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Early morning in Tolkuse bog, Luitemaa Nature Reserve.

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English : Early morning in Tolkuse bog, Luitemaa Nature Reserve.

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English : Out West is a 1918 short comedy film, a satire on contemporary westerns, starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Al St. John.

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Ceiling frescos in Herzogenburg Monastery Church (Lower Austria). The church was consecrated on October 2nd, 1785.

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English : Ceiling frescos in Herzogenburg Monastery Church (Lower Austria). The church was consecrated on October 2nd, 1785.

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English : This simpleshow explains the basics of photography.

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Sunset view from the back of the Seljalandsfoss waterfall, Suðurland, Iceland. The waterfall of the river Seljalandsá drops 60 metres (200 ft) over the cliffs of the former coastline.

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English : Sunset view from the back of the Seljalandsfoss waterfall, Suðurland, Iceland. The waterfall of the river Seljalandsá drops 60 metres (200 ft) over the cliffs of the former coastline.

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English : President Obama delivers a statement on the shooting at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon. October 1, 2015.

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Winter landscape of St Coloman church (de), located in Schwangau, Bavaria, southern Germany. St Coloman church is of baroque style and was constructed, the way it is today, in the 17th century in honor to Saint Coloman, replacing a chapel of the 15th century. The irish pilgrim is said to have taken a break at this spot in his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1012.

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English : Winter landscape of St Coloman church (de), located in Schwangau, Bavaria, southern Germany. St Coloman church is of baroque style and was constructed, the way it is today, in the 17th century in honor to Saint Coloman, replacing a chapel of the 15th century. The irish pilgrim is said to have taken a break at this spot in his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1012.

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English : Fumarole at Hverir, Iceland

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Panoramic view of the old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

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English : Luigi Boccherini's Sonata for Two Cellos in C Major, 1st movement: Allegro moderato performed by Alisa Weilerstein and 8 year-old Sujari Britt at the White House Evening of Classical Music

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A male Polyommatus bellargus butterfly in Foissac, Aveyron, France.

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English : A male Polyommatus bellargus butterfly in Foissac, Aveyron, France.

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English : An X-47B demonstrator receiving fuel from an Omega Boeing 707 tanker while airborne over the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Test Range on 22 April 2015.

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Sunset view of the Ermita de la Virgen de la Peña (Hermitage of the Virgin of the Rock), province of Huesca, Spain. The village of Aniés is seen on the left. The oldest parts of the sanctuary date to Roman times, while much was built in the 13th Century. The hermitage is only accessible on foot, via a steep path in the forest and through caves in the mountain.

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English : Sunset view of the Ermita de la Virgen de la Peña (Hermitage of the Virgin of the Rock), province of Huesca, Spain. The village of Aniés is seen on the left. The oldest parts of the sanctuary date to Roman times, while much was built in the 13th Century. The hermitage is only accessible on foot, via a steep path in the forest and through caves in the mountain.

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English : Aerial recording of small mountain Monte Brè, canton Ticino, Switzerland.

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Waterfall Gullfoss ("Golden Falls" in Icelandic), located in the canyon of the Hvítá river, is one of the main attractions of the Golden Circle in the southwest of Iceland. The fall flows over an 11 m-high step on the left, and the step on the right is 20 m high. In the summertime, when the picture was taken, water is flowing at the average rate of 140 m3/s.

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English : Waterfall Gullfoss ("Golden Falls" in Icelandic), located in the canyon of the Hvítá river, is one of the main attractions of the Golden Circle in the southwest of Iceland. The fall flows over an 11 m-high step on the left, and the step on the right is 20 m high. In the summertime, when the picture was taken, water is flowing at the average rate of 140 m3/s.

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English : F-16 Take off, Performance and Landing at Farnborough Airshow 2008.

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Light traces of a chain carousel, Viktorkirmes in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : Candle flame (animation).

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Panoramic view of the course of the Trebišnjica river near Gornji Orahovac, Southeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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English : Panoramic view of the course of the Trebišnjica river near Gornji Orahovac, Southeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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English : This zoom sequence starts with a view of part of the faint southern constellation of Sculptor. At the centre we see the spiral galaxy NGC 300, lying about six million light-years from us. We finish the zoom with a close-up of NGC 300 in a very detailed image from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.

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English : Railway turntable at Faringe station, Sweden, 2015.

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Panoramic view of the Nymphenburg Palace, a Baroque palace in Munich, Bavaria (southern Germany). The palace is the main summer residence of the former rulers of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach. The palace was designed by Agostino Barelli and constructed by order of Ferdinand Maria and Henriette Adelaide of Savoy in 1664. The palace was expanded and redesigned several times until the last modifications in 1826.

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English : Panoramic view of the Nymphenburg Palace, a Baroque palace in Munich, Bavaria (southern Germany). The palace is the main summer residence of the former rulers of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach. The palace was designed by Agostino Barelli and constructed by order of Ferdinand Maria and Henriette Adelaide of Savoy in 1664. The palace was expanded and redesigned several times until the last modifications in 1826.

