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.jpg) A real-life "Rosie the Riveter" operating a hand drill at a Vultee factory in Nashville, working on an A-31 Vengeance dive bomber. Today is Labor Day in the United States. Change image |
English : A real-life "Rosie the Riveter" operating a hand drill at a Vultee factory in Nashville, working on an A-31 Vengeance dive bomber. Today is Labor Day in the United States.
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English : Time-lapse video of the shadow crawling up the shear face of Halfdome as seen from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, California. Smoke from a fire drifts across the sky.
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,_parque_nacional_Ras_Muhammad,_Egipto,_2022-03-27,_DD_12.jpg) Coral (Favia favus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt. This species of stony corals is massive and forms thickly encrusting dome-shaped colonial corals. There is a great diversity of form even among the same species. The corallites project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. The septa and costae linked to the corallite wall are well developed and covered by fine teeth. The polyps only extend and feed during the night. Each one has a small number of tapering tentacles which often have a darker coloured tip; these are called stinger tentacles, or sweeper tentacles. They use these to sweep the water to see if any other coral is in its area; if so, then they begin to sting the other coral. This is commonly known as coral war. Each coral is trying to make sure it has enough room around it so it can continue to grow and have more surface area for its offspring. Change image |
English : Coral (Favia favus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt. This species of stony corals is massive and forms thickly encrusting dome-shaped colonial corals. There is a great diversity of form even among the same species. The corallites project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. The septa and costae linked to the corallite wall are well developed and covered by fine teeth. The polyps only extend and feed during the night. Each one has a small number of tapering tentacles which often have a darker coloured tip; these are called stinger tentacles, or sweeper tentacles. They use these to sweep the water to see if any other coral is in its area; if so, then they begin to sting the other coral. This is commonly known as coral war. Each coral is trying to make sure it has enough room around it so it can continue to grow and have more surface area for its offspring.
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 Photographic art based on the lights of a Ferris wheel on the Herbstsend in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Photographic art based on the lights of a Ferris wheel on the Herbstsend in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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English : A timelapse video of the final molt of a Brood X cicada. This timelapse was taken over a period of about 2.5 hours one night. One picture every 15 seconds.
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 Main hall of the Szombierki Heat Power Station in Bytom, Poland Change image |
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English : The northern end of Gorges State Park borders US64 as you are heading west through Lake Toxaway. The road passes over the top of Toxaway Falls on the Toxaway River, and there's a nice wide shoulder on the dam side to pull over, park, and take a look. Lake Toxaway is on the upper side of the road. On the opposite side of the road, Toxaway Falls spills and slides over some very colorful bedrock in a 240 feet (73 m) change in elevation before the river disappears into the forest.
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_male_cub_4_months.jpg) Kalahari lion (Panthera leo) male cub, four months old, in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa Shortly after feeding on eland with the rest of the family. Change image |
English : Kalahari lion (Panthera leo) male cub, four months old, in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa Shortly after feeding on eland with the rest of the family.
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English : Sérénade mélancolique performed by Grégor Monlun, recorded and mixed by Cynthia Wong.
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 A Formula One car Cooper T53, built in 1961 by the by British motorsport team Cooper for sales. The picture was taken in 2023, during a historic race at Donington Park, England. Change image |
English : A Formula One car Cooper T53, built in 1961 by the by British motorsport team Cooper for sales. The picture was taken in 2023, during a historic race at Donington Park, England.
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English : Mawlangren sunrise view point at Kynshi, Meghalaya, India, where you can see the clouds below.
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 Palácio do Planalto, seat of the Brazilian Federal Executive. In late September afternoon, the height of the dry season, the setting sun gives a special color to the monument. Today is Independence Day in Brazil. Change image |
English : Palácio do Planalto, seat of the Brazilian Federal Executive. In late September afternoon, the height of the dry season, the setting sun gives a special color to the monument. Today is Independence Day in Brazil.
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English : American Red Squirrel hears a crow, short clip. Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. Lenox, MA USA
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 A Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) and her two chicks in a tree hole, National Botanical Garden, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Change image |
English : A Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) and her two chicks in a tree hole, National Botanical Garden, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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English : The Canadian Army Newsreels were ten-minute films, made up of a number of different stories and produced by the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit. Dubbed with the phrase, "of the troops, by the troops and for the troops," these newsreels were distributed within the Canadian Army.
