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 Cusheon Lake is the third largest lake of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. This picture was taken from a pier on a public beach by Cusheon Lake Road in the early morning, about 2 hours after the sunrise Change image |
English : Cusheon Lake is the third largest lake of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. This picture was taken from a pier on a public beach by Cusheon Lake Road in the early morning, about 2 hours after the sunrise
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English : A Year In The Life Of Earth's CO2 (Jan. 1, 2006 - Dec. 31, 2006). Narrated Video by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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 Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World, Montreal, Canada. The construction of the cathedral, ordered by Ignace Bourget, began in 1875 in order to replace the former Saint-Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. The building is a scale model of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome and the new church was consecrated in 1894. In 2000 the cathedral was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Change image |
English : Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World, Montreal, Canada. The construction of the cathedral, ordered by Ignace Bourget, began in 1875 in order to replace the former Saint-Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. The building is a scale model of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome and the new church was consecrated in 1894. In 2000 the cathedral was designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
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English : Male brown kiwi calling his mate
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 Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) mating in Whitecross Green Wood, Oxfordshire. The composite shows how the female swings her abdomen to initiate pairing. Change image |
English : Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) mating in Whitecross Green Wood, Oxfordshire. The composite shows how the female swings her abdomen to initiate pairing.
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English : John Philip Sousa's patriotic march The Stars and Stripes Forever, performed by the United States Marine Band.
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 Ten Million Mark "Notgeld" banknote from Trier, Germany (1923), designed by Fritz Quant, view of Trier after a copperplate print by Matthäus Merian (1646). Change image |
English : Ten Million Mark "Notgeld" banknote from Trier, Germany (1923), designed by Fritz Quant, view of Trier after a copperplate print by Matthäus Merian (1646).
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English : The second Cologne World Naked Bike Ride took place despite covid-19 and a downpour.
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 Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) looking for food in the waves on Lake Windermere. Bowness-on-Windermere, England Change image |
English : Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) looking for food in the waves on Lake Windermere. Bowness-on-Windermere, England
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English : Slow motion video of a sewing machine.
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 Lichtenberg Castle near Oberstenfeld (Ludwigsburg district, Germany) is one of the best preserved castles from the Staufer period. View from the vineyards from south-west. Change image |
English : Lichtenberg Castle near Oberstenfeld (Ludwigsburg district, Germany) is one of the best preserved castles from the Staufer period. View from the vineyards from south-west.
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 Landscape of Denali National Park from Eielson Visitor Center, Alaska, United States. Change image |
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English : St. Mary's Trumpet Call from Kraków, Poland.
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 Sun getting through fog in the New Zealand bush, Bryant Range. The picture was taken on the trail between Rocks Hut and Middle Creek Hut. This section is part of Te Araroa Trail Change image |
English : Sun getting through fog in the New Zealand bush, Bryant Range. The picture was taken on the trail between Rocks Hut and Middle Creek Hut. This section is part of Te Araroa Trail
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English : ICE3 International train leaving Cologne for Brussels, colored with a blue instead of the red ribbon, promoting European Union with slogan "Railway for Europe" in German, Dutch and French painted on the side.
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 A composite imaginary view of Japan: silk textile from the Meiji era, now in the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art Change image |
English : A composite imaginary view of Japan: silk textile from the Meiji era, now in the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art
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English : Because of Covid-19, the Berlin Pride Parade was turned into an online event. Some activists organized an alternative street parade nevertheless.
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English : A military exercise by the Russian 61st Naval Infantry Brigade in Murmansk Oblast.
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English : 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, illuminated in honor of the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
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 Large White (Pieris brassicae) butterfly on a Brown Knapweed (Centaurea jacea) flowerhead, Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria Change image |
English : Large White (Pieris brassicae) butterfly on a Brown Knapweed (Centaurea jacea) flowerhead, Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria
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English : The Dyke March Cologne was turned into a bicycle parade because of Covid-19
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 The monumental Wittelsbacher fountain in the northern part of central Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. The sculpture on the left is of a woman seated on a bull, holding a bowl, and depicts the healing qualities of water; on the right, a man sits astride a horse and hurls a rock, representing water's destructive power. Built between 1893 and 1895, the design follows drawings of the sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand. Change image |
English : The monumental Wittelsbacher fountain in the northern part of central Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. The sculpture on the left is of a woman seated on a bull, holding a bowl, and depicts the healing qualities of water; on the right, a man sits astride a horse and hurls a rock, representing water's destructive power. Built between 1893 and 1895, the design follows drawings of the sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand.
