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Main altar of the Church of the Society of Jesus (La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús), a Jesuit church in Quito, Ecuador. The exterior doesn't give an idea of the beauty of the interior, with a large central nave, which is profusely decorated with gold leaf, gilded plaster and wood carvings, making of it the most ornate church in Quito. The temple is one of the most significant works of Spanish Baroque architecture in America and considered the most beautiful church in Ecuador.

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English : Main altar of the Church of the Society of Jesus (La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús), a Jesuit church in Quito, Ecuador. The exterior doesn't give an idea of the beauty of the interior, with a large central nave, which is profusely decorated with gold leaf, gilded plaster and wood carvings, making of it the most ornate church in Quito. The temple is one of the most significant works of Spanish Baroque architecture in America and considered the most beautiful church in Ecuador.

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English : Arecibo Telescope collapsed on 1 December 2020.

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Uruguayan-style Chilean murga called La Corre y Vuela, performing at the Teatro de Verano in Montevideo, Uruguay

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English : Uruguayan-style Chilean murga called La Corre y Vuela, performing at the Teatro de Verano in Montevideo, Uruguay

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English : The impact of Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft's intentional collision with asteroid Dimorphos and its corresponding plumule as seen by using the Mookodi instrument on the SAAO's 1-m Lesedi telescope. NASA's first flight mission for planetary defense, DART seeks to test and validate a method to protect Earth in case of an asteroid impact threat.

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This is the first 1:2,500,000-scale lunar global geologic map, which incorporates the most comprehensive knowledge about the Moon by taking advantage of the latest exploration results and scientific findings.

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English : This is the first 1:2,500,000-scale lunar global geologic map, which incorporates the most comprehensive knowledge about the Moon by taking advantage of the latest exploration results and scientific findings.

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English : Billy and His Pal is one of the few surviving westerns produced by Gaston Méliès, Georges Méliès' elder brother.

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Woman of the Kayan people with decorative neck rings working at her loom. Tachileik, Myanmar (Burma).

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English : Woman of the Kayan people with decorative neck rings working at her loom. Tachileik, Myanmar (Burma).

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English : The Sentimental Bloke is a 1919 Australian silent film by Raymond Longford, considered as the greatest Australian silent film and one of the best Australian movies of all time.

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Preparing and slicing carrots using a Moulinex slicer

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English : Preparing and slicing carrots using a Moulinex slicer

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English : Recipe for beef curry

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Berlin State Opera, which was reopened on 7 December 2017 after several years of renovation

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English : Berlin State Opera, which was reopened on 7 December 2017 after several years of renovation

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English : Sound examples from a book on music theory about Harry Partch (composer).

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Recreation yard of the former Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, California

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English : Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge is a 1914 French silent film by Albert Capellani based on a famous novel by Alexandre Dumas.

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The Roztochia Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

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English : The Roztochia Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

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English : Fog bow in the high Arctic, as well as helicopter flights on board Russian nuclear icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy

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Waterloopbos. Cooling water pond Maasvlakte central model M1193 / M1217.

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English : Waterloopbos. Cooling water pond Maasvlakte central model M1193 / M1217.

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English : Yolanda, a room service robot at Yotel in Singapore, navigates from lobby to guest room

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Koppie foam grasshopper (Dictyophorus spumans spumans) nymph. South Africa achieved self-governance from the United Kingdom on 11 December 1931.

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English : Koppie foam grasshopper (Dictyophorus spumans spumans) nymph. South Africa achieved self-governance from the United Kingdom on 11 December 1931.

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English : Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) calling and with young

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Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus). Kenya gained Independence from the United Kingdom on 12 December 1963.

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English : Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus). Kenya gained Independence from the United Kingdom on 12 December 1963.

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English : Mru women performing the Chiasotpoi dance in Bandarban, Bangladesh

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Mekong River bank at sunset from the island of Don Puay, archipelago Si Phan Don, Laos.

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English : A NASA Video discussing its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) having discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone. The Exoplanet is called TOI 700 d and the discovery has been confirmed using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

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Ice crystals on a thistle in Hausdülmen, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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English : Martin Luther King, Jr - House Select Committee on Assassinations. Narration by Prof. G. Robert Blakey, chief counsel and staff director. Portions of Cartha DeLoach's Testimony, former assistant to the FBI Director.

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View at dusk of the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland, located in the village of Licheń Stary, near Konin, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The basilica, designed by Barbara Bielecka was built between 1994 and 2004. With a 120 metres (390 ft) long and 77 metres (253 ft) wide nave, a 98 metres (322 ft) high central dome, and a 141.5 metres (464 ft) high tower, it is Poland's largest church and one of the largest churches in the world.

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English : View at dusk of the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland, located in the village of Licheń Stary, near Konin, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The basilica, designed by Barbara Bielecka was built between 1994 and 2004. With a 120 metres (390 ft) long and 77 metres (253 ft) wide nave, a 98 metres (322 ft) high central dome, and a 141.5 metres (464 ft) high tower, it is Poland's largest church and one of the largest churches in the world.

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English : "Maiden's Tears" waterfall in winter, Isakiv village, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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The mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in Hazrat-e Turkestan, Kazakhstan. This UNESCO World heritage site is an excellent example of Timurid architecture.

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English : The mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in Hazrat-e Turkestan, Kazakhstan. This UNESCO World heritage site is an excellent example of Timurid architecture.

