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_underside_on_Mimosa_pudica.jpg) Narrow-banded dartwhite (Catasticta flisa postaurea) on Mimosa pudica, Villa Gerar, Silvania, Cundinamarca, Colombia Change image |
English : Narrow-banded dartwhite (Catasticta flisa postaurea) on Mimosa pudica, Villa Gerar, Silvania, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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English : What are HIV & AIDS? HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is a type of virus that infects human immune cells. Over time, immune cells are lost, which weakens the immune system and allows patients to be infected by other viruses. This video explains the pathophysiology behind viral infection, as well as important signs and symptoms of HIV and clinical markers of AIDS. It also gives an overview of diagnosis and treatment. Today is World AIDS Day.
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 Fortified city of Carcassonne during the blue hour, France. Founded during the Gallo-Roman period, the citadel derives its reputation from its 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long double surrounding walls interspersed by 52 towers. The medieval citadel, situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Aude, was restored at the end of the 19th century by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. In 1997, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites because of its exceptional testimony to the architecture and planning of a medieval fortress town. Change image |
English : Fortified city of Carcassonne during the blue hour, France. Founded during the Gallo-Roman period, the citadel derives its reputation from its 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long double surrounding walls interspersed by 52 towers. The medieval citadel, situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Aude, was restored at the end of the 19th century by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. In 1997, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites because of its exceptional testimony to the architecture and planning of a medieval fortress town.
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English : Jamie Foxx speaks to the urgency of the HIV epidemic among young African Americans and encourages people to talk about HIV.
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English : Wild Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) at Creux du Van with the Swiss Alps in the background during sunset
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 Self-portrait by Anna Bilińska, 1887 Change image |
English : Self-portrait by Anna Bilińska, 1887
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English : A talk by Creative Commons (CC) at Wikimania 2023 about how artificial intelligence intersects with CC's over 20-years long history of supporting open knowledge and open culture globally with their licenses and legal tools.
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,_Milchstraße_über_Hochkalter_%26_Hintersee_--_2024_--_1018-50.jpg) Milky way seen over the Hochkalter Massif and Lake Hintersee in the German region of Berchtesgadener Land. Change image |
English : Milky way seen over the Hochkalter Massif and Lake Hintersee in the German region of Berchtesgadener Land.
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 St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church (1766) was relocated from the village of Glotovo, Vladimir Oblast to the Museum of Wooden Architecture at the Kremlin in Suzdal, Russia. Today is Saint Nicholas Day in much of Eastern and Western Christianity. Change image |
English : St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church (1766) was relocated from the village of Glotovo, Vladimir Oblast to the Museum of Wooden Architecture at the Kremlin in Suzdal, Russia. Today is Saint Nicholas Day in much of Eastern and Western Christianity.
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English : A video about the biological microbots, the Xenobots.
These computer-designed organisms are made from frog cells and reproduce. Advanced options
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,_Museo_de_las_Salinas_del_Carmen,_Kristallisierungsbecken_--_2025_--_7231.jpg) Salt crystals in the crystallization basin in the museum “Las Salinas del Carmen”, Antigua, Fuerteventura, Spain Change image |
English : Salt crystals in the crystallization basin in the museum “Las Salinas del Carmen”, Antigua, Fuerteventura, Spain
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English : An FPV video of transfer between the Michurinsky Prospekt (Bolshaya Koltsevaya line) and the Michurinsky Prospekt (Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line) stations of the Moscow Metro. The transfer opened on 7 December, 2021.
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,_Born_a._Darß.jpg) Window in the west facade of the Lutheran Fishermen's Church in Born auf dem Darß, Germany Change image |
English : Window in the west facade of the Lutheran Fishermen's Church in Born auf dem Darß, Germany
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English : Analytical solution of the linearized shallow-water equations in a two-dimensional rectangular basin
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_location,_Val_Sinestra._14-10-2024._(actm.)_01.jpg) Val Sinestra. Candlestick fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) on an erosion field Change image |
English : Val Sinestra. Candlestick fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) on an erosion field
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English : "Unity of humanitarian and technical sciences", Soviet time Bas-relief in Saint Petersburg
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English : Trams and trolleys of Lisbon in February 2017
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 Mountaineers descending into Chola Valley, 5,200 metres (17,100 ft) a. s. l., in good weather conditions, with a panoramic view over snow-capped Himalayan peaks to the south of the Great Himalayan Range in Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, Himalayas. Today is International Mountain Day. Change image |
English : Mountaineers descending into Chola Valley, 5,200 metres (17,100 ft) a. s. l., in good weather conditions, with a panoramic view over snow-capped Himalayan peaks to the south of the Great Himalayan Range in Mahalangur Himal, Nepal, Himalayas. Today is International Mountain Day.
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English : A Wikipedia-based brief monthly review of December 2020 in science.
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 Wild red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) at Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda Change image |
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English : A LiDAR video of the Thetford Castle, a medieval motte and bailey castle in the market town of Thetford in the Breckland area of Norfolk, England. The first castle in Thetford, a probable 11th-century Norman ringwork called Red Castle, was replaced in the 12th century by a much larger motte and bailey castle on the other side of the town. Thetford Castle incorporated parts of an Iron Age hillfort.
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English : Pribalkhashskiy sanctuary, Kazakhstan
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English : A time-lapse video onboard the MTA New York City Subway sped up 16 times.
