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| 12 September 2025 |
Video of the Aurora Australis taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the International Space Station. +/− [en]
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Time-lapse video of the shadow crawling up the shear face of Halfdome as seen from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, California. Smoke from a fire drifts across the sky.
English : Time-lapse video of the shadow crawling up the shear face of Halfdome as seen from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, California. Smoke from a fire drifts across the sky.
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An experiment that demonstrates the dehydration properties of concentrated sulfuric acid.
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A timelapse video of the final molt of a Brood X cicada. This timelapse was taken over a period of about 2.5 hours one night. One picture every 15 seconds.
English : A timelapse video of the final molt of a Brood X cicada. This timelapse was taken over a period of about 2.5 hours one night. One picture every 15 seconds.
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The northern end of Gorges State Park borders US64 as you are heading west through Lake Toxaway. The road passes over the top of Toxaway Falls on the Toxaway River, and there's a nice wide shoulder on the dam side to pull over, park, and take a look. Lake Toxaway is on the upper side of the road. On the opposite side of the road, Toxaway Falls spills and slides over some very colorful bedrock in a 240 feet (73 m) change in elevation before the river disappears into the forest.
English : The northern end of Gorges State Park borders US64 as you are heading west through Lake Toxaway. The road passes over the top of Toxaway Falls on the Toxaway River, and there's a nice wide shoulder on the dam side to pull over, park, and take a look. Lake Toxaway is on the upper side of the road. On the opposite side of the road, Toxaway Falls spills and slides over some very colorful bedrock in a 240 feet (73 m) change in elevation before the river disappears into the forest.
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Sérénade mélancolique performed by Grégor Monlun, recorded and mixed by Cynthia Wong.
English : Sérénade mélancolique performed by Grégor Monlun, recorded and mixed by Cynthia Wong.
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Mawlangren sunrise view point at Kynshi, Meghalaya, India, where you can see the clouds below.
English : Mawlangren sunrise view point at Kynshi, Meghalaya, India, where you can see the clouds below.
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American Red Squirrel hears a crow, short clip. Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. Lenox, MA USA
English : American Red Squirrel hears a crow, short clip. Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. Lenox, MA USA
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The Canadian Army Newsreels were ten-minute films, made up of a number of different stories and produced by the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit. Dubbed with the phrase, "of the troops, by the troops and for the troops," these newsreels were distributed within the Canadian Army.
English : The Canadian Army Newsreels were ten-minute films, made up of a number of different stories and produced by the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit. Dubbed with the phrase, "of the troops, by the troops and for the troops," these newsreels were distributed within the Canadian Army.
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Xanterra Bombardier snowcoaches making their last trip through the Hoodoos, Yellowstone National Park, USA, on March 1, 2016
English : Xanterra Bombardier snowcoaches making their last trip through the Hoodoos, Yellowstone National Park, USA, on March 1, 2016
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Video of a freezing soap bubble with ice crystals moving due to the Marangoni effect
English : Video of a freezing soap bubble with ice crystals moving due to the Marangoni effect
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Video from the day after the partial collapse of the Carola Bridge in Dresden, Germany, exactly one year ago. It subsequently became apparent that the already restored parts of the bridge also had to be demolished, which meanwhile has been done.
English : Video from the day after the partial collapse of the Carola Bridge in Dresden, Germany, exactly one year ago. It subsequently became apparent that the already restored parts of the bridge also had to be demolished, which meanwhile has been done.
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Video of the Aurora Australis taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the International Space Station.
English : Video of the Aurora Australis taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the International Space Station.
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Enrico Caruso and Nellie Melba singing the duet "O soave fanciulla" from Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera La bohème. It was recorded in New York on 24 March 1907.
English : Enrico Caruso and Nellie Melba singing the duet "O soave fanciulla" from Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera La bohème. It was recorded in New York on 24 March 1907.
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Banana Slug in Motion (Beaver Lake Park, Sammamish, Washington, USA)
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This otherworldly, ever-changing landscape is what the Sun looks like up close. ESA's Solar Orbiter filmed the transition from the Sun's lower atmosphere to the much hotter outer corona. The hair-like structures are made of charged gas (plasma), following magnetic field lines emerging from the Sun's interior. The brightest regions are around one million degrees Celsius, while cooler material looks dark as it absorbs radiation.
English : This otherworldly, ever-changing landscape is what the Sun looks like up close. ESA's Solar Orbiter filmed the transition from the Sun's lower atmosphere to the much hotter outer corona. The hair-like structures are made of charged gas (plasma), following magnetic field lines emerging from the Sun's interior. The brightest regions are around one million degrees Celsius, while cooler material looks dark as it absorbs radiation.
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Demolition of the cooling towers at Rugeley power station
English : Demolition of the cooling towers at Rugeley power station
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