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 Amber mountain chameleon, Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Madagascar. Today is All Saints Day and is celebrated with a public holiday in Madagascar. Change image |
English : Amber mountain chameleon, Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Madagascar. Today is All Saints Day and is celebrated with a public holiday in Madagascar.
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English : Colourful Fashions From Paris , an American documentary film from 1926 in Kodachrome showing Parisian fashion creations worn by Hope Hampton.
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English : Don Juan, a 1926 film by Alan Crosland, was the the first feature-length film to utilize a synchronized musical score and sound effects, though it has no spoken dialogue.
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 Corridor of Jongmyo. Doors at side are of shinsil, the room for old ancestral spirits. Change image |
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English : :Zigomar contre Nick Carter is a 1912 French silent gangster film by Vicotrin Jasset opposing Zigoamr, the king of thieves, to the detective Nick Carter.
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 Autumn landscape in the highland part of Yedigöller National Park, Turkey Change image |
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English : A Gasoline Wedding (1918)
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 Couple of Southern red-billed hornbills (Tockus rufirostris), Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana. Change image |
English : Couple of Southern red-billed hornbills (Tockus rufirostris), Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana.
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English : Animation of Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) from launch to impact. Along with separation of LICIACube, NASA's first flight mission for planetary defense, DART seeks to test and validate a method to protect Earth in case of an asteroid impact threat.
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English : Currito of the Cross is a 1926 Spanish silent film on the bullfighting world directed by Alejandro Pérez Lugín who had previously written the eponym novel.
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 Château de Saint-Ulrich in Ribeauvillé (Haut-Rhin, France). Change image |
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English : Don Q, Son of Zorro, a sequel to The Mark of Zorro., is a 1925 film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Douglas Fairbanks.
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 Exposure ('The squatting man') Artwork by Antony Gormley. Location: Markerstrekdam, Lelystad. Change image |
English : Exposure ('The squatting man') Artwork by Antony Gormley. Location: Markerstrekdam, Lelystad.
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English : Documentary film from Russia, 1918 year, the newsreels from Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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English : An in-depth look into the Sentinels guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Virginia
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 360° panorama of Racetrack Playa in Death Valley at night. The Milky Way is visible as the arc in the center. A sailing stone is also seen below along with the tracks of other stones. Change image |
English : 360° panorama of Racetrack Playa in Death Valley at night. The Milky Way is visible as the arc in the center. A sailing stone is also seen below along with the tracks of other stones.
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English : Little Red Riding Hood is a 1922 short cartoon by Walt Disney, considered as one of his first attempts at animated storytelling.
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 Bust of French writer Victor Hugo made in 1889 by Auguste Rodin. Change image |
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English : Merry-Go-Round is a 1923 American silent film directed by Erich von Stroheim (uncredited) and Rupert Julian.
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 Young girl riding a motorcycle in the rice fields in Don Det, Laos, with four children passengers. Change image |
English : Young girl riding a motorcycle in the rice fields in Don Det, Laos, with four children passengers.
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English : Missions of Calfornia, a 1907 documentary by Norman Dawn, was the first film to use a glass matte painting to augment the scenery, thanks to a painted sheet of glass placed in front of the camera.
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 Bottom view of the iwan at the main entrance of Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom, Iran. The burial site dates from beginning of the 17th century in times of shah Abbas the Great. Qom is a very crowded pilgrimage location and is considered by Shia Muslims to be the second most sacred city in Iran after Mashhad. Change image |
English : Bottom view of the iwan at the main entrance of Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom, Iran. The burial site dates from beginning of the 17th century in times of shah Abbas the Great. Qom is a very crowded pilgrimage location and is considered by Shia Muslims to be the second most sacred city in Iran after Mashhad.
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English : The final five-and-a-half minutes of images leading up to the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft's intentional collision with asteroid Dimorphos. NASA's first flight mission for planetary defense, DART seeks to test and validate a method to protect Earth in case of an asteroid impact threat.
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English : Good Grooming is a 1977 American educational film, targeted to prospective public services workers, on the importance of personal grooming to get a job or a promotion.
