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Blue-hour view of the free-standing bell tower of the Pula Cathedral, Pula, Croatia. The present-day cathedral came into existence through a series of expansions of pre-existing 5th-century religious buildings, whereas the baroque-style bell tower, located in front of the basilica, was added in 1707 and was built using stones taken from the Roman-built Pula Arena.

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English : Blue-hour view of the free-standing bell tower of the Pula Cathedral, Pula, Croatia. The present-day cathedral came into existence through a series of expansions of pre-existing 5th-century religious buildings, whereas the baroque-style bell tower, located in front of the basilica, was added in 1707 and was built using stones taken from the Roman-built Pula Arena.

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English : Demonstration of the yellow vests movement, at the Errues roundabout, at Menoncourt, November 17th, 2019.

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Pier in Corfu, Greece

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English : Timelapse of Säuling in the Ammergau Alps, Germany

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Rain over Beinn Eich, Luss Hills, Scotland

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English : Slovak operatic soprano Patricia Janečková singing Rossini’s La danza during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Etching by Fritz Quant: Roman Bridge in Trier, Germany, before 1921.

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English : Etching by Fritz Quant: Roman Bridge in Trier, Germany, before 1921.

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English : Lemur eating.
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Vertical view into the splendid Gothic choir vault of Saint Michael’s Church in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.

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English : Vertical view into the splendid Gothic choir vault of Saint Michael’s Church in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.

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English : Interview with Alfred Hitchcock.
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A male Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus butterfly on Yoesden Bank in Buckinghamshire. In Greek mythology, Adonis was a very handsome man.

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English : A male Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus butterfly on Yoesden Bank in Buckinghamshire. In Greek mythology, Adonis was a very handsome man.

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English : This video shows the absorption process by Lorentz's attractor of surrounding matter. There are 25 000 "mass points" (initial conditions) on a sphere of radius 200. At the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Saint Petersburg State University, we use these kind of videos for demonstrating the main properties of strange attractors to students. Most people consider strange attractors a purely mathematical abstraction, but in fact systems with similar behavior surround us practically everywhere.

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View of Benidorm, touristic capital of the Costa Blanca (literally White Coast) in the Land of Valencia, Spain. The shot was taken from the Cross of Benidorm, located on the summit of the Sierra Helada. Benidorm is a town with 73,000 inhabitants throughout the year, but with a peak of over half a million in the summer season. It is the town with the third greatest concentration of tall buildings in Europe, after London and Milan. Within Spain, Benidorm is positioned third, behind Barcelona and Madrid in the total number of skyscrapers, but nevertheless, Benidorm has the most high-rise buildings per capita in the world.

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English : View of Benidorm, touristic capital of the Costa Blanca (literally White Coast) in the Land of Valencia, Spain. The shot was taken from the Cross of Benidorm, located on the summit of the Sierra Helada. Benidorm is a town with 73,000 inhabitants throughout the year, but with a peak of over half a million in the summer season. It is the town with the third greatest concentration of tall buildings in Europe, after London and Milan. Within Spain, Benidorm is positioned third, behind Barcelona and Madrid in the total number of skyscrapers, but nevertheless, Benidorm has the most high-rise buildings per capita in the world.

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English : Branchiura - crustacean, ectoparasite of fish. Finds weak spots on the fish’s body and drinks blood with the help of suction cups. When drinks enough blood, in most cases, leaves owner.

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Mystic Beach after sunset. The beach is located in Juan de Fuca Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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English : Mystic Beach after sunset. The beach is located in Juan de Fuca Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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English : This Ultra High Definition video was shot in August 2016 as the International Space Station traveled nearly 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles), taking in views from above the western coast of France to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Switzerland, southern Germany and Austria, and southward to the countries of the Balkan Peninsula.

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Skyline of Back Bay, Boston, as viewed from Longfellow Bridge.

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English : Type-bar typewriter classic for the mid-twentieth century. It was manufactured by VEB Olympia Buromaschinenwerk (Germany, GDR) in 1960s.
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Francesca Palumbo, intensive care nurse of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy, at the end of her shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. 18 March 2020.

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English : Francesca Palumbo, intensive care nurse of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy, at the end of her shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. 18 March 2020.

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English : Black and white domestic cat drinks from a puddle.
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English : New York Letter Carrier Emma Thornton recalls September 11th, 2001.
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The head of a Southern Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in South America, but less than 2% is government-protected.

