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 The Arslanagić Bridge is a 80 m long and 6 m high Ottoman bridge built originally in 1574 by order of the Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, and rebuilt in 1972 in the city of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge was an important trading link over the Trebišnjica river between Novi (Herceg Novi in Montenegro) and Ragusa (Dubrovnik in Croatia). Change image |
English : The Arslanagić Bridge is a 80 m long and 6 m high Ottoman bridge built originally in 1574 by order of the Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, and rebuilt in 1972 in the city of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge was an important trading link over the Trebišnjica river between Novi (Herceg Novi in Montenegro) and Ragusa (Dubrovnik in Croatia).
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English : Working Drott hot bulb engine produced by Pythagoras Engine Factory (Norrtälje, Sweden) in 1924
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 Le sculpteur, by Camille Lefèvre. Change image |
English : Le sculpteur, by Camille Lefèvre.
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Aerial shots of Texel, the Netherlands Choose a new media file |
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 Double guitar from the luthier Alexandre Voboam, Paris, 1690. Change image |
English : Double guitar from the luthier Alexandre Voboam, Paris, 1690.
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Lordithon lunulatus is a common rove beetle in central Europe. Choose a new media file |
English : Lordithon lunulatus is a common rove beetle in central Europe.
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Anton Reicha's Lento from the Grand Duo in D Major played at the University of Washington on Feb 26, 1970, by Felix Skowronek and Marshall Winslow. Choose a new media file |
English : Anton Reicha's Lento from the Grand Duo in D Major played at the University of Washington on Feb 26, 1970, by Felix Skowronek and Marshall Winslow.
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 Actors in the makeup process of a Koothu-P-Pattarai theater perfomance, India. Change image |
English : Actors in the makeup process of a Koothu-P-Pattarai theater perfomance, India.
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Tear gas fired to disperse protesters outside government headquarters 2014 Hong Kong Protests (28 September) Choose a new media file |
English : Tear gas fired to disperse protesters outside government headquarters 2014 Hong Kong Protests (28 September)
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 German captain Kevin Karschau goes forward with the ball while Italian captain Davide Motaran tries to stop him, Germany vs Italy, 2014 Roller Hockey European Championship. Change image |
English : German captain Kevin Karschau goes forward with the ball while Italian captain Davide Motaran tries to stop him, Germany vs Italy, 2014 Roller Hockey European Championship.
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Black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Syn. Larus ridibundus), Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and Swans (Cygnus) at Danube river near Georg-Danzer-Steg/Nordbahnbrücke in Vienna, Austria. Choose a new media file |
English : Black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Syn. Larus ridibundus), Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and Swans (Cygnus) at Danube river near Georg-Danzer-Steg/Nordbahnbrücke in Vienna, Austria.
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 Red-stalked evening primrose (Oenothera rubricaulis), flowers. Ukraine. Change image |
A view of Red Square in Moscow at night. Choose a new media file |
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 Reinaldo Melián, trumpeter of Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers, at a concert in Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Spain. Change image |
English : Reinaldo Melián, trumpeter of Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers, at a concert in Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Spain.
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Koala climbing a tree in the wild off Montacute Road in the Adelaide Hills, east of Adelaide, Australia. Choose a new media file |
English : Koala climbing a tree in the wild off Montacute Road in the Adelaide Hills, east of Adelaide, Australia.
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 The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, informally called Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg, Russia Change image |
English : The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, informally called Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Recording of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 (in English). Choose a new media file |
English : Recording of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 (in English).
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 Frescos of dome and ceiling in Melk Abbey Church by Johann Michael Rottmayr (born on 11th December 1654) Change image |
English : Frescos of dome and ceiling in Melk Abbey Church by Johann Michael Rottmayr (born on 11th December 1654)
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Silent film of a test flight of Pescara's helicopter, 1922 Choose a new media file |
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,_Hampi,_Vijayanagara,_Karnataka,_India_(2012).jpg) Dancing Girls Bath located on the ancient Courtesan Street at Hampi, India Change image |
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 A man with his grandson in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Change image |
Sawmill, Landsnora, Stockholm County, Sweden. Choose a new media file |
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Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) in Antarctica Choose a new media file |
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 Interior of the Christmas Tree, Puerta del Sol, Madrid. Change image |
Video clip for the Esperanto song La fina venk' by i.d.c. (Eric Languillat). Choose a new media file |
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Laying a Stolperstein in front of the historic city hall of Cologne in memory of Heinrich Himmler's order of 16 December 1942 to deport the Romani to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Choose a new media file |
English : Laying a Stolperstein in front of the historic city hall of Cologne in memory of Heinrich Himmler's order of 16 December 1942 to deport the Romani to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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 Tripedalia cystophora is a small species of box jellyfish in the family Tripedaliidae. It is native to the Caribbean Sea and the Central Indo-Pacific. Box jellyfishes are quick swimmers, and able to see, as they can have up to 24 eyes in their rhopalia. Change image |
English : Tripedalia cystophora is a small species of box jellyfish in the family Tripedaliidae. It is native to the Caribbean Sea and the Central Indo-Pacific. Box jellyfishes are quick swimmers, and able to see, as they can have up to 24 eyes in their rhopalia.
