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Kronheim's illustrations to Foxe's Book of Martyrs

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20090418

Henry Holiday's illustrations to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark"

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20090705

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    I: The landing
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    II: The crew
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    III: The Beaver and the Butcher
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    IV: The Bellman's map
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    V: "..."But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, / If your Snark be a Boojum! ..."
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    VI: "...They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; / They pursued it with forks and hope..."
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    VII: The Butcher's Lesson to the Beaver.
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    VIII: The Barrister's Dream
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    IX: The Banker's Fate
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    X: "...He had softly and suddenly vanished away-- / For the Snark was a Boojum, you see."

Platonic solids stereo animations

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20090801

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    Tetrahedron
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    Cube
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    Octahedron
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    Dodecahedron
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    Icosahedron

Turgot map of Paris, Kyoto University Library

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20120413

Synhalonia on Phlomis

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20121028

The Early Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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20121130

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    The Garden at Somersby Rectory
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    Mariana
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    The Deserted House
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    The Lady of Shalott
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    Œnone
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    The Lotos-Eaters
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    St. Simeon Stylites
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    Sleeping Beauty
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    Sir Galahad
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    Break, Break, Break

Burning of McPhersonville

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20121210

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    Original sketch by William Waud
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    As published in Harper's Weekly

NGC 300 by ESO

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20121212

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    This wide field image shows the area around the spiral galaxy NGC 300, six million light-years from Earth.
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    This chart shows the location of the NGC 300 galaxy within the constellation of Sculptor.
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    The southern spiral galaxy NGC 300
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    The irregular galaxy NGC 55, who is slowly spinning around and towards NGC 300, in the early stages of a lengthy merging process.
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    This image composite shows the spiral galaxy NGC 300, as well as the position of the stellar-mass black hole in the galaxy.
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    This artist’s impression depicts the newly discovered stellar-mass black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 300.
  • This sequence gives a close-up view of the southern spiral galaxy NGC 300
  • This zoom sequence starts with a view of part of the faint southern constellation of Sculptor and finish with a close-up of NGC 300 galaxy
  • This video zooms in NGC 300 onto the position of the system containing the stellar-mass black hole, and finishes with an artist’s impression of the system.
  • This artist’s impression depicts the newly discovered stellar-mass black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 300.
  • This artist’s impression depicts the newly discovered stellar-mass black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 300.

Chloroplast and Mitochondrion

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20121215

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    Diagram of a Chloroplastpage
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    Diagram of a Mitochondrion

Stained Glass windows in the Saint Antony church of Urtijëi

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20130122

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    Saint Anne with Mary as a child
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    Saint Benedict of Nursia with the book, the snake, pelican, raven
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    Saint Joseph and Jesus
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    Saint Francis of Assisi
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    Angels with the symbols of the passion of Jesus Christ
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    Angels with the symbols of the Catholic Church

The Four Evangelists in "Les Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne"

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20130217

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    Saint Matthew
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    Saint Mark
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    Saint Luke
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    Saint John

Stained glass windows by Champigneulle in Notre-Dame de Sablé-sur-Sarthe

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20130320

Procession des saints de Bretagne

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20130327

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    Diocese of Rennes
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    Diocese of Vannes
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    Diocese of Quimper
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    Diocese of Saint-Pol-de-Léon
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    Diocese of Tréguier
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    Diocese of Saint-Brieuc
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    Diocese of Saint-Malo
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    Diocese of Dol

Vatican City maps

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20130419

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    English version
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    German version
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    Italian version
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    French version

Lime butterfly, dorsal and side views

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20130808

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    Side view
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    Dorsal view

Théo Mancheron competes in the men's decathlon pole vault

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20130811

Puck of Pook's Hill

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20131005

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    Frontispiece: They saw a small, brown ... pointy-eared person ... step quietly into the Ring
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    Weland's Sword: Then he made a sword
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    Young Men at the Manor: 'At this she cried that I was a Norman thief'
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    Young Men at the Manor: Said he, 'I have it all from the child here'
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    Young Men at the Manor: 'Sir Richard, will it please you enter your Great Hall?'
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    The Knights of the Joyous Venture: 'And we two tumbled aboard the Dane'
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    The Knights of the Joyous Venture: Thorkild had given back before his Devil, till the bowmen on the ship could shoot it all full of arrows
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    The Knights of the Joyous Venture: 'So we called no more'
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    Old Men at Pevensey: 'A' God's Name write her free, before she deafens me!'
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    Old Men at Pevensey: He drew his dagger on Jehan, who threw him down the stairway
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    A Centurion of the Thirtieth: 'You put the bullet into that loop'
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    On the Great Wall: 'And that is the Wall!'
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    The Winged Hats: 'Hail, Caesar!'
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    The Winged Hats: 'We dealt with them thoroughly through a long day'
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    The Winged Hats: 'The Wall must be won at a price'
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    The Winged Hats: Where they had suffered most, there they charged in most hotly
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    Hal o' the Draft: 'I reckon you'll find her middlin' heavy,' he says
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    'Dymchurch Flit': 'I know what sort o' man you be,' old Hobden grunted, groping for the potatoes
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    The Treasure and the Law: Doors shut, candles lit
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    The Treasure and the Law: 'They drove me across the drawbridge'


Pine trees screen

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20131103

Illustrations about the crystallisation in Naica for wikijunior

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20131210

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    Main page, the girl seeing giant crystals
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    Location of naica Mine in the World
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    Location and difference between crystal caves in Naica
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    Crystals in "espadas" cave
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    Crystals in "cristales" cave
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    Size differences between caves
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    All things are made by atoms and molecules
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    Molecular difference between crystals and glass
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    How are crystals formed
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    Calcium sulphate and water form gypsum crystals
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    The molecules are stacked
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    Speed of crystallization in "espadas" result in smaller crystals
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    Slowly crystallization in "cristales" cave result in giant crystals
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    Temperature differences determine the density and velocity
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    This is why the size of crystal is different between the caves

Lagoon Nebula by ESO

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20140322

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    This new infrared view of the star formation region Messier 8, often called the Lagoon Nebula, was captured by the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.
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    The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured this richly detailed new image of the Lagoon Nebula.
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    Gas and dust condense, beginning the process of creating new stars in this image of Messier 8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula.

Ascalaphus sinister

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20140509

Kungsträdgården Metro station

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20140609

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    West entrance/exit.
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    Platform
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    Connection between platforms.
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    East entrance/exit.

Urania's Mirror (partial)

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20140614

Philadelphia from South Street Bridge July 2016 panorama

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20160809

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