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English : "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", performed by Albert Farrington (1915)

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Detail view of Los Aguarales de Valpalmas, a rare, fragile and dynamic geological phenomenon located near Valpalmas, Zaragoza, Spain. The landscape is the result of water flows over fragile material in a process known as piping.

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English : Detail view of Los Aguarales de Valpalmas, a rare, fragile and dynamic geological phenomenon located near Valpalmas, Zaragoza, Spain. The landscape is the result of water flows over fragile material in a process known as piping.

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English : Mount Fuji at sunset (timelapse). Filmed from Toshima-ku, Tokyo (about 95 kilometers or 59 miles away). The real-time video lasted 31 minutes 28 seconds, and here it has been sped up 40 times.

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Panorama of Todi (Italy) Todi is a town and comune (municipality) of the province of Perugia (region of Umbria) in central Italy. It is perched on a tall two-crested hill overlooking the east bank of the river Tiber, commanding distant views in every direction.In the 1990s, Richard S. Levine, a professor of architecture at the University of Kentucky, chose Todi as the model sustainable city, because of its scale and its ability to reinvent itself over time. After that, the Italian press reported on Todi as the world's most livable city.

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English : Panorama of Todi (Italy) Todi is a town and comune (municipality) of the province of Perugia (region of Umbria) in central Italy. It is perched on a tall two-crested hill overlooking the east bank of the river Tiber, commanding distant views in every direction.In the 1990s, Richard S. Levine, a professor of architecture at the University of Kentucky, chose Todi as the model sustainable city, because of its scale and its ability to reinvent itself over time. After that, the Italian press reported on Todi as the world's most livable city.

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English : Noises of typical dial-up modem while connecting to a local ISP server via telephone line.

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Inahamne, biggest lake in the island of Osmussaar.

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English : Hand-coloured version of Georges Méliès's Voyage dans la lune, a French silent science-fiction film from 1902.

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Holmbergs lighthouse after the sunset, region of Vestfirðir, Iceland.

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English : A slow-motion video of a roller coaster Viper (Darien Lake), New York, traversing a vertical loop.

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Blue hour shot of the Prince Philip Science Museum (on the right) and The Hemispheric (in the back), City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain. The 40,000 m2 museum was opened on November 13th 2000 and was designed by Santiago Calatrava.

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English : Blue hour shot of the Prince Philip Science Museum (on the right) and The Hemispheric (in the back), City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain. The 40,000 m2 museum was opened on November 13th 2000 and was designed by Santiago Calatrava.

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English : Train parade at the railway exhibition «Expo 1520» on railway test circuit in Shcherbinka, Moscow, Russia. First ride of trains. 04.09.2015, 12:00—13:00 MSK
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Lüübnitsa village in southeastern Estonia.

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English : Operating the Bell & Howell Filmo 16 mm projector

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View of the spire and cloister of the Salisbury Cathedral, located in the city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The temple, an Anglican cathedral, is one of the leading examples of Early English architecture and was consecrated in 1258. Its 123 m (404 feet) spire is the tallest in the United Kingdom.

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English : View of the spire and cloister of the Salisbury Cathedral, located in the city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The temple, an Anglican cathedral, is one of the leading examples of Early English architecture and was consecrated in 1258. Its 123 m (404 feet) spire is the tallest in the United Kingdom.

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English : Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
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Ceiling fresco of the Imperial Staircase of Göttweig Abbey (Lower Austria) by Paul Troger (1739): Apotheosis of Emperor Charles VI. († 20th October 1740)

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English : Ceiling fresco of the Imperial Staircase of Göttweig Abbey (Lower Austria) by Paul Troger (1739): Apotheosis of Emperor Charles VI. († 20th October 1740)

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Dyrhólaey Arch, Suðurland, Iceland. The ocean has worn the black basalt here into a 120-meter (394 ft) high arch which also serves as a bird sanctuary.

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English : Dyrhólaey Arch, Suðurland, Iceland. The ocean has worn the black basalt here into a 120-meter (394 ft) high arch which also serves as a bird sanctuary.

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English : Water transport and nature near of Vembanad lake, state of Kerala, India.

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Panoramic view of the photovoltaic power station of Cariñena, Zaragoza, Spain. The panels are mounted on dual axis trackers in order to maximise the intensity of incoming direct radiation. This solution enables the arrays to track the sun in its daily orbit.

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English : Panoramic view of the photovoltaic power station of Cariñena, Zaragoza, Spain. The panels are mounted on dual axis trackers in order to maximise the intensity of incoming direct radiation. This solution enables the arrays to track the sun in its daily orbit.

