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![]() Panoramic view of Oia, Santorini island (Thira), Greece. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of Oia, Santorini island (Thira), Greece.
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![]() Reaction mechanism of the Haloform reaction as an animation Choose a new media file |
English : Reaction mechanism of the Haloform reaction as an animation
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![]() Glowing noble gases in glass vials with low pressure inside. Change image |
English : Glowing noble gases in glass vials with low pressure inside.
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Video of a northbound SunRail train approaching the Church Street station - SunRail commuter rail train in Orlando, Florida Choose a new media file |
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![]() Torre Agbar in Barcelona, Spain. Change image |
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POV-video from the Helix roller coaster at Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden. Choose a new media file |
English : POV-video from the Helix roller coaster at Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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The Party House, Largo, Sofia, Bulgaria. Change image |
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A330 prototype being towed to a parking spot at Airbus Delivery Center Henri Ziegler. Choose a new media file |
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![]() Panoramic view of Istanbul: Yeni Cami (The New Mosque) and Galata Bridge. Turkey, Southeastern Europe. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of Istanbul: Yeni Cami (The New Mosque) and Galata Bridge. Turkey, Southeastern Europe.
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Caterpillar of Figure of Eight (Diloba caeruleocephala) Choose a new media file |
English : Caterpillar of Figure of Eight (Diloba caeruleocephala)
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Making a Living (USA, 1914) is the first film starring Charlie Chaplin. Choose a new media file |
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Indian python albino (Python molurus), Ho Chi Minh City Zoo, Vietnam Change image |
English : Indian python albino (Python molurus), Ho Chi Minh City Zoo, Vietnam
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Northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) - Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Choose a new media file |
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![]() Drainage ditch (Kettbach) at sunrise in morning mist near Dulmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Change image |
The waterfall Tatzelwurm is situated in the Protected landscape area Auerbachtal, Bavaria, Germany. This video shows the upper stage by pivoting the camera. Choose a new media file |
English : The waterfall Tatzelwurm is situated in the Protected landscape area Auerbachtal, Bavaria, Germany. This video shows the upper stage by pivoting the camera.
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![]() Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) at Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand. Change image |
First X-ray cinematograph film ever taken shown by Dr. Macintyre at the London Royal Society 1897. Choose a new media file |
English : First X-ray cinematograph film ever taken shown by Dr. Macintyre at the London Royal Society 1897.
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Audio recording of Le Pont Mirabeau by Guillaume Apollinaire by Laurie Willième for the Opération Thalie Envolée. Choose a new media file |
English : Audio recording of Le Pont Mirabeau by Guillaume Apollinaire by Laurie Willième for the Opération Thalie Envolée.
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![]() Gunnar Sønsteby (born January 11, 1918, deceased May 10, 2012) was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II. Change image |
English : Gunnar Sønsteby (born January 11, 1918, deceased May 10, 2012) was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II.
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The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science will beam video via laser from the International Space Station back to Earth. Choose a new media file |
English : The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science will beam video via laser from the International Space Station back to Earth.
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![]() View from watchtower to Männikjärve Bog, Endla Nature Reserve, Estonia. Change image |
English : View from watchtower to Männikjärve Bog, Endla Nature Reserve, Estonia.
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Rhaphium sp. in copula Choose a new media file |
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![]() Mausoleum to a husband and benefactor in Pavlovsk Park, St Petersburg, Russia. Change image |
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![]() Wheel hub of a carriage at the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome, Italy Change image |
![]() Man and woman dancing a waltz (1887). Animation based on Eadweard Muybridge motion studies. Choose a new media file |
English : Man and woman dancing a waltz (1887). Animation based on Eadweard Muybridge motion studies.
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English : General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge on the Lake Maracaibo. The bridge was projected by Riccardo Morandi.
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Antonio de Cabezón: Duuiensela (performed on a clavichord by Joan Benson). Choose a new media file |
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![]() Valley View in Yosemite National Park. Change image |
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View from driver's perspective along North Beach Road in North Beach, Western Australia. Traffic controllers direct traffic through half of a roundabout with STOP / SLOW signs, using contraflow conditions. Choose a new media file |
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North Beach Road in North Beach, Western Australia. Traffic controllers direct traffic through half of a roundabout with STOP / SLOW signs, using contraflow conditions.
