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Demonstration of Tyndall's bar breaker experiment visualizing the enormous forces of thermal expansion.
 
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1

Demonstration of the yellow vests movement, at the Errues roundabout, at Menoncourt, November 17th, 2019.

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English : Demonstration of the yellow vests movement, at the Errues roundabout, at Menoncourt, November 17th, 2019.

2

Timelapse of Säuling in the Ammergau Alps, Germany

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English : Timelapse of Säuling in the Ammergau Alps, Germany

3

Slovak operatic soprano Patricia Janečková singing Rossini’s La danza during the COVID-19 pandemic

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English : Slovak operatic soprano Patricia Janečková singing Rossini’s La danza during the COVID-19 pandemic

4

Lemur eating.

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English : Lemur eating.

5

Interview with Alfred Hitchcock.

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English : Interview with Alfred Hitchcock.

6

This video shows the absorption process by Lorentz's attractor of surrounding matter. There are 25 000 "mass points" (initial conditions) on a sphere of radius 200. At the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Saint Petersburg State University, we use these kind of videos for demonstrating the main properties of strange attractors to students. Most people consider strange attractors a purely mathematical abstraction, but in fact systems with similar behavior surround us practically everywhere.

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English : This video shows the absorption process by Lorentz's attractor of surrounding matter. There are 25 000 "mass points" (initial conditions) on a sphere of radius 200. At the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Saint Petersburg State University, we use these kind of videos for demonstrating the main properties of strange attractors to students. Most people consider strange attractors a purely mathematical abstraction, but in fact systems with similar behavior surround us practically everywhere.

7

Branchiura - crustacean, ectoparasite of fish. Finds weak spots on the fish’s body and drinks blood with the help of suction cups. When drinks enough blood, in most cases, leaves owner.

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English : Branchiura - crustacean, ectoparasite of fish. Finds weak spots on the fish’s body and drinks blood with the help of suction cups. When drinks enough blood, in most cases, leaves owner.

8

This Ultra High Definition video was shot in August 2016 as the International Space Station traveled nearly 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles), taking in views from above the western coast of France to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Switzerland, southern Germany and Austria, and southward to the countries of the Balkan Peninsula.

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English : This Ultra High Definition video was shot in August 2016 as the International Space Station traveled nearly 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles), taking in views from above the western coast of France to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Switzerland, southern Germany and Austria, and southward to the countries of the Balkan Peninsula.

9

Type-bar typewriter classic for the mid-twentieth century. It was manufactured by VEB Olympia Buromaschinenwerk (Germany, GDR) in 1960s.

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English : Type-bar typewriter classic for the mid-twentieth century. It was manufactured by VEB Olympia Buromaschinenwerk (Germany, GDR) in 1960s.

10

Black and white domestic cat drinks from a puddle.

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English : Black and white domestic cat drinks from a puddle.

11

New York Letter Carrier Emma Thornton recalls September 11th, 2001.

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English : New York Letter Carrier Emma Thornton recalls September 11th, 2001.

12

A world of Greek Gods.

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English : A world of Greek Gods.

13

Hard drive working.

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English : Hard drive working.

14

Common blue damselfly, female. Location: Hesse, Germany.

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English : Common blue damselfly, female. Location: Hesse, Germany.

15

Commemorations celebrating the 75th birthday of the Belfort Liberation, at Belfort, November 23th, 2019.

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English : Commemorations celebrating the 75th birthday of the Belfort Liberation, at Belfort, November 23th, 2019.

16

Schematic animation of the workings of a lever tumbler lock.

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English : Schematic animation of the workings of a lever tumbler lock.

17

Removal of a tattoo with the help of a laser.

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English : Removal of a tattoo with the help of a laser.

18

Bull wrestling (Ushi no tsunotsuki) in Yamakoshi, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

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English : Bull wrestling (Ushi no tsunotsuki) in Yamakoshi, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

19

2014 radio show «Paper Radio» dedicated to a music zine «Maximum Tremulo».

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English : 2014 radio show «Paper Radio» dedicated to a music zine «Maximum Tremulo».

20

A blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) laying her third egg of the season.

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English : A blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) laying her third egg of the season.

21

Demonstration of Tyndall's bar breaker experiment visualizing the enormous forces of thermal expansion.

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English : Demonstration of Tyndall's bar breaker experiment visualizing the enormous forces of thermal expansion.

22

Template:Motd/2020-09-22 (en)

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English : Template:Motd/2020-09-22 (en)

23

Cave Study performance by Daniel Landau, recorded at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 2015.

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English : Cave Study performance by Daniel Landau, recorded at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 2015.

24

Central and Wan Chai Reclamation on January 12th, 2008.

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English : Central and Wan Chai Reclamation on January 12th, 2008.

25

Applauding the medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

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English : Applauding the medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

26

A las Barricadas, a Spanish song based on a tune by Józef Pławiński

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English : A las Barricadas, a Spanish song based on a tune by Józef Pławiński

27

Starfish flips over.

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English : Starfish flips over.

28

«Message to Scientology» video by members of Anonymous.

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English : «Message to Scientology» video by members of Anonymous.

29

Take off of a FedEx MD-11 at Portland International Airport.

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English : Take off of a FedEx MD-11 at Portland International Airport.

30

Common swift (Apus apus) in flight in slow motion x20 in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France).

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English : Common swift (Apus apus) in flight in slow motion x20 in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France).


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