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English : Ride on alpine slide situated on the slope below Prosecká street toward Vysočany in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Basalt sea stack in a black lava beach under the mountain Reynisfjall near the village Vík í Mýrdal, southern Iceland. The three basalt see stacks in the background are the famous Reynisdrangar.

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English : Basalt sea stack in a black lava beach under the mountain Reynisfjall near the village Vík í Mýrdal, southern Iceland. The three basalt see stacks in the background are the famous Reynisdrangar.

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English : The flight of passanger airplane McDonnell Douglas DC-7 from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam to Tokyo over North Pole in the year 1958.

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Former blast furnace #2 belonging the disappeared Altos Hornos del Mediterráneo S.A. (Mediterranean Blast Furnaces), located in Port of Sagunt, Valencian Community, Spain. The company Altos Hornos del Mediterráneo S.A (AHM), based on the Altos Hornos de Vizcaya S.A., was created in 1971 to serve the ferrous metallurgy in Sagunto. This blast furnace, the only one remaining of the 3 that were operating, is 64 m high. It was first built in 1922, and operated for only 13 years. In the the 1970s, it was restored, and is now open to the public and to visitors.

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English : Former blast furnace #2 belonging the disappeared Altos Hornos del Mediterráneo S.A. (Mediterranean Blast Furnaces), located in Port of Sagunt, Valencian Community, Spain. The company Altos Hornos del Mediterráneo S.A (AHM), based on the Altos Hornos de Vizcaya S.A., was created in 1971 to serve the ferrous metallurgy in Sagunto. This blast furnace, the only one remaining of the 3 that were operating, is 64 m high. It was first built in 1922, and operated for only 13 years. In the the 1970s, it was restored, and is now open to the public and to visitors.

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English : Windmills in Dutch village Kinderdijk in the polder Alblasserwaard during the summer months and tourists taking pictures of them, year 1965.

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Pipe organ of the Poznań Collegiate Church, Poland. The organ was made by the famous German organ builder Friedrich Ladegast between 1872 and 1876. The piece has 2579 pipes, most of which are made of high value tin alloy and valuable species of trees like: spruce, birch and Siberian fir. The splendid neo-Regency organ case is decorated with sculptures of angels playing musical instruments. The Collegiate church, formaly Poznań Parish church of Saint Stanisław The Bishop and The Martyr, was built in the years 1651-1701 (and completed around 1750), is located near the Old Market Square in Poznań, and is one of the most impressive Baroque sacral edifices in Poland.

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English : Pipe organ of the Poznań Collegiate Church, Poland. The organ was made by the famous German organ builder Friedrich Ladegast between 1872 and 1876. The piece has 2579 pipes, most of which are made of high value tin alloy and valuable species of trees like: spruce, birch and Siberian fir. The splendid neo-Regency organ case is decorated with sculptures of angels playing musical instruments. The Collegiate church, formaly Poznań Parish church of Saint Stanisław The Bishop and The Martyr, was built in the years 1651-1701 (and completed around 1750), is located near the Old Market Square in Poznań, and is one of the most impressive Baroque sacral edifices in Poland.

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English : Views of tunnels and stations of Sokolnicheskaya and Koltsevaya lines of Moscow Metro from driver's cabin of track measuring train «Synergy-1» (model 81-717/714)
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Dusk at Hauaneeme bay in Lahemaa National Park.

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English : Demolition of communal theater in Heilbronn, Germany, year 1970.

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A moonlit view of the former Roman city of Sagunto, Valencian Community, Spain. The photograph is taken from the hill upon which the castle of Sagunto stands.

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English : A moonlit view of the former Roman city of Sagunto, Valencian Community, Spain. The photograph is taken from the hill upon which the castle of Sagunto stands.

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English : New imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter. Hubble’s new Jupiter maps were used to create this Ultra HD animation.

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The Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard suffers a catastrophic explosion after launch, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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English : The Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard suffers a catastrophic explosion after launch, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

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English : A druid fly (Clusia flava) oviposits into boreholes of bark beetles on a fallen beech.
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Lateral view of the Seljalandsfoss waterfall during a sunset, Suðurland, Iceland. The waterfall of the river Seljalandsá drops 60 metres (200 ft) over the cliffs of the former coastline.

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English : Lateral view of the Seljalandsfoss waterfall during a sunset, Suðurland, Iceland. The waterfall of the river Seljalandsá drops 60 metres (200 ft) over the cliffs of the former coastline.

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English : The 1 minute video from the steets of district Unión, Montevideo, Uruguay, year 2013.

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Mustoja Nature Park is the biggest protected area in Põlva County.

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English : Mustoja Nature Park is the biggest protected area in Põlva County.

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English : The Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI) checklist (also called EU-nomen) serves as a taxonomic standard and backbone for Europe.

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Schwerin Castle (Germany) shortly after a storm in the evening sun.

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English : Night of the Living Dead. Directed by George Romero and released in 1968, this is one of the most influential zombie films of all time.
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