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Perth CBD from Mill Point, Perth, Western Australia.

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Perth CBD from Mill Point, Perth, Western Australia. Change image

English : Perth CBD from Mill Point, Perth, Western Australia.

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Marbled rock crab (Pachygrapsus marmoratus), female. The Black sea. Change image

English : Marbled rock crab (Pachygrapsus marmoratus), female. The Black sea.

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Grotto pavillion in Catherine park of Tsarskoe Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Change image

English : Grotto pavillion in Catherine park of Tsarskoe Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Male Black-headed Bunting on the island of Lesvos, Greece. Change image

English : Male Black-headed Bunting on the island of Lesvos, Greece.

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Nepali Bride Change image

English : Nepali Bride

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Tony Estanguet riding for the gold medal at 2006 World Championship at Troja slalom course in Prague, Czech Republic. Change image

English : Tony Estanguet riding for the gold medal at 2006 World Championship at Troja slalom course in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Rakvere castle ruins in Estonia. Change image

English : Rakvere castle ruins in Estonia.

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Green Iguana Change image

English : Green Iguana

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A view to Djupfjorden in Moskenesøya towards northwest, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway in 2010 September. Change image

English : A view to Djupfjorden in Moskenesøya towards northwest, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway in 2010 September.

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The Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure (RSS) was rolled back at launch pad 39a, Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Change image

English : The Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure (RSS) was rolled back at launch pad 39a, Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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Diagram of a supercell in the northern hemisphere. Change image

English : Diagram of a supercell in the northern hemisphere.

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A mother black rhinoceros with her calf in Etosha National Park. Change image

English : A mother black rhinoceros with her calf in Etosha National Park.

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Mouth of the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska. Change image

English : Mouth of the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska.

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Alatskivi manor main building in Estonia. Built in 1880–1885 and modelled after the Balmoral castle in Scotland. Change image

English : Alatskivi manor main building in Estonia. Built in 1880–1885 and modelled after the Balmoral castle in Scotland.

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Lake Sils, in Graubünden, Swizerland. Change image

English : Lake Sils, in Graubünden, Swizerland.

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Close-up shot of fire generated by a burning weed. Change image

English : Close-up shot of fire generated by a burning weed.

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Ditch Jewel (Brachythemis contaminata) female, a dragonfly of polluted waters. Abdomen: 18-20mm, Hind wing: 22-25mm. Widely distributed in the plains of Oriental region. Photograph taken at Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Change image

English : Ditch Jewel (Brachythemis contaminata) female, a dragonfly of polluted waters. Abdomen: 18-20mm, Hind wing: 22-25mm. Widely distributed in the plains of Oriental region. Photograph taken at Burdwan, West Bengal, India.

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Green Iguana Change image

English : Green Iguana

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Royal Albert Hall, as viewed from the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens. This is a 36 segement stitch. Change image

English : Royal Albert Hall, as viewed from the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens. This is a 36 segement stitch.

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Adult and sub-adult greater flamingo in flight in Walvis Bay. Change image

English : Adult and sub-adult greater flamingo in flight in Walvis Bay.

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The protestant church of Sint Anna ter Muiden (the Netherlands) Change image

English : The protestant church of Sint Anna ter Muiden (the Netherlands)

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Rabivere Nature Park in Rapla County, Estonia. Change image

English : Rabivere Nature Park in Rapla County, Estonia.

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Cacao, flower; Stutensee-Staffort, Germany. Change image

English : Cacao, flower; Stutensee-Staffort, Germany.

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Sunset at Honeymoon Bay, Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia. Change image

English : Sunset at Honeymoon Bay, Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia.

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Final of the Challenge international de Paris 2013 (foil world cup tournament in Paris): Jérémy Cadot (left) and Andrea Baldini (right). Change image

English : Final of the Challenge international de Paris 2013 (foil world cup tournament in Paris): Jérémy Cadot (left) and Andrea Baldini (right).

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Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran. This image is a combination of two images acquired by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper on NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite. Change image

English : Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran. This image is a combination of two images acquired by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper on NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite.

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View of the English Embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Change image

English : View of the English Embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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European Bee-eater, Ariège, France. The female (in front) awaits the offering which the male will make. Change image

English : European Bee-eater, Ariège, France. The female (in front) awaits the offering which the male will make.

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Woodburytype of a potrait of Charles Baudelaire by Étienne Carjat. Change image

English : Woodburytype of a potrait of Charles Baudelaire by Étienne Carjat.

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Map military and commercial Franco-German border and the neighboring states of Belgium, Holland and Switzerland Change image

English : Map military and commercial Franco-German border and the neighboring states of Belgium, Holland and Switzerland

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The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, now known as Elizabeth Tower but colloquially known as "Big Ben", in Westminster, London, England. Change image

English : The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, now known as Elizabeth Tower but colloquially known as "Big Ben", in Westminster, London, England.

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