Ruraq:Poco a poco

Hello, my name is Diego, born in Spain and considered myself a world citizen. I am a member of WMES, WMDE, WMAT and Commons Photographers Group. You will find me rather in Commons (guaranteed quickest answer here) or in the Spanish Wikipedia. I can help in both projects with admin rights.

My main areas of interest are photography, traveling, languages and technology.

A selection of my work

Architecture

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  Belvedere Palace, Vienna, Austria.
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  Casino Resort MGM Grand, Macau.
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  Dom Luis I Bridge, Porto, Portugal.
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  Pula amphitheater, Pula, Croatia.
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  BMW Tower and Museum, Munich, Germany.
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  The Monastery, Petra, Jordan.
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  Old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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  View of Albarracín, Teruel, Spain.
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  Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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  Kórnik Castle, Kórnik, Poland.
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  The Hemispheric, City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain.
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  Mavrovo Dam, Macedonia.
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  Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
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  Bridge Dom Luis I between Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto, Portugal.
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  (Commons), Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE.
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  View of the Victoria Harbour from Sky100, Hong Kong.
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  Silos, Acatlán, Hidalgo, Mexico.
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  Bayon, Angkor Thom, Camboya.
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  Auditorium of Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
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  State Historical Museum view from the Red Square, Moscow, Russia.
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  Khor Virap monastery and Mount Ararat, Armenia.
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  Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows, Licheń Stary, Poland.
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  Central University Library of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
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  Juma (Friday) Mosque, Shamakhi, Azerbaijan.
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  Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany.
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  Sanctuary of Las Lajas, Ipiales, Colombia.
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  Hermitage of the Virgin of the Rock, Aniés, Huesca, Spain.
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  Bode Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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  Roman Baths, Bath, England.
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  Pulteney Bridge, Bath, England.
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  Ta Phrom, Angkor, Cambodia.
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  Basilica of SS. Ulrich and Afra, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.
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  Monastery of Jesus, Setúbal, Portugal.
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  Castle of Óbidos, Óbidos, Portugal.
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  Salt pans and Xlendi Tower, Gozo Island, Malta.

Wildlife

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  Leopard (Panthera pardus) devouring an antelope, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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  Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain.
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  Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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  Burchell's zebras (Equus quagga burchellii) viewed from a helicopter, Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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  Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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  Baby African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana), Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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  African darter (Anhinga rufa), Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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  Lions (Panthera leo) devouring an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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  Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudata), Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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  Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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  Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana.
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  Galapagos brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator), Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Island, Ecuador.
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  Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii), Lobos Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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  Sea lion (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki), Punta Pitt, San Cristobal island, Galapagos islands, Ecuador.
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  Red rock crab (Grapsus grapsus), Cerro Brujo, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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  Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Las Bachas, Baltra island, Galapagos islands, Ecuador.
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  Southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia), Desert of Siloli, Bolivia.

Interiors

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  Church of St Sebastian, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.
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  Ottobeuren Basilica, Ottobeuren, Germany.
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  St. Peter's Church, Vienna.
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  Catholicon, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
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  Church of the Assumption of Mary, Kirchhaslach, Germany.
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  Salzburg Cathedral, Austria.
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  Castle Hohenwerfen, Werfen, Austria.
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  Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Canada.
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  Vasconcelos library, Mexico City, Mexico.
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  Cocos Monastery, Romania.
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  Dome of the entrance hall of the National Gallery, London, England.
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  Hasht Behesht Palace, Isfahan, Iran.
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  Ceiling of the Sioni Cathedral, a Georgian Orthodox cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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  Church of San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador.
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  Salzburg Cathedral, Austria.
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  Church of the Society of Jesus, Quito, Ecuador.
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  Borujerdi House, a historic house located in Kashan, Iran.
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  Church of Our Lady of Africa, Ceuta, Spain.
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  Domed centrepiece of the Barry Rooms, National Gallery, London, England
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  Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Canada.
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  Church of St. Sebastian, Setúbal, Portugal.
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  Church of the Monastery of Jesus, Setúbal, Portugal.

