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Gwen Catley, Soprano with the Hallé Orchestra - Rigoletto - Caro nome (Dearest name) - Composer: Verdi - Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite. Choose a new media file |
English : Gwen Catley, Soprano with the Hallé Orchestra - Rigoletto - Caro nome (Dearest name) - Composer: Verdi - Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite.
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 Pair of Mandarins (Aix galericulata), at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK. Change image |
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English : Simple machine for puffed grain preparation on street in the town Haikou, province Hainan, China.
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_-_clone.jpg) The Berlin concert hall is the central building on the Gendarmenmarkt. The classical building is one of the major works of the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Change image |
English : The Berlin concert hall is the central building on the Gendarmenmarkt. The classical building is one of the major works of the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
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On 24 February 2009, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a photo sequence of four moons of Saturn passing in front of their parent planet. The moons seen on this movie are the white icy moons Enceladus and Dione, the large orange moon Titan, and icy Mimas. Due to the angle of the Sun, they are each preceded by their own shadow. Choose a new media file |
English : On 24 February 2009, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a photo sequence of four moons of Saturn passing in front of their parent planet. The moons seen on this movie are the white icy moons Enceladus and Dione, the large orange moon Titan, and icy Mimas. Due to the angle of the Sun, they are each preceded by their own shadow.
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Super slow motion demonstration of Asamyuta Hastas with the meaning, directions to hold the hasta and a practice track. Choose a new media file |
English : Super slow motion demonstration of Asamyuta Hastas with the meaning, directions to hold the hasta and a practice track.
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 Spotted Longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) on a Turk's cap lily (Lilium martagon) in the Ötscher Canyon, nature park Ötscher-Tormäuer, Lower Austria Change image |
English : Spotted Longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) on a Turk's cap lily (Lilium martagon) in the Ötscher Canyon, nature park Ötscher-Tormäuer, Lower Austria
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A robber fly (Choerades fimbriata) oviposits into a pine stump located at the edge of a forest near Amöneburg, Germany. Choose a new media file |
English : A robber fly (Choerades fimbriata) oviposits into a pine stump located at the edge of a forest near Amöneburg, Germany.
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Christmas Pyramid beside the town hall of Schönheide (Ore Mountains, Germany) with Brush and Local Museum in the middle, on the right tower of Martin Luther Church. Choose a new media file |
English : Christmas Pyramid beside the town hall of Schönheide (Ore Mountains, Germany) with Brush and Local Museum in the middle, on the right tower of Martin Luther Church.
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Bees on a goat willow (Salix caprea) in Hockenheim, Germany Choose a new media file |
English : Bees on a goat willow (Salix caprea) in Hockenheim, Germany
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 Ceiling fresco in Brixen Cathedral by Paul Troger (1748-50): The Worship of the Lamb Change image |
Part 16: Act 2: Toreador's Song - Con voi ber (Sirs your toast). Carmen (opera). Performer: Gabriella Besanzoni, mezzo-soprano; Ernesto Besanzoni, baritone; Nerina Ferrari, soprano; Tamara Beltacchi, mezzo-soprano and members of the La Scala Theatre Orchestra and Chorus. Composer: Georges Bizet; Conductor: Carlo Sabajno. Choose a new media file |
English : Part 16: Act 2: Toreador's Song - Con voi ber (Sirs your toast). Carmen (opera). Performer: Gabriella Besanzoni, mezzo-soprano; Ernesto Besanzoni, baritone; Nerina Ferrari, soprano; Tamara Beltacchi, mezzo-soprano and members of the La Scala Theatre Orchestra and Chorus. Composer: Georges Bizet; Conductor: Carlo Sabajno.
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 Vineyard fields in winter in Cariñena, Zaragoza, Spain. Cariñena, a popular wine region in Spain, that was constituted in 1933, was one of the first regions that became Denominación de Origen (Designation of Origin) in Spain. The most popular wine grape variety is grenache and the production of the area in 2013 was of 57 mill litres, 75% of them were exported. Change image |
English : Vineyard fields in winter in Cariñena, Zaragoza, Spain. Cariñena, a popular wine region in Spain, that was constituted in 1933, was one of the first regions that became Denominación de Origen (Designation of Origin) in Spain. The most popular wine grape variety is grenache and the production of the area in 2013 was of 57 mill litres, 75% of them were exported.
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The Gold Rush is a 1925 American silent comedy film, written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. Choose a new media file |
English : The Gold Rush is a 1925 American silent comedy film, written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin.
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Volcano footage of two eruptions in Hawaii in 1959-60. Choose a new media file |
English : Volcano footage of two eruptions in Hawaii in 1959-60.
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 Tesla Roadster; Breakdown on the highway. Change image |
English : Tesla Roadster; Breakdown on the highway.
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2010 Alaska C-17 crash: Video footage of the mishap flight. The footage was edited by the Air Force to cut off just prior to the aircraft's impact. Choose a new media file |
English : 2010 Alaska C-17 crash: Video footage of the mishap flight. The footage was edited by the Air Force to cut off just prior to the aircraft's impact.
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 Sculpture "Man walking to the sky" in Kassel, Germany. Change image |
English: Clytus arietis lying eggs near the airport of Frankfurt/Main. Choose a new media file |
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 Parts of a Rohloff Speedhub 500/14 internal hub gear for bicycles. Change image |
Filmed ca. May 1897, at Edison's Black Maria studio. From Edison films catalog: Four young ladies, in their nightgowns, are having a romp. One of the pillows gets torn, and the feathers fly all over the room. 45 feet. Choose a new media file |
English : Filmed ca. May 1897, at Edison's Black Maria studio. From Edison films catalog: Four young ladies, in their nightgowns, are having a romp. One of the pillows gets torn, and the feathers fly all over the room. 45 feet.