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,_NW_view_up.jpg) Northwest view up to the pediment, rotunda, and dome of the California State Capitol in Sacramento. California was admitted as the 31st state of the Union 175 years ago today. Change image |
English : Northwest view up to the pediment, rotunda, and dome of the California State Capitol in Sacramento. California was admitted as the 31st state of the Union 175 years ago today.
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English : Xanterra Bombardier snowcoaches making their last trip through the Hoodoos, Yellowstone National Park, USA, on March 1, 2016
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.jpg) Iceberg in the Northeast Greenland National Park photographed on this day 20 years ago Change image |
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English : Video of a freezing soap bubble with ice crystals moving due to the Marangoni effect
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 Remains of the World Trade Center complex in downtown New York City, United States, after the September 11 attacks. Image taken by NOAA's Cessna CitationJet on September 23, 2001, from an altitude of 3,300 ft (1,005 m) using a Leica/LH systems RC30 camera. Change image |
English : Remains of the World Trade Center complex in downtown New York City, United States, after the September 11 attacks. Image taken by NOAA's Cessna CitationJet on September 23, 2001, from an altitude of 3,300 ft (1,005 m) using a Leica/LH systems RC30 camera.
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English : Video from the day after the partial collapse of the Carola Bridge in Dresden, Germany, exactly one year ago. It subsequently became apparent that the already restored parts of the bridge also had to be demolished, which meanwhile has been done.
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_13-09-2024_(d.j.b.).jpg) Half-opened seed pods of a beech (Fagus sylvatica) Focus stack of 57 photos. Change image |
English : Half-opened seed pods of a beech (Fagus sylvatica) Focus stack of 57 photos.
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English : Video of the Aurora Australis taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the International Space Station.
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 View across Lake Siskiyou in Northern California to Mount Shasta. At 4317 m, the stratovolcano is the second highest peak in the Cascade Range. Change image |
English : View across Lake Siskiyou in Northern California to Mount Shasta. At 4317 m, the stratovolcano is the second highest peak in the Cascade Range.
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English : Enrico Caruso and Nellie Melba singing the duet "O soave fanciulla" from Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera La bohème. It was recorded in New York on 24 March 1907.
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_feeding_on_egret.jpg) Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus ceylanensis) feeding on an egret in Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka. Change image |
English : Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus ceylanensis) feeding on an egret in Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka.
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 Basketball, European Qualifiers, match between Germany and Poland in July 2022: Dennis Schröder (GER, 17). Today is his birthday. Change image |
English : Basketball, European Qualifiers, match between Germany and Poland in July 2022: Dennis Schröder (GER, 17). Today is his birthday.
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English : Cat's breakfast (1906) with Estelle Roy de Menditte
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 Gaztelugatxe, Bermeo, Basque Country, Spain Change image |
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English : Thailand is full of incredible traditions and interesting past times. Heres one of them: the bird singing competition. Some of these men keep up to 30 singing birds in their home. Through disciplined routines and specific techniques, they train their prized birds to sing in specific pitches, ready for the contests.
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 View towards Sorano - taken from San Rocco viewpoint (W of Sorano) during blue hour Change image |
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English : European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) in the Naturwildpark Granat in Haltern am See, Germany
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 Hood ornament “Spirit of Ecstasy” (commonly known as “Emily”) of a Rolls-Royce Phantom II Change image |
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English : This video shows the transformation of a fractal over different structures and shapes. It visualizes the transitions and self-similarity that is given all the time. In the subtitles, you can read what you see to understand better what you see. KIFS stands for Kaleidoscopic Iterated function system.
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.jpg) Haigerloch, Germany: view of the old town with its picturesque location in a bend of the Eyach river. In the centre Haigerloch Castle and the castle church. Change image |
English : Haigerloch, Germany: view of the old town with its picturesque location in a bend of the Eyach river. In the centre Haigerloch Castle and the castle church.
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English : Ducks bathe at the Knollenteich, despite the cold water. The lake is frozen except for this spot; there is probably a water inlet there.
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_01.jpg) Paesens. Dobbe (Little lake) behind the sea wall. Change image |
English : Paesens. Dobbe (Little lake) behind the sea wall.
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English : This otherworldly, ever-changing landscape is what the Sun looks like up close. ESA's Solar Orbiter filmed the transition from the Sun's lower atmosphere to the much hotter outer corona. The hair-like structures are made of charged gas (plasma), following magnetic field lines emerging from the Sun's interior. The brightest regions are around one million degrees Celsius, while cooler material looks dark as it absorbs radiation.
