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 View of the Fernsehturm (TV tower) from the bottom, Berlin, Germany. The tower, located close to Alexanderplatz in the center of the capital, was built between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). It was intended to be both a symbol of Communist power and of the city and remains today as one of its landmarks. Change image |
English : View of the Fernsehturm (TV tower) from the bottom, Berlin, Germany. The tower, located close to Alexanderplatz in the center of the capital, was built between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). It was intended to be both a symbol of Communist power and of the city and remains today as one of its landmarks.
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 "La Mort Saint-Innocent" is an allegorical sculpture by an unknown artist. It was located in Holy Innocents' Cemetery in Paris from 1530 until the cemetery was closed in 1786. The sculpture was moved to Saint-Gervais Church, then to Notre-Dame Cathedral, where the arm was restored by Deseine. It is currently part of the collection of the Louvre-Lens. Today is All Souls' Day. Change image |
English : "La Mort Saint-Innocent" is an allegorical sculpture by an unknown artist. It was located in Holy Innocents' Cemetery in Paris from 1530 until the cemetery was closed in 1786. The sculpture was moved to Saint-Gervais Church, then to Notre-Dame Cathedral, where the arm was restored by Deseine. It is currently part of the collection of the Louvre-Lens. Today is All Souls' Day.
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 Kargah Buddha in Gilgit-Baltistan. Estimated to have been completed in the 7th century, the carved figure is believed by locals to depict a Yakshini, and is called Yashani in the local Shina language. Change image |
English : Kargah Buddha in Gilgit-Baltistan. Estimated to have been completed in the 7th century, the carved figure is believed by locals to depict a Yakshini, and is called Yashani in the local Shina language.
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 Interior of Église Saint-Charles-Borromée, a historic church in Quebec City. Today is Charles Borromeo's feast day. Change image |
English : Interior of Église Saint-Charles-Borromée, a historic church in Quebec City. Today is Charles Borromeo's feast day.
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English : "Oh, we're the bully soldiers of the 'First of Arkansas', We're fighting for the Union, we are fighting for the law, We can hit a Rebel further than a white man ever saw..." In the Marching Song of the First Arkansas soldiers tell how they will show their prowess by defeating the Rebels.
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 Southwest portal with Tree of Jesse of St Lamberti Church in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Southwest portal with Tree of Jesse of St Lamberti Church in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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English : Monthly temperature measures from 1880 to August 2023 measured with respect to baseline period 1951-1980, NASA video on climate change.
This graph includes the seasonal cycle (from MERRA2) showing that June 2023, July 2023, and August 2023 were each the warmest month on record. Advanced options
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 A musician playing a tenor saxophone at a jazz festival in Uruguay. Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, was born on this day in 1814. Change image |
English : A musician playing a tenor saxophone at a jazz festival in Uruguay. Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, was born on this day in 1814.
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English : The Kaitiaki, the Sensor, and the Scientist – a documentary video by New Zealand's Science for Technological Innovation's National Science Challenge about the development of a sensor for public water quality measurement and monitoring such as of river pollution.
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 Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) at Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda Change image |
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 White stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight carrying piece of plastic which will be used to built the nest. The bird is fitted with transmitter for conservation purposes. Near Huelva in Spain. Change image |
English : White stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight carrying piece of plastic which will be used to built the nest. The bird is fitted with transmitter for conservation purposes. Near Huelva in Spain.
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 French painter Gustave Caillebotte walking in 1892 with his dog Bergère on the Place du Carrousel in Paris (France) Change image |
English : French painter Gustave Caillebotte walking in 1892 with his dog Bergère on the Place du Carrousel in Paris (France)
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 A big wave breaking in Santa Cruz, California on this date in 2009. Change image |
English : A big wave breaking in Santa Cruz, California on this date in 2009.
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English : This animated movie by Free Software Foundation Europe tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.
