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 Tower Bridge at night Change image |
English : Tower Bridge at night
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, III. Presto. (Performance: Fulda Symphonic Orchestra) Choose a new media file |
English : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, III. Presto. (Performance: Fulda Symphonic Orchestra)
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 Bog lake in Suru Bog, Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve, Estonia. Change image |
English : Bog lake in Suru Bog, Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve, Estonia.
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John Deere 4020 tractor pulling a New Holland forage harvester and Gehl wagon while harvesting a hay field in rural Wisconsin, United States (June 2009) Choose a new media file |
English : John Deere 4020 tractor pulling a New Holland forage harvester and Gehl wagon while harvesting a hay field in rural Wisconsin, United States (June 2009)
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 Giant Sequoias photographed into the sky Change image |
English : Giant Sequoias photographed into the sky
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Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) "cleans" a rain gutter in Berlin next to the German Wikimedia headquarters. Choose a new media file |
English : Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) "cleans" a rain gutter in Berlin next to the German Wikimedia headquarters.
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 Scaly Wood Mushroom (Agaricus silvaticus) Change image |
English : Scaly Wood Mushroom (Agaricus silvaticus)
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Females of Hylecoetus dermestoides lay eggs into boreholes of bark beetles on a fallen dead beech. Choose a new media file |
English : Females of Hylecoetus dermestoides lay eggs into boreholes of bark beetles on a fallen dead beech.
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 The river Alzette in Luxembourg Pfaffenthal, as seen from the bridge called Béinchen. Change image |
Audio recording of Nuit Rhénane by Guillaume Apollinaire by Valéry Stasser for the Opération Thalie Envolée. Choose a new media file |
English : Audio recording of Nuit Rhénane by Guillaume Apollinaire by Valéry Stasser for the Opération Thalie Envolée.
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 Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) Change image |
English : Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
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Action of a drop of soap on a puddle of oil at the surface of water. Choose a new media file |
English : Action of a drop of soap on a puddle of oil at the surface of water.
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 Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) on Pakri Peninsula, Northwestern Estonia. Change image |
English : Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) on Pakri Peninsula, Northwestern Estonia.
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Geek Picnic on 26 January 2014 in Moscow. Choose a new media file |
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 The Dome of the Chain (Arabic: قبة السلسلة, Qubbat al-Silsila) in front of The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, Hebrew: כיפת הסלע), on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Change image |
English : The Dome of the Chain (Arabic: قبة السلسلة, Qubbat al-Silsila) in front of The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, Hebrew: כיפת הסלע), on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Footage of the Buchenwald concentration camp taken shortly after the liberation Choose a new media file |
English : Footage of the Buchenwald concentration camp taken shortly after the liberation
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 The Heart and Soul nebulae are seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Change image |
Audio recording of Le Vin de l'Assassin by Charles Baudelaire by Arnaud Sottiaux for the Opération Thalie Envolée. Choose a new media file |
English : Audio recording of Le Vin de l'Assassin by Charles Baudelaire by Arnaud Sottiaux for the Opération Thalie Envolée.
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Music video for "Tak, Kurwa" from the Ukrainian satanic pop metal band Semargl. Choose a new media file |
English : Music video for "Tak, Kurwa" from the Ukrainian satanic pop metal band Semargl.
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 Manor Osthoff (Detail of South Front) in Dulmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Change image |
The Blue Angels, Marine Corps' C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as Fat Albert, flies over the Silent Drill Platoon at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. Choose a new media file |
English : The Blue Angels, Marine Corps' C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as Fat Albert, flies over the Silent Drill Platoon at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.
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 View from Palace of Culture and Science towards Świętokrzyska Street in Warsaw, Poland Change image |
Video of beluga whales Choose a new media file |
English : Video of beluga whales
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.JPG) Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria. Change image |
English : Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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The first Boeing 787 for Jetstar taxis to its hangar at Melbourne Airport on 9 October 2013 after a 13,000km delivery flight from Boeing's Everett Factory in Seattle. Choose a new media file |
English : The first Boeing 787 for Jetstar taxis to its hangar at Melbourne Airport on 9 October 2013 after a 13,000km delivery flight from Boeing's Everett Factory in Seattle.
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Tendu in first position, foot placement in front, side and back. Choose a new media file |
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 Jõesuu watchtower on the northern shore of Lake Võrtsjärv. Change image |
English : Jõesuu watchtower on the northern shore of Lake Võrtsjärv.
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Jerusalem Light Rail, Israel Choose a new media file |
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Aria "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (David Liao, baritone, and Mira Guo, piano) Choose a new media file |
English : Aria "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (David Liao, baritone, and Mira Guo, piano)
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 View of the cathedral and city walls of the middle age town of Albarracín, Teruel, Aragon, Spain. Change image |
English : View of the cathedral and city walls of the middle age town of Albarracín, Teruel, Aragon, Spain.
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Performance of the Russian national anthem at the 65th anniversary Victory Day Parade. Choose a new media file |
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 Flower of Tigridia pavonia at Conservatoire botanique national de Brest. Change image |
Dusky leaf monkey, spectacled langur, or spectacled leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) - Kaeng Krachan National Park. The sound at background far away is from a singing Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar). Choose a new media file |
English : Dusky leaf monkey, spectacled langur, or spectacled leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) - Kaeng Krachan National Park.