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 Stadsbrug (Kampen) is a lifting bridge over the IJssel. Change image |
English : Stadsbrug (Kampen) is a lifting bridge over the IJssel.
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English : The Human Voice is a silent educational animation film produced in 1921 by the Bray Studios.
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 House of Blackheads and St. Peter's Church Tower, Riga, Latvia. Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia is celebrated on this day. Change image |
English : House of Blackheads and St. Peter's Church Tower, Riga, Latvia. Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia is celebrated on this day.
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English : Julia Ward Howe wrote the lyrics of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in November 1861, 161 years ago.
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 Phaung Daw U Pagoda in Meiktila, Myanmar. Change image |
English : Phaung Daw U Pagoda in Meiktila, Myanmar.
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English : Down Liberty Road is a 1956 American travelogue sponsored by the Greyhound Lines with Tommy Kirk and Angie Dickinson.
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 Golden anemone (Condylactis aurantiaca), Pistol Bay, Paphos, Cyprus. Change image |
English : Golden anemone (Condylactis aurantiaca), Pistol Bay, Paphos, Cyprus.
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English : Hubblecast episode 3: one of the largest panoramic images ever taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, showing the violent stellar fireworks of the Carina Nebula.
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 Wiesbaden, Germany, Spielbank. Change image |
English : Wiesbaden, Germany, Spielbank.
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English : Candide, by Voltaire. Librivox recording by Bernard. Chapter 1. November 21st is Voltaire's birthday.
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 Original caption from NASA: "S103-E-5037 (21 December 1999)--- Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery recorded this rarely seen phenomenon of the full Moon partially obscured by the atmosphere of Earth. The image was recorded with an electronic still camera at 15:15:15 GMT, Dec. 21, 1999.". Change image |
English : Original caption from NASA: "S103-E-5037 (21 December 1999)--- Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery recorded this rarely seen phenomenon of the full Moon partially obscured by the atmosphere of Earth. The image was recorded with an electronic still camera at 15:15:15 GMT, Dec. 21, 1999.".
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English : Traditional music from Bali executed by a gamelan ensemble, published in 1931 under the supervision of the ethnomusicologist Erich von Hornbostel.
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 Kjeungskjær Lighthouse (sometimes called The Red Sailor), at Sør-Trøndelag off Ørlandet, Norway Change image |
English : Kjeungskjær Lighthouse (sometimes called The Red Sailor), at Sør-Trøndelag off Ørlandet, Norway
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English : Onésime horloger ia a 1912 comical short by Jean Durand on time acceleration.
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 Bookstore N.G.Elwert in Marburg (Hesse, Germany) Change image |
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English : The Relaxed Wife is a 1957 American comedy short for the promotion of hydroxyzine, a tranquilizer.
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 Dam in stream Tämnarån ("[Lake] Tämnaren stream") at Karlholm former ironworks, Karlholmsbruk, Sweden Change image |
English : Dam in stream Tämnarån ("[Lake] Tämnaren stream") at Karlholm former ironworks, Karlholmsbruk, Sweden
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English : The Blacksmith is a 1922 American short comedy film co-written, co-directed by and featuring Buster Keaton.
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 Lahad Datu, Sabah: Silam Crab (species: Geosesarma aurantium) on Mount Silam. Size ca. 15 mm. Change image |
English : Lahad Datu, Sabah: Silam Crab (species: Geosesarma aurantium) on Mount Silam. Size ca. 15 mm.
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 1904 cover of Puck magazine depicting contemporary political figures as germs being examined under a microscope, with the personification of Puck as the professor. Change image |
English : 1904 cover of Puck magazine depicting contemporary political figures as germs being examined under a microscope, with the personification of Puck as the professor.
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English : Once Upon a Honeymoon is a 1956 American short musical fantasy film sponsored by Bell Telephone and directed by Gower Champion.
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English : US President Barack Obama travelled in Alaska in 2015 to shine a spotlight on what Alaskans in particular have come to know, that climate change is one of the biggest threats we face, it is being driven by human activity, and it is disrupting Americans’ lives right now.
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English : Today is Saint Andrew's Day, Scotland's national day. Enjoy "Scotland the Brave" (Scottish Gaelic: Alba an Àigh)!
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