main facade of the Academy of Athens, Greece Change image |
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 S75-22410 (March 1975) --- These five men compose the two prime crews of the joint United States-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) docking mission in Earth orbit scheduled for July 1975. Change image |
English : S75-22410 (March 1975) --- These five men compose the two prime crews of the joint United States-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) docking mission in Earth orbit scheduled for July 1975.
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English : American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) fishing in a group on a small lake near Corte Madera, California.
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 Castle Neuschwanstein at Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany. Change image |
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English : The tank barge Bea heading east on the Mittelland Canal (Mittellandkanal) in Recke, Kreis Steinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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 Row of taxis at the International Commerce Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Change image |
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English : Danse Profane, L 103, pt. 2, written by Claude Debussy, performed by the United States Marine Chamber Orchestra with Major Jason K. Fettig, conducting, MSgt Karen Grimsey, harp soloist on Aug. 14, 2010, at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia.
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