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 Crash landing of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (Number 30) of Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), into the carrier's port side 20mm gun gallery, 10 November 1943. Lieutenant Walter L. Chewning, Jr., USNR, the Catapult Officer, is seen climbing up the plane's side to assist the pilot from the burning aircraft. The pilot, Ensign Byron M. Johnson, escaped without significant injury. Enterprise was then en route to support the Gilberts Operation. Note the plane's ruptured belly fuel tank. Today is Veterans Day in the United States. Change image |
English : Crash landing of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat (Number 30) of Fighting Squadron 2 (VF-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6), into the carrier's port side 20mm gun gallery, 10 November 1943. Lieutenant Walter L. Chewning, Jr., USNR, the Catapult Officer, is seen climbing up the plane's side to assist the pilot from the burning aircraft. The pilot, Ensign Byron M. Johnson, escaped without significant injury. Enterprise was then en route to support the Gilberts Operation. Note the plane's ruptured belly fuel tank. Today is Veterans Day in the United States.
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 Nature reserve Petgatten De Feanhoop. German Herkules windmill in Petgatten de Feanhoop. Year of construction 1926. Change image |
English : Nature reserve Petgatten De Feanhoop. German Herkules windmill in Petgatten de Feanhoop. Year of construction 1926.
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English : An explanatory video about ultraviolet radiation by Germany's Federal Office for Radiation Protection – "Our sun. Its radiation provides light and warmth and thus promotes wellbeing. But the sun's ultraviolet [UV] radiation can also be harmful to health." (en, de)
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 Lightning strikes over the Presidential Palace, in Brasília. After the terrorist attacks of ISIS on different cities in France, Brazil expresses its sympathy by displaying the colors of the French flag on the Palácio da Alvorada. Nov 13, 2015. Change image |
English : Lightning strikes over the Presidential Palace, in Brasília. After the terrorist attacks of ISIS on different cities in France, Brazil expresses its sympathy by displaying the colors of the French flag on the Palácio da Alvorada. Nov 13, 2015.
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English : "Journey of Sound to the Brain" – an animated explanatory video about the human hearing or auditory system.
It illustrates how sounds travel to the inner ear, and then to the brain, where they are interpreted and understood. The cochlea in the inner ear is a spiral-shaped organ that contains hair cells, which sense sound vibrations. Hair cells convert sound vibrations into chemical signals that the auditory nerve can understand. Advanced options
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 Olive-bellied sunbird (Cinnyris chloropygius) flying from a flower to another at Kibale forest National Park, Uganda. The bird is looking at the flower on the right to choose it before landing on it. Change image |
English : Olive-bellied sunbird (Cinnyris chloropygius) flying from a flower to another at Kibale forest National Park, Uganda. The bird is looking at the flower on the right to choose it before landing on it.
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English : A tutorial video about the basics of https://phabricator.wikimedia.org, an issue tracker where the Wikimedia community, including the Wikimedia Foundation, organizes code issues like bugs and feature requests which can be implemented by developers. Volunteers are welcome to contribute. (Full series)
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 Entrance to the Shazdeh Garden (meaning the Prince`s Garden in Mahan), a historical garden near Mahan, Iran. The 5.5 hectares big garden was built for Mohammad Hassan Khan Sardari Iravani ca. 1850 and was entirely remodeled and extended around 1870 during the eleven years of his governorship in the Qajar dynasty. Change image |
English : Entrance to the Shazdeh Garden (meaning the Prince`s Garden in Mahan), a historical garden near Mahan, Iran. The 5.5 hectares big garden was built for Mohammad Hassan Khan Sardari Iravani ca. 1850 and was entirely remodeled and extended around 1870 during the eleven years of his governorship in the Qajar dynasty.
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English : A video explaining NASA's GISS Surface Temperature Analysis dataset. It combines land and sea surface temperature data into a monthly dataset from 1880 to the present.
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English : Video of the first 3D-printed house made out of local clay and other materials, the Tecla house. The prototype was constructed in 2021 in Italy. Music by Scott Buckley.
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 Sparassis crispa in natural habitat. Focus stack of 20 photos. Change image |
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English : Hong Kong police brutality 5 years ago today during the Siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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 A solitary mangrove tree on the emerald tropical beach. Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean. Change image |
English : A solitary mangrove tree on the emerald tropical beach. Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean.
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English : A short video by Wikimedia UK on the subject of ecological sustainability in the Wikimedia movement.
