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31 August 2013

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A tall termite mound


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Cristóbal-Oudrid-(1825-1877)

30 August 2013

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Apinac


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The ruins of Mattersey Priory

29 August 2013

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Chacmool from Chichen Itza


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Major Mite at the White House, 1922

28 August 2013

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The HMCS Morden in 1941


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Old Yankee Stadium (1923)

27 August 2013

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Louisiana unicorn-plant (Proboscidea louisianica)


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the statue Ashurbanipal in April 2011

26 August 2013

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Thầy Temple in greater Hanoi, Vietnam


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Reigate Heath Windmill—an 18th-century windmill which now serves as Reigate Mill Church

25 August 2013

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The Wild Goose weekly paper


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The Curfew Tower: the remains of Barking Abbey's main gate

24 August 2013

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Detail of the triumphal cross in Öja Church


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Franz Joseph Bridge in 1885

23 August 2013

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Pricasso at a press conference for Sexpo in Sydney, March 2012


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Maria Pia Kothbauer

22 August 2013

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Hamish Hay Bridge


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INS Chakra

21 August 2013

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Marikamba Temple, Sirsi


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Meems Bottom Covered Bridge

20 August 2013

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Topiary walk up to the porch of Borley Church


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James K. Johnson

19 August 2013

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Creusot steam hammer


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razorgrinder

18 August 2013

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Tower Belle in the Cumberland Basin


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Olate dog riding a scooter

17 August 2013

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Joachim Raff


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Lembede smoking pipe

16 August 2013

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Linnea Henriksson (2013)


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Yongle Emperor

15 August 2013

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George St Lo


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K-18 Karelia

14 August 2013

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Tomb of Safdarjung


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The Battle of Cape Passaro, 11 August 1718

13 August 2013

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Moai facing the ocean.


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Government House, New York

12 August 2013

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Northern Pacific Depot


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Generación del 13

11 August 2013

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Maillezais Cathedral in Vendée, France


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Liberty Head double eagle

10 August 2013

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Entrance gate at La Feria Chapultepec Mágico


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A Slate-colored Boubou in Tanzania

9 August 2013

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Microcline from the Kenticha mine, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.


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Ida and William Wilcox

8 August 2013

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Jesse B. Jackson


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The Maire of Bristowe is Kalendar

7 August 2013

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five-horn smotherweed (Bassia hyssopifolia)


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Old 1910 baseball card

6 August 2013

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Addleshaw Tower


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Image Lake


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Xerocomus armeniacus

5 August 2013

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Tang Dynasty clay figure of a dancing girl


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St. Francis of Assisi, Kraków


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Illustration in An Account of Corsica

4 August 2013

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Providence Chapel, erected at Charlwood in 1816


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Emperor Huizong of Song


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Andrew Smith

3 August 2013

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Alice Vickery


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Knowles and Jay-Z performing on the I Am... Tour


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Sergeant Reckless with handler US Marine Sergeant Joseph Latham

2 August 2013

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Marion Talley


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White-flippered Penguin


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Fairfax Court House

1 August 2013

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Fredrik Pettersson


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Dog surfing


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Post office in December 2006