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  A spectacled weaver, taken in South Africa
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  Gobio (Lubricogobius exiguus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-23, DD 174
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  Ridgway's Rail (50914476003)
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  159 Cape starling in Etosha National Park Photo by Giles Laurent

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  Orion sw clean proc 8bit 20230925
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  Solar Orbiter’s widest high-res view of the Sun ESA508430
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  California nebula from Estonia
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  Kitt Peak National Observatory Beneath Star Trails (noirlab2512ae)

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  Romanesco broccoli 2025 G2
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  2025 Venda de castañas. Rúa Nova. Santiago-2
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  Edible fungi in basket 2025 G2
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  Chilaquiles at the Grand Cantina, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-09-01 04

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  Weißer Knochenhartporling (Osteina obducta) Bruderwald-20251112-RM-160404
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  Gele trilzwam (Tremella mesenterica) 15-01-2026. (d.j.b.)
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  Dunkler Hallimasch (Armillaria ostoyae) Bruderwald-20251022-RM-164721
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  Rehbrauner Dachpilz Bruderwald-20251017-RM-164830

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  Woman kneeling next to bed of child, in an underground tunnel during the bombing of London during World War II
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  Joan Baez and Bob Dylan
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  Reception of Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich by Prince Metternich in the Vienna Hofburg in 1829, by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
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  Covered board sidewalk in Tombstone, Arizona - May 1940 (cropped)

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  084 Sun setting in the Namib desert Photo by Giles Laurent
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  Son Doong Cave DB (1)
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  Parque Nacional de Aparados da Serra (01) - Lucio Stabile
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  Clevedon MMB 77

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  ScotRail 153 and 156 Bridge of Orchy - Rannoch
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  Schloss Schwetzingen - Porzellanhäuschen - Fliesen 03
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  Prague Main Railway Station Ceiling Lights
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  L'Annonciation - Vitraux 14 de la Basilique Notre-Dame de Gèneve - GT 2025 04 (HDR)

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  Scanning electron micrograph of a human H9 T cell infected with HIV virus particles
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  Algal mat in Marine Park (90933)
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  Alfombra de algas amarillas, parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-27, DD 42
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  Ascaris male 200x section

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  Ría de Pontevedra. San Vicente do Mar O Grove Galiza 005
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  Hofer Weihnachtsmarkt 20251219 HOF3439 RAW-Export (cropped)
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  MajorLazer
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  Skye Blue, November 2023

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  Blick durch die Gewölbe an der Götzschtalbrücke
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  Flowers of Prunus mume (Armenaca mume ‘Bumpi’) at Nagai Botanical Garden, February 2024 - 5452
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  A artE de pORtas abERtas -- 2025
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  2005. Necesidade de atención dun neno galego. Galicia (Spain)

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  A daylighting window made of glass blocks at Osaka General Medical Center for Acute Care, January 2026 - 0060
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  Chowgan ground in Kishtwar, Jammu, India (crop)
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  Ceiling-Laurentius-Ebern-1030428 HDR
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  Ύδρα 8133

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  Knop van een esdoorn (Acer platanoides). 03-04-2023 (d.j.b.)
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  Alcea rosea 2025 G1
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  Grote klit of grote klis (Arctium lappa) 19-01-2026. (d.j.b.)
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  Brandenburg Unteres Odertal Polderwiese Sommer 0122

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  At Sardinia 2025 010 - Sardinia Radio Telescope
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  Ritchey–Chrétien at Kickapoo Valley Reserve 2-b
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  Apollo 17 Harrison H. Schmitt and Tracy's Rock - AS17-140-21493+AS17-140-21497 2025
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  NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars by Perseverance Mastcam-Z, Sol 768 (53475637956)

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  Die letzten Meter zum Gipfel
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  2025-10-31 Dresdner Eislöwen gegen Löwen Frankfurt (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2025-26) by Sandro Halank–136
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  Stage 20 Tour de France 2024 Col de la Couillole 40
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  Tam Nakano in the wrestling ring at Yokohama Arena - ASGQ2025

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  Rue du Mont-Cenis, 1911 - Maurice Utrillo
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  Ruby Loftus screwing a Breech-ring (1943) (Art. IWM LD 2850), 2026 upload
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  Fernand Léger Still Life with Candlestick 1922
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  Црква „Марија Магдалена“ - Стар Дојран 6