Underwater

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  Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt.
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  Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), Arrábida National Park, Portugal.
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  Blue shark (Prionace glauca), Faial-Pico Channel, Azores Islands, Portugal.
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  Brown moray eel (Gymnothorax unicolor), Madeira, Portugal.
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  Coral (Favia favus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.
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  Warty crab (Eriphia verrucosa) in defying position, Setúbal, Portugal.
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  Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus), Madeira, Portugal.
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  Blackside hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt.
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  School of trumpetfishes (Macroramphosus scolopax), Faial-Pico Channel, Azores Islands, Portugal.
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  Bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata), Madeira, Portugal.
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  Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt.
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  Maxima clam (Tridacna maxima), Temple, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
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  Cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus), Monte da Guia, Faial Island, Azores, Portugal.
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  Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis), Madeira, Portugal.
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  Brain coral (Platygyra daedalea), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt
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  Purple sea urchin (Sphaerechinus granularis), Madeira, Portugal.
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  Striated surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.
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  Blue shark (Prionace glauca), Faial-Pico Channel, Azores Islands, Portugal.
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  Planehead filefish (Stephanolepis hispidus), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain.
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  Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Moray eels (Muraena augusti) and a cleaner shrimp (Lysmata grabhami), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain.
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  Sea squirt (Phallusia mammillata) of aproximate length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in), Arrábida National Park, Portugal.
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  Long Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus), Arrábida National Park, Portugal.
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  Common sole (Solea solea), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Royal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.
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  Calcareous tubeworm (Serpula vermicularis), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Mediterranean red sea star (Echinaster sepositus), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Atlantic trumpetfish (Aulostomus strigosus), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain.
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  Arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain.
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  Ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain.
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  Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Leopard torpedo (Torpedo panthera), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt.
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  Sea slug (Felimare bilineata), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Hermit crab (Dardanus calidus), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain.
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  Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt.
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  Sea anemone (Aiptasia couchii), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Stellate puffer (Arothron stellatus), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt.
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  Tentacled blenny (Parablennius tentacularis), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Blue shark (Prionace glauca) and diver, Faial-Pico Channel, Azores Islands, Portugal.
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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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  Yellow barracuda (Sphyraena viridensis), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain.
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  Red Sea clownfishes (Amphiprion bicinctus) in a magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.
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  Tentacled flathead, commonly known as crocodilefish (Papilloculiceps longiceps), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.
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  Spotbase burrfish (Cyclichthys spilostylus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt.
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  Red-mouthed goby (Gobius cruentatus), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.
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  Blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt.
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  Rough leather coral (Sarcophyton glaucum), Ras Katy, Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt.
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  Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Undulate ray (Raja undulata), Arrábida National Park, Portugal.
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  Nudibranch (Felimare picta webbi), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain
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  Common lionfish (Pterois miles), Temple, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
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  Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.
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  Red mullet (Mullus barbatus), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal.

Macro

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  Indian python albino (Python molurus), Ho Chi Minh City Zoo, Vietnam.
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  Heliconius hecale, Munich Botanic Garden, Germany.
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  Large Painted Locust (Schistocerca melanocera), Punta Pitt, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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  Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany
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  Dragonfly (Pantala hymenaea), Cerro Brujo, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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  Julia Butterfly (Dryas iulia), Butterfly zoo of Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife, Spain.
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  Ramaria flaccida, Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Bee (Bombus terrestris) on a Ptilotus exaltatus, Tallinn Botanic Garden, Estonia.
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  Mexican Gem (Echeveria elegans), Sierra of Saint Philip, Setubal, Portugal.
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  Dragonfly (Orthetrum sabina) on a Gymnocalicium mihanowichii, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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  Heliconius ismenius, Munich Botanic Garden, Germany.
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  Complete stock of Gyrodendron lobatum found in Nattheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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  Orthoceras sp. found in Erfoud, region of Tafilalt, Morocco.
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  Cunnolites elliptica found in Goulmima, Morocco.

Extreme macro

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  Pill bug (Armadillidium opacum), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Silver-spotted skipper (Hesperia comma), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Silver-spotted skipper (Hesperia comma), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Brown knapweed (Centaurea jacea), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Beetle (Chrysolina sturmi), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Millipede (Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Asian ladybeetle (Harmonia axyridis), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Pill bug (Armadillidium opacum), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Coccinellidae Pupa, Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Bee (Colletes daviesanus), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Philodromus cespitum, Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.
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  Wandering crab spider (Philodromus aureolus), Hartelholz, Munich, Germany.

Panoramas

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  View of Cusco, Peru.
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  Photovoltanic power station in Cariñena, Spain.
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  Panoramic view of the old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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  View of Ålesund from Aksla, Norway.
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  View of Bergen from Mount Fløyen, Norway.
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  View of Cape Town from Lion's Head, South Africa.
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  Gaztelugatxe, Bermeo, Basque Country, Spain.
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  Geirangerfjorden from Flydalsjuvet‎, Norway.
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  View of the village of Moros, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
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  Night view of Ho Chi Minh City from Bitexco Financial Tower, Vietnam.
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  View of Montreal from Mont Royal, Canada.
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  View of Tbilisi, Georgia.
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  View of Sagunto, Spain.
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  View of Iquique and the Dragon Dune, Chile.
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  View from Julio Andrade, Carchi Province, Ecuador.
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  Hermitage of St Christ of Miranda, Santa María de las Hoyas, Soria, Spain.
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  View of Terceira Island from miradouro da Serra do Cume, Azores, Portugal.
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  Huacachina oasis, Ica, Peru.

Spherical panoramas

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  St Andres, Calatayud, Spain.
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  Spherical panorama of the courtyard of the former Real Seminario de Nobles in Calatayud, Spain.
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  Spherical panorama of San Pedro Los Francos church, Calatayud, Spain.