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 A man in a boat at Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh Change image |
English : A man in a boat at Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh
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English : A documentary video by NASA about Greenland over geologic time.
A map of Greenland's geothermal heat flux helps to reveal the path of the North American tectonic plate. Advanced options
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 This technical illustration shows early hot air balloon designs. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was performed by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on this day in 1783. Change image |
English : This technical illustration shows early hot air balloon designs. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was performed by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes on this day in 1783.
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 Sanderling (Calidris alba) looking for food on the beach of Westkapelle, Netherlands Change image |
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English : A video demonstrating how generative AI like Stable Diffusion can be used to create a card game.
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English : This video explains the social and environmental impacts of ocean acidification.
Fundamental changes in seawater chemistry are occurring throughout the world's oceans, driven by the increased amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Advanced options
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 The Scroll of Eighty-Seven Immortals, drawn by an unknown painter, measuring 30cm high and 292cm wide, is a line-drawing Chinese figure painting. Drawn on a long silk scroll with lines, the painting depicts 87 taoist immortals, including three supreme gods with halo, ten divine generals, seven deities and 67 celestial maidens marching from the right to the left on the bridge. The painting manifests the momentum of the glorious age of Tang Dynasty and was regarded by Xu Beihong as a work of Wu Daozi. Xie Zhiliu ang Chang Dai-chien thought that the painting style of the scroll was simlilar to that in Dung Huang frescoes of later Tang Dynasty and attributed it to Later Tang Dynasty (923–937), while a noted painting and calligraphy connoisseur, Xu Bangda, thought it should be drawn by a Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) painter. Change image |
English : The Scroll of Eighty-Seven Immortals, drawn by an unknown painter, measuring 30cm high and 292cm wide, is a line-drawing Chinese figure painting. Drawn on a long silk scroll with lines, the painting depicts 87 taoist immortals, including three supreme gods with halo, ten divine generals, seven deities and 67 celestial maidens marching from the right to the left on the bridge. The painting manifests the momentum of the glorious age of Tang Dynasty and was regarded by Xu Beihong as a work of Wu Daozi. Xie Zhiliu ang Chang Dai-chien thought that the painting style of the scroll was simlilar to that in Dung Huang frescoes of later Tang Dynasty and attributed it to Later Tang Dynasty (923–937), while a noted painting and calligraphy connoisseur, Xu Bangda, thought it should be drawn by a Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) painter.
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English : The full documentary film "The Journeys of Apollo" by NASA about the Apollo program missions to the Moon
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 Sika deer (Cervus nippon) in Halileo's Dacha Nature Reserve, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine Change image |
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English : A team of engineers from the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab recently upgraded the remote and critical Farallon Islands seismic station which monitors the San Andreas fault. The station is part of the California Earthquake Early Warning System of sensors that trigger the MyShake app's earthquake early warning.
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 Eruption of Strokkur (Icelandic for "churn"), a fountain geyser located in the Haukadalur geothermal area, southwest of Iceland. Change image |
English : Eruption of Strokkur (Icelandic for "churn"), a fountain geyser located in the Haukadalur geothermal area, southwest of Iceland.
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English : An explanatory video about the decay phase of an inflammation by Terra X.
In the decay phase, inflammation-dissolving messenger substances are released. Type M2 macrophages dispose of debris from cells and tissues. At the same time, other immune cells begin the first repair measures. (German narration with English subtitles) Advanced options
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 Gjipe Beach, Albania. Today is Albania's Independence Day. Change image |
English : Gjipe Beach, Albania. Today is Albania's Independence Day.
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English : A video by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about antibiotics and bacteria resistant to antimicrobials. "Antibiotics treat certain infections caused by bacteria. They do not treat viruses like the cold or flu. When they are not needed, antibiotics won't help you, and the side effects could still hurt you. Learn what antibiotics treat and what they do not treat."
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 An Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata) blossoming in the south-west monsoon at Mallalli falls on the Kumaradhara River, Karnataka, India Change image |
English : An Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata) blossoming in the south-west monsoon at Mallalli falls on the Kumaradhara River, Karnataka, India
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 Banana tree dwelling frog (Boana platanera) in the lower Venezuelan Andes Change image |
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