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English : American silent film from 1916 directed by Stuart Paton, from Jules Verne's novel. December 16th is the anniversary of Paton's death.

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Full body view of a geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus) shot during a night dive in Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.

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English : Full body view of a geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus) shot during a night dive in Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.

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English : Anti-Semitism Commissioner Michael Blume dedicating his win at LG Frankfurt to Anthony Fauci who was attacked by Elon Musk after the press conference in Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg

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Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw (Poland). Reconstruction of the Gwoździec Synagogue.

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English : Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw (Poland). Reconstruction of the Gwoździec Synagogue.

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English : First full-color images and spectroscopic data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope

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European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa), green female

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English : A short documentary on William Padilla-Brown, a self-taught citizen scientist and mycologist whose passion for mushrooms is leading to new discoveries as he teaches others and works to build a healthier, more sustainable world

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Different views of the skull of a Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) from French Guiana

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English : Different views of the skull of a Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) from French Guiana

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English : New Hubble observations of the massive globular cluster NGC 2808 provide evidence that it has three generations of stars instead of one as current theories predict. Credit:ESA/Hubble.

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The skyline of Auckland City. In the foreground a part of Mt. Eden is visible, left in the background is the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

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English : The skyline of Auckland City. In the foreground a part of Mt. Eden is visible, left in the background is the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

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English : Gimbal is one of three US military videos of unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) that has been through the official declassification review process of the United States government and has been approved for public release. Taken on 21 January 2015 by a fighter pilot from the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group.

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A tile ball created with the fractal art program Apophysis

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English : A tile ball created with the fractal art program Apophysis

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English : This animation explores the stages in the formation of stars and planets. Within a large, dense cloud, thousands of protostars collapse due to gravity. The infalling material forms a disk around the protostar, with jets emitted perpendicular to the disk. Planets condense and build up within the disk, establishing a new solar system. The James Webb Space Telescope infrared observations will peer into these dark clouds and dusty disks to examine this formation process with unprecedented clarity.

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Flower of a Helleborus niger Christmas rose Focus stack of 50 photos.

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English : Flower of a Helleborus niger Christmas rose Focus stack of 50 photos.

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English : An extract of Henry Purcell (Q9695)'s Dido and Aeneas (Q746646) performed by Les Arts Florissants (Q1752532): Lea Desandre (Q74449052)​ (mezzo-soprano), Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Thomas Dunford (Q81748851) (theorbo), William Christie (Q376588) (harpsichord, organ), and filmed at the Thiré (Q1420849) church in western France in November 2020 by J.Blanch Productions​.

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Tübingen, Germany, St. George’s Collegiate Church: a boss in the Gothic vault of a chapel shows Saint Mary with the child.

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English : Tübingen, Germany, St. George’s Collegiate Church: a boss in the Gothic vault of a chapel shows Saint Mary with the child.

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English : How Greediness Spoiled Cretinetti's Christmas is a 1910 Italian slapstick short directed by André Deed where the eponymous character meets Santa Claus.

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Merry Christmas • Buone Feste Natalizie • Buon Natale • Wesołych Świąt • Feliz Natal • Feliz Navidad • Frohe Weihnachten • God Jul • Joyeux Noël • Vesel Božič • Vrolijk kerstfeest • 聖誕快樂 • メリークリスマス • শুভ বড়দিন
As side note: Today's Christmas Day.

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English : Merry Christmas • Buone Feste Natalizie • Buon Natale • Wesołych Świąt • Feliz Natal • Feliz Navidad • Frohe Weihnachten • God Jul • Joyeux Noël • Vesel Božič • Vrolijk kerstfeest • 聖誕快樂 • メリークリスマス • শুভ বড়দিন
As side note: Today's Christmas Day.

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English : J-I-N-G-L-E Bells. Composed by James Lord Pierpont. Arranged by Alan Paul. Performed by U.S. Navy Band at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington.

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Panoramic view on Bernina Range and Morteratsch Glacier from Diavolezza, in the Grisons canton, Switzerland

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English : Trailer for the film Red River (1948), directed by Howard Hawks. December 26th is the anniversary of Hawks' death. In 1990, Red River was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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School of trumpetfishes (Macroramphosus scolopax), Faial-Pico Channel, Azores Islands, Portugal

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English : When we look out into space, we are also looking back into time. Astronomers can trace galaxy development by observing galaxies at great distances to reveal how galaxies appeared long ago. This example, using the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, showcases the changes in galaxy appearance across billions of light-years of space, and thus billions of years in time. The Webb Space Telescope will enhance these observations and extend them to the earliest galaxies in the universe.

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Partially submerged Samanea saman (Albizia saman or rain tree) in the Mekong, near the island of Don Loppadi, Laos, during the dry season (when the river is low)

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English : Le Quattro Stagioni, L'Autunno by Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741). Part of Early and New Music Concert: 11/23/14 at Bennett Gordon Hall, Ravinia Festival.

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Mature alder cones

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English : Paul Lieggi signed a lease two months before the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown, but he opened his restaurant anyway.

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English : The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. LibriVox recording by Meredith Hughes. Mowgli's Brothers (part 1). December 30th is Kipling's birthday.

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Sony Center at night, Berlin

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English : The Short film Charge by the Blender Foundation
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