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6 November 2025
A drone video of the Ohepalu Nature Reserve, centering on the Ohepalu bog with people swimming in it swiveling to lake Ohepalu Lake.
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In this video about air pollution, scientists explain how they tracked air pollution trends in various regions and 195 cities around the globe.

English : In this video about air pollution, scientists explain how they tracked air pollution trends in various regions and 195 cities around the globe.
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An audio version of the English Wikipedia article about the blue whale as of July 2025.

English : An audio version of the English Wikipedia article about the blue whale as of July 2025.
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On 21 April 2023, a coronal mass ejection erupted from the sun, spewing out a burst of plasma that generated a severe geomagnetic storm on Earth two days later.

English : On 21 April 2023, a coronal mass ejection erupted from the sun, spewing out a burst of plasma that generated a severe geomagnetic storm on Earth two days later.
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A tutorial video for the board game Catan: Seafarers.
This expansion of the board game Catan adds ships, gold fields, and the pirate to the game.

English : A tutorial video for the board game Catan: Seafarers.
This expansion of the board game Catan adds ships, gold fields, and the pirate to the game.
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A drone video of the Ohepalu Nature Reserve, centering on the Ohepalu bog with people swimming in it swiveling to lake Ohepalu Lake.

English : A drone video of the Ohepalu Nature Reserve, centering on the Ohepalu bog with people swimming in it swiveling to lake Ohepalu Lake.
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan's radio address to his nation on Free and Fair Trade from Camp David, Maryland.
Reaganomics refers to the economic policies implemented by him in the 1980s, which focused on decreased government spending, tax cuts, and neoliberal deregulation to stimulate economic growth.

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English : U.S. President Ronald Reagan's radio address to his nation on Free and Fair Trade from Camp David, Maryland.
Reaganomics refers to the economic policies implemented by him in the 1980s, which focused on decreased government spending, tax cuts, and neoliberal deregulation to stimulate economic growth.
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Start of Stage 5 of 2021 Tour of Slovenia in Ljubljana, 13 June 2021

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English : Start of Stage 5 of 2021 Tour of Slovenia in Ljubljana, 13 June 2021
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An interview video of British physical geographer Hannah Cloke about the extreme weather.
Hannah Cloke is a Professor of Hydrology at the University of Reading. She was awarded the European Geosciences Union Plinius Medal in 2018 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 Birthday Honours. The main fields of her scientific publications are land surface models, large scale hydrology, and ensemble flood forecasting.

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English : An interview video of British physical geographer Hannah Cloke about the extreme weather.
Hannah Cloke is a Professor of Hydrology at the University of Reading. She was awarded the European Geosciences Union Plinius Medal in 2018 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 Birthday Honours. The main fields of her scientific publications are land surface models, large scale hydrology, and ensemble flood forecasting.
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A time-lapse animation of satellite pictures, showing Lonar crater lake changing its color from a green to a reddish pink in a span of 3 days in June 2020.
Reports by Agharkar Research Institute, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and Geological Survey of India suggested that lowered water levels and high salinity caused growth of Halobacterium and increased Carotenoid levels, which in turn led to color change.

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English : A time-lapse animation of satellite pictures, showing Lonar crater lake changing its color from a green to a reddish pink in a span of 3 days in June 2020.
Reports by Agharkar Research Institute, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and Geological Survey of India suggested that lowered water levels and high salinity caused growth of Halobacterium and increased Carotenoid levels, which in turn led to color change.
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Video of a solar filament of a coronal mass ejection being launched. Filaments are thread-like dense, somewhat cooler, clouds of material that are suspended above the solar surface by loops of magnetic field. Filaments can erupt fully or partially and these erupted material can be observed in form of coronal mass ejections which can collide with Earth's magnetosphere, where they can cause geomagnetic storms, aurorae, and in rare cases damage to electrical power grids.

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English : Video of a solar filament of a coronal mass ejection being launched. Filaments are thread-like dense, somewhat cooler, clouds of material that are suspended above the solar surface by loops of magnetic field. Filaments can erupt fully or partially and these erupted material can be observed in form of coronal mass ejections which can collide with Earth's magnetosphere, where they can cause geomagnetic storms, aurorae, and in rare cases damage to electrical power grids.
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English : 15-Day Dry Aged Pork Rack
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James Webb Telescope's telescope structure arriving at Joint Base Andrews on August 24, 2015 aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5 cargo plane.

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English : James Webb Telescope's telescope structure arriving at Joint Base Andrews on August 24, 2015 aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5 cargo plane.
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Metadata like meta tags or RDFa can enhance web content. This video is part of Web Science MOOC.

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English : Metadata like meta tags or RDFa can enhance web content. This video is part of Web Science MOOC.
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Drone video of Kostivere karst area, Jõelähtme River in Estonia, in spring 2021

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English : Drone video of Kostivere karst area, Jõelähtme River in Estonia, in spring 2021
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English : Galton box, available on the collection of Matemateca IME-USP, São Paulo, Brazil
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Video demonstrates some basic HTML hacking used for the Web Science MOOC

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English : Video demonstrates some basic HTML hacking used for the Web Science MOOC
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Climate change explained with Temperature Circle 1880–2020 based on NASA GISTEMP data.

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English : Climate change explained with Temperature Circle 1880–2020 based on NASA GISTEMP data.
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Unidentified Chrysoperla larva filmed in Piazzo (Segonzano, Trentino, northern Italy)

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English : Unidentified Chrysoperla larva filmed in Piazzo (Segonzano, Trentino, northern Italy)
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Mathematical exhibit to illustrate Ernst Chladni figures, available on the collection of Matemateca IME-USP, São Paulo, Brazil

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English : Mathematical exhibit to illustrate Ernst Chladni figures, available on the collection of Matemateca IME-USP, São Paulo, Brazil
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English : A drone video of Campell Castle (770 m, Sils im Domleschg, Grisons, Switzerland
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View to Vltava river during 2013 European floods from Jirásek bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.

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English : View to Vltava river during 2013 European floods from Jirásek bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Maribor is the second largest Slovenian city located near the border with Austria. It is set amid wine-region hills on the Drava River.

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English : Maribor is the second largest Slovenian city located near the border with Austria. It is set amid wine-region hills on the Drava River.
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The Lepena Valley Stream after a few days of rain, December 2019

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English : The Lepena Valley Stream after a few days of rain, December 2019
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Connecticut Governor Wilbur Lucius Cross reading his 1938 Thanksgiving Proclamation to his cabinet. This was the first sound film ever made featuring a Governor of Connecticut.

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English : Connecticut Governor Wilbur Lucius Cross reading his 1938 Thanksgiving Proclamation to his cabinet. This was the first sound film ever made featuring a Governor of Connecticut.
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Native American flute tune performed on a 1987 flute crafted by Arthur "Two Crows" Yates (Minqua-Cherokee descent)

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English : Native American flute tune performed on a 1987 flute crafted by Arthur "Two Crows" Yates (Minqua-Cherokee descent)
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A time-lapse video of a mushroom growing over multiple days.

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English : A time-lapse video of a mushroom growing over multiple days.
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This narrated visualization illustrates the effect by showing how ship exhaust gas leaves bright cloud trails (ship tracks).

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English : This narrated visualization illustrates the effect by showing how ship exhaust gas leaves bright cloud trails (ship tracks).
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