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English : How to feed 250 geese in less than one minute. Hufelschulte farm, Nordwalder Straße 136 in Greven, Germany.
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 Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm by Willem van de Velde II (Baptized December 18, 1633). Change image |
English : Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm by Willem van de Velde II (Baptized December 18, 1633).
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Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Opus 30 No. 3, Movement 3: Allegro vivace. Performed by Paul Rosenthal (violin) and Edward Auer (piano). Choose a new media file |
English : Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Opus 30 No. 3, Movement 3: Allegro vivace. Performed by Paul Rosenthal (violin) and Edward Auer (piano).
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 Bronze bead necklace (Bronze age, 1800-1500 BC) from the cave called "Le Cuzoul d'Armand" in Penne, Tarn, France. Change image |
English : Bronze bead necklace (Bronze age, 1800-1500 BC) from the cave called "Le Cuzoul d'Armand" in Penne, Tarn, France.
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Iron powder marking the hemispherical field lines of the rotating magnetic field (1600 rpm) on top of a magnetic stirrer. Choose a new media file |
English : Iron powder marking the hemispherical field lines of the rotating magnetic field (1600 rpm) on top of a magnetic stirrer.
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.JPG) Mushroom and a half, result of wind erosion, in Timna Park, Southern Israel. Change image |
English : Mushroom and a half, result of wind erosion, in Timna Park, Southern Israel.
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Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Mathpukur to Sukanta Nagar - Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Choose a new media file |
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 Hills and vineyards in the Orb River Valley, France. Change image |
UTair ATR 72 landing at Lviv International Airport (Ukraine) in strong crosswinds Choose a new media file |
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 Gatherers in a saffron farm, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Change image |
Drinking birds, also known as insatiable birdies or dipping birds, are toy heat engines that mimic the motions of a bird drinking from a water source. Choose a new media file |
English : Drinking birds, also known as insatiable birdies or dipping birds, are toy heat engines that mimic the motions of a bird drinking from a water source.
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 Pure (99.9 %) cobalt chips, electrolytically refined, as well as a high purity (99.8 % = 2N8) 1 cm3 cobalt cube for comparison. Change image |
English : Pure (99.9 %) cobalt chips, electrolytically refined, as well as a high purity (99.8 % = 2N8) 1 cm3 cobalt cube for comparison.
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 Typical Christmas table in Serbia. Change image |
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 Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz, Berlin. Change image |
English : Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz, Berlin.
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A Polish Christmas carol Bóg się rodzi sung by Studio Accantus artists Choose a new media file |
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 The construction of Moscow International Business Center (Moscow-City) at night, March 2008. Change image |
English : The construction of Moscow International Business Center (Moscow-City) at night, March 2008.
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Watch the Bells by Frank Allison - Concept Reel 1. Part of a Hack the Bells contest Choose a new media file |
English : Watch the Bells by Frank Allison - Concept Reel 1. Part of a Hack the Bells contest
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A woman at a roadside stall between Mandalay and Bagan, Myanmar, preparing quids of areca nut (Areca catechu) wrapped in betel leaves (Piper betle) for chewing. Choose a new media file |
English : A woman at a roadside stall between Mandalay and Bagan, Myanmar, preparing quids of areca nut (Areca catechu) wrapped in betel leaves (Piper betle) for chewing.
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 The Windmills of Consuegra (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain), seen at dusk in the image, were built in the first half of the 19th century and were proclaimed as Spanish Historical Site in 2008. Change image |
English : The Windmills of Consuegra (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain), seen at dusk in the image, were built in the first half of the 19th century and were proclaimed as Spanish Historical Site in 2008.
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Time-lapse sequence of Djebel Chélia, a mountain in Algeria and the highest point in the Aurès Mountains. Choose a new media file |
English : Time-lapse sequence of Djebel Chélia, a mountain in Algeria and the highest point in the Aurès Mountains.
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 Waves breaking and a couple walking at sunset December 29, 2013 at the beach of Nørre Vorupør, Denmark. Change image |
English : Waves breaking and a couple walking at sunset December 29, 2013 at the beach of Nørre Vorupør, Denmark.
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Vivaldi's Cello Concerto in G major - 1. Allegro. Choose a new media file |
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 A Plasma ball photographed from above. Change image |
English : A Plasma ball photographed from above.
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Very first delivery flight for an Airbus A350. Taxiing and taking off from Toulouse to Doha. Choose a new media file |
English : Very first delivery flight for an Airbus A350. Taxiing and taking off from Toulouse to Doha.
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Bobby Bumps' Fourth (1917) Choose a new media file |
English : Bobby Bumps' Fourth (1917)
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