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Church of San Juan el Real in the center of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The baroque church was built in the 17th and 18th century and hosts among others some of the first paintings still conserved by Francisco de Goya in the pendentives of the main dome.

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Hermitage of St Christ of Miranda, Santa María de las Hoyas, Province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The hermitage constructed in the 18th century but its portal dates from the 12th century is the only remain of the old settlement of Miranda. Change image

English : Hermitage of St Christ of Miranda, Santa María de las Hoyas, Province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. The hermitage constructed in the 18th century but its portal dates from the 12th century is the only remain of the old settlement of Miranda.

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Morning game reserve in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Alfred von Croÿ commissioned the English landscape architect Edward Milner with the gardening in the 1860s. The work was carried out by the gardener Charles Barnard. Wikipedia: Dülmen • Edward Milner Change image

English : Morning game reserve in Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Alfred von Croÿ commissioned the English landscape architect Edward Milner with the gardening in the 1860s. The work was carried out by the gardener Charles Barnard. Wikipedia: Dülmen • Edward Milner

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Gate and farm tracks close to Gartur Stitich Farm, Port of Menteith, Stirling council area, Scotland Change image

English : Gate and farm tracks close to Gartur Stitich Farm, Port of Menteith, Stirling council area, Scotland

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Head of a juvenile mute swan in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France). Change image

English : Head of a juvenile mute swan in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France).

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Cape Stolbchaty at the Kunashir Island after sunset. Kurils Nature Reserve, Russia. Change image

English : Cape Stolbchaty at the Kunashir Island after sunset. Kurils Nature Reserve, Russia.

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Sun rays in the Bruderwald, Bamberg, Bavaria. Change image

English : Sun rays in the Bruderwald, Bamberg, Bavaria.

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Detail view of mud flow out of a Berca Mud volcano, a geological and botanical reservation located close to Berca, Buzău County, Romania. The phenomenon is caused due to gases that erupt from 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) deep towards the surface, through the underground layers of clay and water, they push up underground salty water and mud, so that they overflow through the mouths of the volcanoes, while the gas emerges as bubbles. Change image

English : Detail view of mud flow out of a Berca Mud volcano, a geological and botanical reservation located close to Berca, Buzău County, Romania. The phenomenon is caused due to gases that erupt from 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) deep towards the surface, through the underground layers of clay and water, they push up underground salty water and mud, so that they overflow through the mouths of the volcanoes, while the gas emerges as bubbles.

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View of Trier from Thesaurus philopoliticus (1625) by Daniel Meisner, copperplate print by Eberhard Kieser. The image shows a view of Trier, in the foreground an antique column with a pair of scales and symbols around the Latin word "liber": scales (libra), in the left scalepan books (libri), in the right one children (liberi), on top a hat, since ancient times a symbol of liberty (liber = free), two married couples, left and right, pointing at the column, Saint Peter, patron of the city, in heraldic shield. Change image

English : View of Trier from Thesaurus philopoliticus (1625) by Daniel Meisner, copperplate print by Eberhard Kieser. The image shows a view of Trier, in the foreground an antique column with a pair of scales and symbols around the Latin word "liber": scales (libra), in the left scalepan books (libri), in the right one children (liberi), on top a hat, since ancient times a symbol of liberty (liber = free), two married couples, left and right, pointing at the column, Saint Peter, patron of the city, in heraldic shield.

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A 1949 Healey Silverstone on the Nürburgring Change image

English : A 1949 Healey Silverstone on the Nürburgring

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Peder Sverin Krøyer's painting of A meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Change image

English : Peder Sverin Krøyer's painting of A meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

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Weeping Golden Willow. The picture was taken right before the sunset, about a minute later the sun was below the horizon - hence the red colour Change image

English : Weeping Golden Willow. The picture was taken right before the sunset, about a minute later the sun was below the horizon - hence the red colour

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Panoramic view of aprox. 200 degrees of the volcanic basalt formations in Miles Canyon along the Yukon River, not far from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Change image

English : Panoramic view of aprox. 200 degrees of the volcanic basalt formations in Miles Canyon along the Yukon River, not far from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.

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Madagascar magpie-robin (Copsychus albospecularis pica) female, an endemic bird, in Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Madagascar Change image

English : Madagascar magpie-robin (Copsychus albospecularis pica) female, an endemic bird, in Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Madagascar

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Detail of the gate of Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia Change image

English : Detail of the gate of Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia

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St. Wolfgang Altarpiece at the Catholic parish- and pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria. View for Sundays with closed inner wings. Michael Pacher, 1471–79, set up in 1481. Change image

English : St. Wolfgang Altarpiece at the Catholic parish- and pilgrimage church St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria. View for Sundays with closed inner wings. Michael Pacher, 1471–79, set up in 1481.