People

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  Worker carrying a sack of salt on his shoulder in Salineras (salt evaporation ponds) in Maras, Peru.
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  Grocery and cosmetics shop in the April 9th 1947 Square, better known as Grand Socco, Tangier, Morocco.
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  Monks in Phra Si Sanphet temple, Ayutthaya, Thailand.
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  Indigenous people peeling maize while overlooking Quito from El Panecillo, Ecuador.
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  Presidential guard of Peru during Peru's National (Independence) Day in front of the Government Palace, Plaza de Armas, Lima, Peru.
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  Topiary gardener (or artist?) working a cypress in the cemetery of Tulcán, Ecuador.
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  Droste effect with red lighting of myself in the Medina of Tunis, Tunisia.
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  Snorkeling in the Silfra canyon, a rift between the tectonic plates (North American and Eurasian), Þingvellir National Park, Southern Region, Iceland.
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  Seller posing in a grocery and cosmetics shop in the April 9th 1947 Square, better known as Grand Socco, Tangier, Morocco.

Nature

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  Seljalandsfoss, Suðurland, Iceland.
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  Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia.
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  Dune in Sossusvlei, Namibia.
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  Sossusvlei, Namibia.
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  Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia.
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  Cottage at Königssee, Bavaria, Germany.
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  Mud volcanoes, Buzau, Romania.
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  Sunrise over the Titicaca lake, Puno, Peru.
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  Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia.
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  Eisriesenwelt, Tennen Mountains, Austria.
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  Eagle River Park, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
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  Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  Miles Canyon, Yukon, Canada.
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  Pilea involucrata, Botanic Garden of Munich, Germany.
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  Roque Arando, Garajonay National Park, La Gomera, Spain.
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  Enchanted Forest, Garajonay National Park, La Gomera, Spain.
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  Sunrise, Namib Desert, Namibia.
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  Lamplugh Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  Davidson Glacier, Haines, Alaska, USA.
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  Landscape in Denali National Park and Reserve, Alaska, USA.
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  Silver Lake, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA.
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  Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  Flying over a glacier in Chugach State Park, Alaska, USA.
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  Sunset in Tok, Alaska, USA.
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  Big Daddy Dune and Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia.
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  Aerial view of the Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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  Granadella beach, Javea, Spain
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  Basaltic Prisms, Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, Mexico.
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  Tara salt flat, Chile.
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  Symphony of the Stones, Garni Valley, Armenia.
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  Tatio Geysers, Atacama, Chile.
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  Miñiques Lagoon, Chile.
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  Major Dune, Moon Valley, Atacama Desert, Chile.
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  Andean flamingos (Phoenicoparrus andinus), Cañapa lagoon, Bolivia.
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  Uyuni salt flat, Bolivia.
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  Uyuni salt flat, Bolivia.
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  Fish Island, Uyuni salt flat, Bolivia.
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  Dynjandi waterfall, Vestfirðir, Iceland.
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  Hedionda lagoon, Bolivia.
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  Aguarales de Valpalmas, Zaragoza, Spain.
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  Elliðaey island‎, Westman Islands, Suðurland, Iceland.
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  Gullfoss, Suðurland, Iceland.
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  Elephant Rock, Heimaey island, Westman Islands, Suðurland, Iceland.
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  Sunrise landscape in Huitzila, Morelos, Mexico.
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  Stone Forest, Varna, Bulgaria.
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  Caves of Hercules, Cape of Spartel, Morocco.

Other

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  Phi Phi Lay Island, Thailand.
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  Quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany.
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  Aerial view of "The Hummingbird", geoglyph of the Nazca Lines, Peru.
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  Neptune Fountain, Munich, Germany.
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  Yaksha (mysthical demon) "lifting" one of the Two Golden Phra Chedis in the Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok, Thailand.
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  Wittelsbacher fountain, Lenbach square, Munich, Germany.
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  Mercedes-Benz dealership, Munich, Germany.
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  Seattle Great Wheel, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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  All Saints' Day in the Holy Cross cemetery, Gniezno, Poland.
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  Souq Waqif, Doha, Qatar.
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  Long-tail boats in Maya Beach, Ko Phi Phi Lee, Thailand.
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  Fountain in center of Baku, Azerbaijan.
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  Train crossing the Carcote salt flat, Chile.
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  World Clock, Berlin, Germany.
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  Gas pipeline, Antofagasta, Chile.
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  Chuquicamata Mine, Chile.
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  Touratech BMW F800GS, BMW Welt, Munich, Germany.
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  St Peter Hill Lift, La Coruña, Spain.
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  Flamenco dance, Seville, Spain.
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  Teddy bears shop in Lima, Peru.
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  Turf house in the region of Búðahraun, Vesturland, Iceland.
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  Bas-relief of a Dvarapala at Banteay Kdei in Angkor, Cambodia.
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  Warrior on Horseback, Skopje, Macedonia.