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31 August 2006

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The Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater


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Ribeira Palace in the 18th century

30 August 2006

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Chichen Itza


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Battle of Middleburg


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Cascades Park

29 August 2006

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Minus Cube


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1977 Matra-Simca Rancho


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The Kullen lighthouse

28 August 2006

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Bonin Petrel chick


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Poliphilo

27 August 2006

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1961 Simca Aronde P60 Elysée

26 August 2006

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Joseph Banks, author of Banks' Florigium

25 August 2006

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Kecharis Monastery

24 August 2006

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Brass table outside The Exchange, Bristol


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Fowlsheugh cliffs


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Biaroza monastery

23 August 2006

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The Szkieletor, an unfinished building in Poland

22 August 2006

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Ida Lewis


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Kaaterskill High Peak

21 August 2006

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1950 Ford Vedette Coupé


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20 August 2006

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Orlov trotter

19 August 2006

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18 August 2006

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Abel-François Poisson, marquis de Marigny


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US 100 bill


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Beach on Rio Alto

17 August 2006

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Águas Livres Aqueduct

16 August 2006

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Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar


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Battle of Klyastitsy

15 August 2006

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Triumph 1800 roadster


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Image:Tropical Storm Helene


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Simca Cedette

14 August 2006

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Kamenny Monastery

13 August 2006

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DNA Clamp


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Autobianchi Bianchina Special

12 August 2006

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Danaë

11 August 2006

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Colossoma macropomum


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Interior of the Scottish Parliament Building

10 August 2006

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St. Michaels Golden Domed Cathedral


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Broccoli


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The giraffe has the longest neck and tail of any mammal

9 August 2006

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Isabella Maria of Bourbon-Parma

8 August 2006

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Women operating ENIAC, one of the first large-scale, electronic, digital computers


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Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University

7 August 2006

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Backgammon opening position


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Château de Madrid

6 August 2006

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The Potemkin Stairs


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The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

5 August 2006

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The Lucas Gusher, near Beaumont, Texas

4 August 2006

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Pacific ocean perch


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The moé anthropomorphism of Wikipedia

3 August 2006

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Organ pipe cactus


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Christopher Simpson playing a division viol


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Valerian Madatov

2 August 2006

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1 August 2006

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Daniel Boone