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 This sculpture representing the Gospel of Matthew appears in St. Genesius Church in Baden-Württemberg. It depicts a tetramorph element standing next the apostle reading a codex. Today is Saint Matthew's feast day. Change image |
English : This sculpture representing the Gospel of Matthew appears in St. Genesius Church in Baden-Württemberg. It depicts a tetramorph element standing next the apostle reading a codex. Today is Saint Matthew's feast day.
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English : The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, in coordination with Escambia County Marine Resources Division, partnered to sink an 87.6-foot long steel hulled tugboat called Ocean Wind on Jan. 14, 2016, located 10 nautical miles southeast of Pensacola Pass in state Gulf waters at a depth of 85 feet. This tugboat is Escambia County’s newest artificial reef and expected to be a popular offshore fishing and diving destination.
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_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) The Isaiah Scroll is the best preserved of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls that were first discovered by Bedouin shepherds from Qumran. The Dead Sea Scrolls were first made available to the public on this date in 1991. Change image |
English : The Isaiah Scroll is the best preserved of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls that were first discovered by Bedouin shepherds from Qumran. The Dead Sea Scrolls were first made available to the public on this date in 1991.
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English : "Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux" from Jules Massenet's Le Cid (1885) sung by Marguerita Sylva for Edison Records in 1910.
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.jpg) The participants of the Prussian Egypt expedition on the top of the Great Pyramid, watercolour by Johann Jakob Frey, 1842. Change image |
English : The participants of the Prussian Egypt expedition on the top of the Great Pyramid, watercolour by Johann Jakob Frey, 1842.
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 Feskekôrka (meaning "fish church") is a historic building in Gothenburg, Sweden that formerly housed an indoor fish market. Its name is based on the building's resemblance to a neo-Gothic church. Change image |
English : Feskekôrka (meaning "fish church") is a historic building in Gothenburg, Sweden that formerly housed an indoor fish market. Its name is based on the building's resemblance to a neo-Gothic church.
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English : Satellite images from 2018 to 2022 showing the Garzweiler surface mine closing in to Lützerath, NRW, Germany
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.jpg) Concrete paving with gaps in the parking lot of the city cemetery of Waldenbuch, Germany. Change image |
English : Concrete paving with gaps in the parking lot of the city cemetery of Waldenbuch, Germany.
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 An image of Arab twin brothers Saints Cosmas and Damian from the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany. As ancient physicians, they are depicted holding tools of their profession. Today is their feast day on the General Roman Calendar. Change image |
English : An image of Arab twin brothers Saints Cosmas and Damian from the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany. As ancient physicians, they are depicted holding tools of their profession. Today is their feast day on the General Roman Calendar.
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English : Fishing festival is one of the old traditional festivals in Bangladesh. Hundreds of villagers, fishermen take part in this festival spontaneously with bamboo made fishing tools, in knee-deep water forgetting their woes of the summer and cheering with their mates when they trap fishes with their trap.
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.jpg) Panoramic view of the west bank of Nigeen Lake in Srinagar, India, with the distant Middle Himalayan Pir Panjal mountain range in the background. The city, situated on the banks of the Jhelum river and several lakes in the Himalayan Kashmir Valley, is the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir and the northernmost million-plus city of India. Change image |
English : Panoramic view of the west bank of Nigeen Lake in Srinagar, India, with the distant Middle Himalayan Pir Panjal mountain range in the background. The city, situated on the banks of the Jhelum river and several lakes in the Himalayan Kashmir Valley, is the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir and the northernmost million-plus city of India.
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 French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur photographed by Nadar. Renowned for his scientific discoveries, he saved millions by developing vaccines for rabies and anthrax, as well as the process of pasteurization. He died on this day 130 years ago. Change image |
English : French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur photographed by Nadar. Renowned for his scientific discoveries, he saved millions by developing vaccines for rabies and anthrax, as well as the process of pasteurization. He died on this day 130 years ago.
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English : Demolition of the cooling towers at Rugeley power station
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.jpg) Fall of the Rebel Angels is a fresco by Giacinto Brandi adorning the central vault of Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso basilica in Rome. It depicts Michael the Archangel's victory in battle over fallen angels. Today is Michaelmas. Change image |
English : Fall of the Rebel Angels is a fresco by Giacinto Brandi adorning the central vault of Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso basilica in Rome. It depicts Michael the Archangel's victory in battle over fallen angels. Today is Michaelmas.
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