The sound at background far away is from a singing Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar).
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 Tuscan countryside in June after the wheat harvest, Tuscany, Central Italy. Change image |
Audio recording of Les Chercheuses de Poux by Arthur Rimbaud by Laura Dussard for the Opération Thalie Envolée. Choose a new media file |
English : Audio recording of Les Chercheuses de Poux by Arthur Rimbaud by Laura Dussard for the Opération Thalie Envolée.
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 The south facade of the Luxembourg Palace, seat of the French Senate, located in Paris. The palace was built from 1615 to 1631 by architect Salomon de Brosse. Change image |
English : The south facade of the Luxembourg Palace, seat of the French Senate, located in Paris. The palace was built from 1615 to 1631 by architect Salomon de Brosse.
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Conchita Wurst presenting herself and the name of the song she is performing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The clip is in English. (German version here) Choose a new media file |
English : Conchita Wurst presenting herself and the name of the song she is performing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The clip is in English.
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 "Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pines": oil on canvas, Rome 1807. Author: Hendrik Voogd (Amsterdam 1768 - Rome 1839). Preserved in the Rijksmuseum. Change image |
English : "Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pines": oil on canvas, Rome 1807. Author: Hendrik Voogd (Amsterdam 1768 - Rome 1839). Preserved in the Rijksmuseum.
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Shots at Wakeboardlift New Danube, Vienna, start of the season 2014 Choose a new media file |
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 Fishermen huts by the Suitsu river in Matsalu National Park. Change image |
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The Red Man's View is a 1909 American Western film. Choose a new media file |
English : The Red Man's View is a 1909 American Western film.
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 Saint Barbara in a 15th century fresco on the apsidal arch of the "St. Jacob church" in Ortisei, in Val Gardena, Italy. Change image |
English : Saint Barbara in a 15th century fresco on the apsidal arch of the "St. Jacob church" in Ortisei, in Val Gardena, Italy.
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Grey-eyed Bulbul (Iole propinqua), Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand Choose a new media file |
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Timelapse video of Brisbane, Australia Choose a new media file |
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 "Civitas Dei" (the City of God), Neo Byzantine style mosaic of the ceiling at the entrance of the Cathedral of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Change image |
English : "Civitas Dei" (the City of God), Neo Byzantine style mosaic of the ceiling at the entrance of the Cathedral of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Calling males of the European tree frog (Hyla arborea) Choose a new media file |
English : Calling males of the European tree frog (Hyla arborea)
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Enrico Caruso and Titta Ruffo's only surving recording together: "Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro!" from Giuseppe Verdi's 1887 opera Otello. (Recorded 8 January 1914 in New York City) Choose a new media file |
English : Enrico Caruso and Titta Ruffo's only surving recording together: "Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro!" from Giuseppe Verdi's 1887 opera Otello. (Recorded 8 January 1914 in New York City)
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_--_2012_--_4.jpg) Roy's Cafe & Motel in Amboy (California, USA) Change image |
Cabiria is a 1914 Italian silent movie. The film is set in ancient Sicily during the period of the Second Punic War. Choose a new media file |
English : Cabiria is a 1914 Italian silent movie. The film is set in ancient Sicily during the period of the Second Punic War.
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_lehekarv_(trihhoom)_311_0804.JPG) Scanning electron micrograph of a trichome from Tallinn University of Technology. Change image |
One of the fountains "Kupola" ("Domes") on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. May 23, 2014. Choose a new media file |
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 Sant'Angelo bridge (Ponte Sant'Angelo), Saint Peter's Basilica, at dusk, from Umberto I bridge, Rome, Italy. Change image |
English : Sant'Angelo bridge (Ponte Sant'Angelo), Saint Peter's Basilica, at dusk, from Umberto I bridge, Rome, Italy.
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A time-lapse of Tacloban's flight line from midday to nightfall. Tacloban Air Base was the hub for aid going in to Tacloban and evacuated Filipinos leaving for Manila during Operation Damayan. Choose a new media file |
English : A time-lapse of Tacloban's flight line from midday to nightfall. Tacloban Air Base was the hub for aid going in to Tacloban and evacuated Filipinos leaving for Manila during Operation Damayan.
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Slow motion picture sequence of a hatching female Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella) taken in southern Germany. Choose a new media file |
English : Slow motion picture sequence of a hatching female Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella) taken in southern Germany.
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 Madeira Airport Runway. The concrete pillars of the 2000 extension completed to extend the runway, winning the 2004 IABSE Outstanding Structure Award Change image |
English : Madeira Airport Runway. The concrete pillars of the 2000 extension completed to extend the runway, winning the 2004 IABSE Outstanding Structure Award
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Audio recording of La Loreley by Guillaume Apollinaire by Antoine Motte dit Falisse for the Opération Thalie Envolée. Choose a new media file |
English : Audio recording of La Loreley by Guillaume Apollinaire by Antoine Motte dit Falisse for the Opération Thalie Envolée.
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