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 Turks Window at the parish church Perchtoldsdorf (Lower Austria), illustrating the devastation of the town on 16 July 1683, during the Battle of Vienna Change image |
English : Turks Window at the parish church Perchtoldsdorf (Lower Austria), illustrating the devastation of the town on 16 July 1683, during the Battle of Vienna
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English : Video of inject and eject of a VHS cassettte in different angles
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 A compound seed capsule of an American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), grown in a Dutch garden. Change image |
English : A compound seed capsule of an American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), grown in a Dutch garden.
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English : Liftoff of a water rocket in 40-times slow motion
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 Koshary, a popular Egyptian dish. Change image |
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English : A rotating disc
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 Portal with early 20th-century maiolica at the Resurrection Church in Vichuga, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia Change image |
English : Portal with early 20th-century maiolica at the Resurrection Church in Vichuga, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia
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English : Around The World In 70 Days on a container ship. The time-lapse video includes ports of Hong Kong, Yantian, Panama Canal, New York, Baltimore, Suez Canal and Xiamen.
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 Three Parisian women watching the solar eclipse of 8 April 1921 on the Cour du Havre, next to the Gare Saint-Lazare. Change image |
English : Three Parisian women watching the solar eclipse of 8 April 1921 on the Cour du Havre, next to the Gare Saint-Lazare.
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English : "A man with a flower in his mouth": One of the earliest surviving television recordings from 14 July 1930.
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 Stratocumulus clouds above the northwestern Pacific Ocean, about 460 miles east of northern Honshu, Japan. Change image |
English : Stratocumulus clouds above the northwestern Pacific Ocean, about 460 miles east of northern Honshu, Japan.
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 Two-time Olympic champion Yevgeniya Kanayeva from Russia performs at the 2012 Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix in Austria. Change image |
English : Two-time Olympic champion Yevgeniya Kanayeva from Russia performs at the 2012 Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix in Austria.
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English : A vintage film about Rock 'n' roll in the '1950s.
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 Książ is the largest castle in the Silesia region, located in northern Wałbrzych in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Change image |
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English : This film tells about the life of Abraham Lincoln.
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 Sunset skyline in Umm al-Fahm, Israel. Mosque of Omar (Umm Al-Fahm) can be seen on the right, and Mosque of Abdullah ibn Masud next to it. Change image |
English : Sunset skyline in Umm al-Fahm, Israel. Mosque of Omar (Umm Al-Fahm) can be seen on the right, and Mosque of Abdullah ibn Masud next to it.
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English : Preparation of a salad in slow motion
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 Monastery of La Monjía, a fortified monastery located in Fuentetoba, municipality of Golmayo, near the Pico Frentes mountain, Province of Soria, Spain. The Romanesque church was erected by Benedictines in the 11th century but the fortification was added in the 16th century by the Counts of Castejón. Change image |
English : Monastery of La Monjía, a fortified monastery located in Fuentetoba, municipality of Golmayo, near the Pico Frentes mountain, Province of Soria, Spain. The Romanesque church was erected by Benedictines in the 11th century but the fortification was added in the 16th century by the Counts of Castejón.
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English : Slow motion animation of a water drop falling in a glas of water 12 times slower than real time
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English : High speed video mix of whoopee cushions of various sizes. First half silent, second half recorded in the reverberation chamber at Salford University.
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 Interior of the parish church (Christ the King Church) in Mallnitz, Carinthia, Austria Change image |
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English : "Halloween au Fort Dorsner 3": Halloween event at fort of Giromagny, November 2nd, 2019.
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 A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) at the Etschlsattel (2,546 metres (8,353 ft)) near Mallnitz, High Tauern National Park, Carinthia, Austria Change image |
English : A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) at the Etschlsattel (2,546 metres (8,353 ft)) near Mallnitz, High Tauern National Park, Carinthia, Austria
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