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Ruin of the abbey church of Paulinzella abbey in Thuringia, Germany. View from west to east. The church was built from 1106 on, today there are only ruins left. It's one of the most important romanesque buildings in Germany. Change image

English : Ruin of the abbey church of Paulinzella abbey in Thuringia, Germany. View from west to east. The church was built from 1106 on, today there are only ruins left. It's one of the most important romanesque buildings in Germany.

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Dancers during a Wetr creation tale dance, Lifou, New Caledonia, France. Change image

English : Dancers during a Wetr creation tale dance, Lifou, New Caledonia, France.

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Church of San Juan el Real in the center of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The baroque church was built in the 17th and 18th century and hosts among others some of the first paintings still conserved by Francisco de Goya in the pendentives of the main dome. Change image

English : Church of San Juan el Real in the center of Calatayud, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The baroque church was built in the 17th and 18th century and hosts among others some of the first paintings still conserved by Francisco de Goya in the pendentives of the main dome.

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Aermotor style wildmill in Goingarijp, province of Friesland, Netherlands Change image

English : Aermotor style wildmill in Goingarijp, province of Friesland, Netherlands

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The Lenbachhaus is a major art museum in Munich's Kunstareal. A new wing, designed by Foster and Partners, was opened 2013. Change image

English : The Lenbachhaus is a major art museum in Munich's Kunstareal. A new wing, designed by Foster and Partners, was opened 2013.

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Ferris wheel at the funfair Send in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Wikipedia: Münster • North Rhine-Westphalia Change image

English : Ferris wheel at the funfair Send in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Wikipedia: Münster • North Rhine-Westphalia

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World Water Day is an annual event celebrated on March 22. The day focuses attention on the importance of fresh water and advocates for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In 1993, the first World Water Day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly and since, each year focuses on a different issue. This image shows the Blautopf pond in Blaubeuren, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Change image

English : World Water Day is an annual event celebrated on March 22. The day focuses attention on the importance of fresh water and advocates for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In 1993, the first World Water Day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly and since, each year focuses on a different issue. This image shows the Blautopf pond in Blaubeuren, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Sunrise over Lake Wanaka from Boundary Creek, Otago, New Zealand Change image

English : Sunrise over Lake Wanaka from Boundary Creek, Otago, New Zealand

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Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Change image

English : Exemplar of Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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Scanned image of thin section from Siilinjärvi apatite ore in cross polarised transmitted light. Actual sector size about 37 × 20 mm. Change image

English : Scanned image of thin section from Siilinjärvi apatite ore in cross polarised transmitted light. Actual sector size about 37 × 20 mm.

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Sheathed woodtuft (Kuehneromyces mutabilis) on a beech tree in the grove area of Bamberg Change image

English : Sheathed woodtuft (Kuehneromyces mutabilis) on a beech tree in the grove area of Bamberg

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The east side of the Paul-Löbe-Haus in Berlin-Mitte, facing the river Spree, during the blue hour. On the left the Reichstag building can be seen. The Paul Löbe building was built according to plans of architect Stephan Braunfels. Change image

English : The east side of the Paul-Löbe-Haus in Berlin-Mitte, facing the river Spree, during the blue hour. On the left the Reichstag building can be seen. The Paul Löbe building was built according to plans of architect Stephan Braunfels.

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A window in the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital in New York City, USA, closed since 1930. The French artist JR created murals on hospital grounds from photographs of patients taken in the early 1900s. Change image

English : A window in the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital in New York City, USA, closed since 1930. The French artist JR created murals on hospital grounds from photographs of patients taken in the early 1900s.

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Valle Arcoiris ("Rainbow Valley"), Rio Grande near San Pedro de Atacama, northern Chile. Change image

English : Valle Arcoiris ("Rainbow Valley"), Rio Grande near San Pedro de Atacama, northern Chile.

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Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) resting late in the afternoon on a daffodil (Narcissus) ‘Pimpernel’, in Oxfordshire Change image

English : Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) resting late in the afternoon on a daffodil (Narcissus) ‘Pimpernel’, in Oxfordshire

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Telescope on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France Change image

English : Telescope on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

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