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 Interior of Saint-Maimbœuf Church in Montbéliard in eastern France, photographed with high dynamic range imaging. Change image |
English : Interior of Saint-Maimbœuf Church in Montbéliard in eastern France, photographed with high dynamic range imaging.
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A giant minister surrenders to the Dutch at Schiphol Airport in 1970 (1m 10s). Choose a new media file |
English : A giant minister surrenders to the Dutch at Schiphol Airport in 1970 (1m 10s).
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A simulation of the behaviour of a gas cloud that has been observed approaching the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way Choose a new media file |
English : A simulation of the behaviour of a gas cloud that has been observed approaching the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way
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Drilling operation on a steel bar. Choose a new media file |
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"Let It In", track 1 on Josh Woodward's 2010 release Ashes Choose a new media file |
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 Giant Kingfisher at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa Change image |
Spotted Hyena and Black-backed jackal fighting over a Springbok at Dertiende Boorgat in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Choose a new media file |
English : Spotted Hyena and Black-backed jackal fighting over a Springbok at Dertiende Boorgat in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
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.jpg) Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) in front of a natural stone wall in the Sababurg game park near Hofgeismar, district Kassel, Hesse, Germany. Change image |
English : Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) in front of a natural stone wall in the Sababurg game park near Hofgeismar, district Kassel, Hesse, Germany.
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Form IV is the alkali-denatured form of duplex circular DNA. (Circular DNA cannot be heat-denatured). Its structure is generally considered to be unknown. The structure shown here may therefore be regarded as hypothetical, but not purely so, as there is no likely alternative. It is a 4-stranded structure which comes about because, at high pH, the circular duplex chromosome has become exceedingly supertwisted in the left-handed (positive) sense. This turns the formerly-circular duplex into an essentially-linear tetraplex, with 2 strands being donated from opposite sides of the former circle. By default, the essential feature of the structure must be that the phosphate groups are in the center, since no other alternative is readily imaginable. Choose a new media file |
English : Form IV is the alkali-denatured form of duplex circular DNA. (Circular DNA cannot be heat-denatured). Its structure is generally considered to be unknown. The structure shown here may therefore be regarded as hypothetical, but not purely so, as there is no likely alternative. It is a 4-stranded structure which comes about because, at high pH, the circular duplex chromosome has become exceedingly supertwisted in the left-handed (positive) sense. This turns the formerly-circular duplex into an essentially-linear tetraplex, with 2 strands being donated from opposite sides of the former circle. By default, the essential feature of the structure must be that the phosphate groups are in the center, since no other alternative is readily imaginable.
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 Horse on the Gehrenberg, near Deggenhausertal-Wendlingen, Bodenseekreis. Change image |
English : Horse on the Gehrenberg, near Deggenhausertal-Wendlingen, Bodenseekreis.
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Experimental demonstration of the generation and destructive impact of a super rogue wave in a wave tank Choose a new media file |
English : Experimental demonstration of the generation and destructive impact of a super rogue wave in a wave tank
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.jpg) Head of the juvenile Bald Eagle from the Falkenhof in the Wisentgehege Springe game park near Springe, Hanover, Germany. Change image |
English : Head of the juvenile Bald Eagle from the Falkenhof in the Wisentgehege Springe game park near Springe, Hanover, Germany.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-110 crew launching 10 years ago today. Choose a new media file |
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 The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France. Change image |
Small Lake Lucerne passenger boat MS Reuss, built in 1926. In scheduled service, Good Friday 2012. Choose a new media file |
English : Small Lake Lucerne passenger boat MS Reuss, built in 1926. In scheduled service, Good Friday 2012.
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 Red Panda, picture taken in Zoo Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria Change image |
English : Red Panda, picture taken in Zoo Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria
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Feeding the young starlings Choose a new media file |
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 Abundantia, by Louis Petitot, 1846, Pont du Carrousel, Paris. Change image |
English : Abundantia, by Louis Petitot, 1846, Pont du Carrousel, Paris.
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Flight taking off from Biju Patnaik Airport, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Choose a new media file |
English : Flight taking off from Biju Patnaik Airport, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
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 A storm of rapid star births in Galaxy Centaurus A Change image |
English : A storm of rapid star births in Galaxy Centaurus A
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Small Yellow Underwing (Panemeria tenebrata) is a European species of moth. Choose a new media file |
English : Small Yellow Underwing (Panemeria tenebrata) is a European species of moth.
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Milk fat drops in milk oscillating due to Brownian motion Choose a new media file |
English : Milk fat drops in milk oscillating due to Brownian motion
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English : Caudal fin of a southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) near Valdés, Chubut, Argentina.
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Visual Media Reasoning concept video relating to computer vision. Choose a new media file |
English : Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Visual Media Reasoning concept video relating to computer vision.
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 Red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) and male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in Golden Gate Park. Change image |
English : Red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) and male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in Golden Gate Park.