The background music until 3:57 is currently representing the genre witch house and the second track the genre psybient in the Commons music genre gallery. Advanced options
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 WAB BDhe 4/4 railcar no. 115 with a Bt control car headed down from Kleine Scheidegg to Wengernalp, Switzerland. Change image |
English : WAB BDhe 4/4 railcar no. 115 with a Bt control car headed down from Kleine Scheidegg to Wengernalp, Switzerland.
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English : A video of the collapse of the 305-meter Arecibo Telescope on 3 December 2020.
The telescope was used for the earliest intentional interstellar radio message by humanity and Earth in 1974 to a star system about 25,000 light years from Earth, the Arecibo message. It was completed in 1963 and remained the world's largest single-aperture telescope until 2016. Its decommissioning was announced one month before its unintentional collapse. Advanced options
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 A 2-weeks old baby hamster with red eyes. Today is voice actress Haruna Ikezawa's birthday. She voiced Laruna Haruna, the owner of the titular hamster, in the 2000 anime adaption of Hamtaro Change image |
English : A 2-weeks old baby hamster with red eyes. Today is voice actress Haruna Ikezawa's birthday. She voiced Laruna Haruna, the owner of the titular hamster, in the 2000 anime adaption of Hamtaro
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,_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-15,_DD_61.jpg) Short-nosed unicornfish (Naso brevirostris), Red Sea, Egypt. This species has a maximum published total length of 60 centimetres (24 in). It occurs in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Adults feed mainly on gelatinous zooplankton, while juveniles mainly feed on benthic algae. The switch from grazing to preying on gelatinous zooplankton coincides with the development of the bony protuberance. Change image |
English : Short-nosed unicornfish (Naso brevirostris), Red Sea, Egypt. This species has a maximum published total length of 60 centimetres (24 in). It occurs in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Adults feed mainly on gelatinous zooplankton, while juveniles mainly feed on benthic algae. The switch from grazing to preying on gelatinous zooplankton coincides with the development of the bony protuberance.
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.jpg) Soaked in rain Cyclamen coum sown between the roots of an Alder (Alnus) Focus stack of 10 photos. Change image |
English : Soaked in rain Cyclamen coum sown between the roots of an Alder (Alnus) Focus stack of 10 photos.
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English : A video of the trajectory of the third interstellar object passing through the Solar system, 3I/ATLAS.
It will be closest to Earth on 19 December, passing at a distance of 269 million km. As the video shows, its trajectory is closely aligned with the orbital planes of the Solar System's planets. Advanced options
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,_Museo_de_las_Salinas_del_Carmen,_Kristallisierungsbecken_--_2025_--_7216.jpg) Crystallization basins in the museum “Las Salinas del Carmen”, Antigua, Fuerteventura, Spain Change image |
English : Crystallization basins in the museum “Las Salinas del Carmen”, Antigua, Fuerteventura, Spain
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English : Video of an elephant producing art.
It was recorded in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Elephants are known for being one of the most intelligent species on Earth, exhibiting extensive communication, emotional depth, complex practices such as cultural transmission, and tool-use, among other characteristics. Advanced options
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.jpg) Snowy landscape around the Schmidbachtal in Beilstein, Germany, with a distinctive old pear tree. Change image |
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 View of coastline northwest from above Manarola: fields and steep trail to Volastra in foreground, Corniglia Station and town centre, north to Punta Mesco. Depicts the north half of Cinque Terre National Park coastline. Liguria, Italy Change image |
English : View of coastline northwest from above Manarola: fields and steep trail to Volastra in foreground, Corniglia Station and town centre, north to Punta Mesco. Depicts the north half of Cinque Terre National Park coastline. Liguria, Italy
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English : Snow on Ayase river by Shōtei Takahashi. 1915 woodcut print from the Rijksmuseum collection.
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English : "Silent Night" from "The Christmas Star" player piano scroll played on a restored 1920 Weber Duo-Art piano.
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English : JŽ 06-018 steam locomotive gear, museum steam locomotive, Central station Ljubljana, Slovenia
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 Poznań Town Hall with Christmas decorations. Change image |
English : Poznań Town Hall with Christmas decorations.
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.jpg) A 1928 advertisement featuring Santa holding a sack of Sunkist lemons. Change image |
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 The American heavy metal band Soulfly at the With Full Force Summer Open Air 2018 in Ferropolis, Germany Change image |
English : The American heavy metal band Soulfly at the With Full Force Summer Open Air 2018 in Ferropolis, Germany
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English : A video of inside a pig farm in Australia in August 2025 by the Farm Transparency Project.
After videos like this have been published, this pig farm, the Andgar Piggery in Dublin, South Australia, is being investigated, as of July 2025, by the charity Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Australia for alleged animal abuse. Advanced options
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English : Trams and trolleys of Lisbon in August 2016
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 Pirogue running on the Mekong in front of an island hosting a Samanea saman (rain tree) and other trees, at sunset with pink clouds, seen from Don Det, Si Phan Don, Laos. Change image |
English : Pirogue running on the Mekong in front of an island hosting a Samanea saman (rain tree) and other trees, at sunset with pink clouds, seen from Don Det, Si Phan Don, Laos.
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English : A video of skiing and a ski lift in Krvavec in the Mountains of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps near Kranj, Slovenia.
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