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 Castle Lüdinghausen in Lüdinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Change image |
Giant samson and his dwarfts welcomes you in parade Samsonparade Sankt Andrä in St. Andrae, Austria Choose a new media file |
English : Giant samson and his dwarfts welcomes you in parade Samsonparade Sankt Andrä in St. Andrae, Austria
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_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) Saudade (Longing), oil on carvas, 1899, by José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior. Displayed in the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. Change image |
English : Saudade (Longing), oil on carvas, 1899, by José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior. Displayed in the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.
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An Esperanto song Profunde en mia kor' (Deep in my heart) by Johannes Mueller. Choose a new media file |
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 The Congress Hall of the Nazi party rally grounds near Nuremburg, Germany. Change image |
The Great Coronation of Delhi Durbar, 1911. British documentary. Choose a new media file |
English : The Great Coronation of Delhi Durbar, 1911. British documentary.
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_(17022184800).jpg) Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) in Réserve Naturelle du Coteau de Mesnil Soleil, Versainville, Calvados, France. Change image |
English : Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) in Réserve Naturelle du Coteau de Mesnil Soleil, Versainville, Calvados, France.
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San Francisco, 1955 CinemaScope film. Choose a new media file |
English : San Francisco, 1955 CinemaScope film.
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 Little egret, Taken at Keitakuen. Change image |
Lift-induced vortices (also called wingtip or trailing vortices) are evidenced by colored smoke on the threshold of a runway, during a demonstration flight run by the German DLR with its ATTAS aircraft. Choose a new media file |
English : Lift-induced vortices (also called wingtip or trailing vortices) are evidenced by colored smoke on the threshold of a runway, during a demonstration flight run by the German DLR with its ATTAS aircraft.
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Dettifoss (Iceland) from the west side in July 2015 Choose a new media file |
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 Læssøesgades Skole, Aarhus, Denmark, a look down the hall. Change image |
Movement of several diatoms of the genus Bacillaria Choose a new media file |
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Fully working single-cylinder valve-drive piston steam engine (1903, produced by Otto Recke, Rheydt/Germany) with 80 hp at the Euskirchen Industrial Museum – Mueller Woollen Cloth Mill. Choose a new media file |
English : Fully working single-cylinder valve-drive piston steam engine (1903, produced by Otto Recke, Rheydt/Germany) with 80 hp at the Euskirchen Industrial Museum – Mueller Woollen Cloth Mill.
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 NASA astronaut Scott Kelly took this photograph of a moonrise over the western United States. Change image |
English : NASA astronaut Scott Kelly took this photograph of a moonrise over the western United States.
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NASA's MODIS satellite instrument reveals how air pollution may alter clouds, affecting global temperatures. This narrated visualization illustrates the effect by showing how ship exhaust leaves bright cloud trails in clean ocean air. The ship tracks themselves are too small to affect global temperatures, but they help us understand how larger pollution sources might change clouds on a bigger scale. Choose a new media file |
English : NASA's MODIS satellite instrument reveals how air pollution may alter clouds, affecting global temperatures. This narrated visualization illustrates the effect by showing how ship exhaust leaves bright cloud trails in clean ocean air. The ship tracks themselves are too small to affect global temperatures, but they help us understand how larger pollution sources might change clouds on a bigger scale.
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English : Western Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza majalis)
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Polyphon (a disc-playing music box) playing "Silent Night". Choose a new media file |
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 Flight into Egypt (Melk Altar by Jörg Breu the Elder, 1502) Change image |
The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus - American silent 1914 Christmas film. Choose a new media file |
English : The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus - American silent 1914 Christmas film.
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 Libellago lineata is a small damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is found in many Asian countries. This is Libellago lineata indica Fraser, 1928; sometimes considered as a separate species. Change image |
English : Libellago lineata is a small damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is found in many Asian countries. This is Libellago lineata indica Fraser, 1928; sometimes considered as a separate species.
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Night video from Wikimania HongKong 2013. Choose a new media file |
English : Night video from Wikimania HongKong 2013.
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 The west front of the Berlin Cathedral in the early morning at the blue hour. Change image |
English : The west front of the Berlin Cathedral in the early morning at the blue hour.
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The Gregorian chant of Pater noster recorded by Schola Gregoriana from Pallottine Seminary in Ołtarzew, Poland, conducted by father Dario Smolarek. Choose a new media file |
English : The Gregorian chant of Pater noster recorded by Schola Gregoriana from Pallottine Seminary in Ołtarzew, Poland, conducted by father Dario Smolarek.
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 Morning fog in Kakerdaja bog, Estonia. Change image |
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English : View from inside of moving paternoster in Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex, Colchester.
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 Siberian blue robin, taken at Tennōji Park. Change image |
 An animation of an approximate compass-and-straightedge construction of a regular nonagon. Choose a new media file |
English : An animation of an approximate compass-and-straightedge construction of a regular nonagon.
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English : Close-up of a female marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) in Itirapina, São Paulo state, Brazil.
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Summary video of edits on Wikipedia in 2015. Choose a new media file |
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 Fireworks as seen from Marina Bay Sands during the Preview of the National Day Parade 2011. Change image |
English : Fireworks as seen from Marina Bay Sands during the Preview of the National Day Parade 2011.
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The Kremlin Clock chimes to bring in 2012 Choose a new media file |
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