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![]() A greylag goose (Anser anser) in Bonn, Germany Change image |
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English : An experienced power loom weaver demonstrating a weaver's knot at Queen Street Mill in Harle Syke
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![]() Office building of the Westdeutsche Lotterie in Munster (Westphalia), Germany Change image |
![]() Animation of the reaction mechanism of the hydrolysis Choose a new media file |
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![]() Renaissance portal in Demerthin (Gumtow), Germany Change image |
Audio recording of Le Cœur Volé by Arthur Rimbaud by Julie Verleye for the Opération Thalie Envolée. Choose a new media file |
English : Audio recording of Le Cœur Volé by Arthur Rimbaud by Julie Verleye for the Opération Thalie Envolée.
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![]() The Hohenzollern Castle under a rainbow. The castle is about 50 km south of Stuttgart, Germany. It is the ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern family, which emerged in the Middle Ages and eventually became German Emperors. Change image |
English : The Hohenzollern Castle under a rainbow. The castle is about 50 km south of Stuttgart, Germany. It is the ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern family, which emerged in the Middle Ages and eventually became German Emperors.
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Mickey is a 1918 silent comedy-drama film starring Mabel Normand, directed by F. Richard Jones and James Young, and written by J.G. Hawks. Choose a new media file |
English : Mickey is a 1918 silent comedy-drama film starring Mabel Normand, directed by F. Richard Jones and James Young, and written by J.G. Hawks.
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![]() The Rouen Cathedral as seen from the Gros Horloge tower. The church was the tallest building in the world from 1876-1880 with a height of 151m. Change image |
English : The Rouen Cathedral as seen from the Gros Horloge tower. The church was the tallest building in the world from 1876-1880 with a height of 151m.
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Molobratia teutonus is an European member of the robber flies. Choose a new media file |
English : Molobratia teutonus is an European member of the robber flies.
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Mirrors Gallery, a section graved in the rock of the roman aqueduct near Albarracín, Teruel, Aragón, Spain. Change image |
English : Mirrors Gallery, a section graved in the rock of the roman aqueduct near Albarracín, Teruel, Aragón, Spain.
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![]() Botanical Garden of Curitiba during the build-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Choose a new media file |
English : Botanical Garden of Curitiba during the build-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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![]() “The Strip” (part of the Las Vegas Boulevard) in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA). Change image |
Local artisan cutting and filing animal horn to make combs in Alappuzha, Kerala, India. Choose a new media file |
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![]() Hellamaa bay in Hiiumaa. Change image |
Prelude to Act 1 for Carmen by Georges Bizet. Choose a new media file |
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Sunrise landscape in Huitzila, Hidalgo, Mexico. Change image |
A European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) loots a wasps' nest. Choose a new media file |
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![]() Scene in Długa Street with the Main Town Hall in the background, Gdansk, Poland. Change image |
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Tess of the Storm Country is a 1914 drama, based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White. Choose a new media file |
English : Tess of the Storm Country is a 1914 drama, based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White.
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Ko Tapu is a 20 m tall islet in front of the Khao Phing Kan islands, in the Phang Nga Bay, in Thailand. The island belongs to the Ao Phang Nga National Park and since 1974 is also known as James Bond Island, because the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun was filmed there. Change image |
English : Ko Tapu is a 20 m tall islet in front of the Khao Phing Kan islands, in the Phang Nga Bay, in Thailand. The island belongs to the Ao Phang Nga National Park and since 1974 is also known as James Bond Island, because the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun was filmed there.
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Making mayonnaise Choose a new media file |
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Golden Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus grusonii), Munich Botanical Garden, Germany. Change image |
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Line A of Valenciennes tramway Choose a new media file |
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The St Michael Church of Engolasters, located in Engolasters, Andorra, is a Romanesque church from end of 11th or beginning of the 12th century. The church, one of the most popular in Andorra, is part of its Cultural Heritage and is characterized by a disproportionally high bell tower. Change image |
English : The St Michael Church of Engolasters, located in Engolasters, Andorra, is a Romanesque church from end of 11th or beginning of the 12th century. The church, one of the most popular in Andorra, is part of its Cultural Heritage and is characterized by a disproportionally high bell tower.
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Audio recording of Spleen - J'ai plus de souvenirs que si j'avais mille ans by Charles Baudelaire by Antoine Giet for the Opération Thalie Envolée. Choose a new media file |
English : Audio recording of Spleen - J'ai plus de souvenirs que si j'avais mille ans by Charles Baudelaire by Antoine Giet for the Opération Thalie Envolée.
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