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English : The head of a Southern Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in South America, but less than 2% is government-protected.

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English : A world of Greek Gods.
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Panoramic view of Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, United States. The longest source for Hubbard Glacier originates 122 kilometres (76 mi) from its snout and it takes about 400 years for ice to traverse the length of the glacier. As the glacier is advancing it eventually blocked the outlet of Russell Fjord in 1986.

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English : Panoramic view of Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, United States. The longest source for Hubbard Glacier originates 122 kilometres (76 mi) from its snout and it takes about 400 years for ice to traverse the length of the glacier. As the glacier is advancing it eventually blocked the outlet of Russell Fjord in 1986.

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English : Hard drive working.

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View from the northern slopes of Mount Somers / Te Kiekie looking towards the north. In the front, the quite eroded Winterslow Range can be seen. In the back stands the younger and less eroded Old Man Range. On the left is the Mt Somers Range that connects both ranges. Canterbury, New Zealand.

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English : View from the northern slopes of Mount Somers / Te Kiekie looking towards the north. In the front, the quite eroded Winterslow Range can be seen. In the back stands the younger and less eroded Old Man Range. On the left is the Mt Somers Range that connects both ranges. Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Jewish cemetery near Waibstadt, Germany. A typical group of gravestones in the oldest, i.e. southeastern part of the cemetery. These splendid gravestones date back to the 18th century.

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English : Commemorations celebrating the 75th birthday of the Belfort Liberation, at Belfort, November 23th, 2019.

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Tamka Island in Wrocław, with the Wrocław University and Ossolineum on the background.

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English : Schematic animation of the workings of a lever tumbler lock.

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English : Removal of a tattoo with the help of a laser.

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Elizabeth Quay Bridge in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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English : Bull wrestling (Ushi no tsunotsuki) in Yamakoshi, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

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Rabelos in the Douro River with the city of Porto in the background, Portugal. Rabelos are traditional Portuguese wooden cargo boats used for centuries to transport people and goods from along the Douro River. Wine was brought in rabelos from the interior of the country to Porto, home to many wine cellars.

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English : Rabelos in the Douro River with the city of Porto in the background, Portugal. Rabelos are traditional Portuguese wooden cargo boats used for centuries to transport people and goods from along the Douro River. Wine was brought in rabelos from the interior of the country to Porto, home to many wine cellars.

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English : 2014 radio show «Paper Radio» dedicated to a music zine «Maximum Tremulo».

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Birch mushroom (Piptoporus betulinus) on the trunk of a birch.

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English : A blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) laying her third egg of the season.

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Silk textile artwork showing people at work, from the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art

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English : Demonstration of Tyndall's bar breaker experiment visualizing the enormous forces of thermal expansion.

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Interior of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (New Cathedral) in Linz, Upper Austria

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English : March against Black Friday, in Belfort November 29th 2019.

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The blossom of Ficaria verna. Taken in Mannheim in Käfertaler Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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English : The blossom of Ficaria verna. Taken in Mannheim in Käfertaler Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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English : Cave Study performance by Daniel Landau, recorded at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 2015.

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Panoramic view (approx. 200 degrees) of a landscape near Collahuasi Mine, northern Chile.

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English : Central and Wan Chai Reclamation on January 12th, 2008.
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Preparing to refuel a B-2 Spirit.

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English : Applauding the medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

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Grey headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) skimming a pond in Brisbane's City Botanical Gardens.

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English : A las Barricadas, a Spanish song based on a tune by Józef Pławiński

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Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) burrowing into the sand.

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English : Starfish flips over.
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Strelitzer Straße in Berlin-Mitte at night. View towards Fernsehturm.

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English : «Message to Scientology» video by members of Anonymous.

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English : Take off of a FedEx MD-11 at Portland International Airport.

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Church of San Juan el Real in the center of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The baroque church was built in the 17th and 18th century and hosts among others some of the oldest remaining paintings by Francisco de Goya in the pendentives of the main dome.

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English : Church of San Juan el Real in the center of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The baroque church was built in the 17th and 18th century and hosts among others some of the oldest remaining paintings by Francisco de Goya in the pendentives of the main dome.

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English : Common swift (Apus apus) in flight in slow motion x20 in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France).
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