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Animation of the PAM-D Payload Assist Module with the Phoenix spacecraft. The stage is successively spun, fired, yo-yo de-spun and jettisoned. Choose a new media file |
English : Animation of the PAM-D Payload Assist Module with the Phoenix spacecraft. The stage is successively spun, fired, yo-yo de-spun and jettisoned.
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English : Panorama of Edo (now Tokyo) showing daimyo residences, Japan, by Felice Beato, 1865 or 1866.
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Emergence of a female Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) Choose a new media file |
English : Emergence of a female Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
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 Lurid bolete (Boletus luridus), Ukraine. Change image |
English : Lurid bolete (Boletus luridus), Ukraine.
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Video of the child walking in front of the death on the lower plate of the Strasbourg astronomical clock. Choose a new media file |
English : Video of the child walking in front of the death on the lower plate of the Strasbourg astronomical clock.
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 A Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) in the Portland Japanese Garden. Change image |
Common Raven (Corvus corax) in search of food. La Palma, Canary Islands. Choose a new media file |
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.jpg) A whole Jiro Persimmon (Diospyros Kaki) and a sliced one. Change image |
English : A whole Jiro Persimmon (Diospyros Kaki) and a sliced one.
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This "airborne" tour was created from only a small portion of the images collected during a flight over the Pine Island Glacier crack on Oct. 26, 2011. Choose a new media file |
English : This "airborne" tour was created from only a small portion of the images collected during a flight over the Pine Island Glacier crack on Oct. 26, 2011.
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 Portrait of Balthazar Castiglione, Raphael, 1514-15. Change image |
An IndiGo Airbus A320 landing in Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India. Choose a new media file |
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Hasta Vinyasas are a set of yoga vinyāsas which primarily involve movement of the arms. Pārśvabhāga Vinyāsa provides a healthy stretch to thoracic cavity and rib structures. Choose a new media file |
English : Hasta Vinyasas are a set of yoga vinyāsas which primarily involve movement of the arms. Pārśvabhāga Vinyāsa provides a healthy stretch to thoracic cavity and rib structures.
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.JPG) Hill of Crosses, near Šiauliai, Lithuania. Change image |
The flower scarab Oxythyrea funesta is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East. Choose a new media file |
English : The flower scarab Oxythyrea funesta is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.
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.JPG) Starflower (Trientalis borealis) at Port-au-Saumon in Quebec, Canada. Change image |
English : Starflower (Trientalis borealis) at Port-au-Saumon in Quebec, Canada.
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"Hello" in ASL (American sign language) Choose a new media file |
English : "Hello" in ASL (American sign language)
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 Poster for the 1932 film The Mummy, featuring Boris Karloff. Change image |
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English : 70 years ago today, The Magnetic Telescope, the sixth of the 1940s Superman animated Technicolor short films, was released.
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 Skull of the burial Théviec. Female 25 to 35 years. Stage : Mesolithic (-6740 to -5680 Before the Current Era) Locality : Théviec, Morbihan, France. Museum of Toulouse. Change image |
English : Skull of the burial Théviec. Female 25 to 35 years. Stage : Mesolithic (-6740 to -5680 Before the Current Era) Locality : Théviec, Morbihan, France. Museum of Toulouse.
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Heron (Ardea herodias) fishing at Baker Lake, Washington, USA. Choose a new media file |
English : Heron (Ardea herodias) fishing at Baker Lake, Washington, USA.
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 Wassertropfen. Change image |
English : Wassertropfen.
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Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124-100 - Antonov 124 @ Gilze Rijen. To / from Dutch Task Force @ Uruzgan, Afghanistan Choose a new media file |
English : Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124-100 - Antonov 124 @ Gilze Rijen. To / from Dutch Task Force @ Uruzgan, Afghanistan
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 An infantryman prepares to hurl a grenade in training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA, during World War II . Change image |
English : An infantryman prepares to hurl a grenade in training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA, during World War II .
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English : Rock face in Ruby Beach with hot springs in the Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA.
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Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) swimming in front of a displacement hull vessel. The footage was taken in Port Davey, South-West Tasmania, Australia. The brown colour of the water is due to naturally occurring tannins. Choose a new media file |
English : Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) swimming in front of a displacement hull vessel. The footage was taken in Port Davey, South-West Tasmania, Australia. The brown colour of the water is due to naturally occurring tannins.
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 Horse and rider in an obstacle race. Change image |
English : Horse and rider in an obstacle race.
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Ljubljana 1909. Original title: Ljubljana. The oldest preserved video recordings of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Choose a new media file |
English : Ljubljana 1909. Original title: Ljubljana. The oldest preserved video recordings of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.
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 Prospect Point night view of the Niagara Falls, in winter. Change image |
English : Prospect Point night view of the Niagara Falls, in winter.
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New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) at Nga Manu Nature Reserve (Waikanae, New Zealand). Choose a new media file |
English : New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae) at Nga Manu Nature Reserve (Waikanae, New Zealand).
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