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 An engraving by D. H. Friston of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury, shortly after its première. A satire of courtroom antics, which invoked "almost boisterous hilarity" in its original audience, Trial by Jury remains a favourite throughout the English-speaking world, and is performed regularly to this day. Change image |
English : An engraving by D. H. Friston of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury, shortly after its première. A satire of courtroom antics, which invoked "almost boisterous hilarity" in its original audience, Trial by Jury remains a favourite throughout the English-speaking world, and is performed regularly to this day.
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 A young paper wasp female (Polistes gallicus) Change image |
English : A young paper wasp female (Polistes gallicus)
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 Lesser Butterfly-orchid flower (Platanthera bifolia). Change image |
English : Lesser Butterfly-orchid flower (Platanthera bifolia).
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 Giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) found at 1AM near a light bulb in Newport News, Virginia. Change image |
English : Giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) found at 1AM near a light bulb in Newport News, Virginia.
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 Photochrom print of an elderly Irish woman at a spinning wheel, ca 1890-1900. Change image |
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 A soldier beetle (Cantharis livida) on Ryegrass (Lolium sp.) Change image |
English : A soldier beetle (Cantharis livida) on Ryegrass (Lolium sp.)
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 The Red-eyed Tree Frog (Litoria chloris) found in eastern Australia. Change image |
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 Snipe fly (Rhagio_scolopaceus) Change image |
English : Snipe fly (Rhagio_scolopaceus)
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 Green turtle, Chelonia mydas, and his total internal reflection Change image |
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 A view over blooming cherry trees towards the centre of the Austrian village Fraxern in Vorarlberg. Rhinevalley and swiss mountains (Alpstein) in the background. Change image |
English : A view over blooming cherry trees towards the centre of the Austrian village Fraxern in Vorarlberg. Rhinevalley and swiss mountains (Alpstein) in the background.
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 A seated, listless child, who was among many kwashiorkor cases found in Nigerian relief camps during the Nigerian–Biafran War. Change image |
English : A seated, listless child, who was among many kwashiorkor cases found in Nigerian relief camps during the Nigerian–Biafran War.
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 Town of Kašperské Hory with St Margaret church as seen from the Liščí vrch (794 m). Change image |
English : Town of Kašperské Hory with St Margaret church as seen from the Liščí vrch (794 m).
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 Froghopper(Cercopis vulnerata). The froghoppers, or the superfamily Cercopoidea, are a group of Hemipteran insects, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. Change image |
English : Froghopper(Cercopis vulnerata). The froghoppers, or the superfamily Cercopoidea, are a group of Hemipteran insects, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha.
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 Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus). Change image |
English : Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus).
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 Hubble Ultra Deep Field is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax Change image |
English : Hubble Ultra Deep Field is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax
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 A Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar feeding on a leaf of the Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) in a private garden in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Change image |
English : A Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar feeding on a leaf of the Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) in a private garden in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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 A morel, Białowieża Forest, Poland. Change image |
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English : Eastern Timberwolf (Canis lupus lycaon), picture taken in Schönbrunn Zoo, Vienna, Austria.
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 The Pancake Rocks in Punakaiki (New Zealand) approximately one hour before high tide. Change image |
English : The Pancake Rocks in Punakaiki (New Zealand) approximately one hour before high tide.
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 Nectarine (Prunus persica) fruit development over a 7½ month period, from early winter to midsummer; East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Change image |
English : Nectarine (Prunus persica) fruit development over a 7½ month period, from early winter to midsummer; East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
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 Dead trees in the terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US. Change image |
English : Dead trees in the terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US.
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 A Emperor Penguin dives into the water somewhere in Antarctica. Change image |
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