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    Wombats

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    [Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately 1 metre (39 in) in length with a short, stubby tail. They are adaptable in their habitat tolerances, and are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania, as well as an isolated patch of about 300 ha in Epping Forest National Park in central Queensland]. – Wikipedia

    Photo: [Abdul], a baby Common Wombat, is one of the marsupials on show during the spring baby boom at Taronga Zoo September 1, 2005 in Sydney, Australia. [Abdul] was...

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    Vintage Yoga

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    Author: jone from 14 November, views 3415, Appealing
    Vintage Yoga



    Actress Athene Seyler attempts to contort her body, in a scene from the show, [Skin Deep]. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images). Circa 1928...

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    A Look Back At Summer On The Beach

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    Author: alice from 14 November, views 21948, Appealing
    A Look Back At Summer On The Beach



    Marianne Brauns jumping a breakwater on the beach, wearing a structured blue swimsuit with white trim. (Photo by Carl Sutton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1950...

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    Japanese Bath Time

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    Japanese Bath Time



    Japanese earthquake victims enjoy a communal bath set up in tents by the Japanese Self Defense Force March 26, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. With hundreds of thousands made homeless by the quake the baths are essential since the makeshift evacuation centers have little running water. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)...

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    Peruvians 1935–1955

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    Author: alice from 14 November, views 5310, Appealing
    Peruvians 1935–1955



    Burdened with a shawl full of her belongings, a woman stops for a rest on the road between Julaca and Puno in Peru. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955...

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    A Look Back At Lawless London

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    A Look Back At Lawless London



    A policeman stands by a burning car, set alight during a communist march in the East End of London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1936...

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    Gustav Vigeland And Vigeland Sculpture Park

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    Gustav Vigeland And Vigeland Sculpture Park



    [Gustav Vigeland (11 April 1869 – 12 March 1943) was a Norwegian sculptor. Gustav Vigeland occupies a special position among Norwegian sculptors, both in the power of his creative imagination and in his productivity. He is most associated with Vigeland Sculpture Park (Vigelandsanlegget) in Oslo]. – Wikipedia

    Photo: Sculpture [Masculine Love] in the Adolf Gustav Vigeland Park, formerly Frogner Park, Oslo. The park contains almost 200 sculptures representing different stages in a human life. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images). 30th April 1949...

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    Newborn White-Cheeked Gibbon

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    Newborn White-Cheeked Gibbon



    [Nomascus is the second most speciose genus of gibbons (family Hylobatidae). Originally this genus was a subgenus of Hylobates, and all individuals were considered one species, Hylobates concolor. Species within Nomascus are characterized by 52 chromosomes. Some species are all black, some light with a distinct black tuft of crown fur, and some by distinct, light-colored cheek patches. Nomascus is found from southern China (Yunnan) to southern Vietnam, and also on Hainan Island. One of the genus species, Nomascus nasutus, has been deemed [the most critically endangered ape species in...

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    Chinese Olympic Sculptures

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    Author: peter from 14 November, views 3831, Appealing
    Chinese Olympic Sculptures



    A sculpture is displayed at the Olympic Sculptures Exhibition at the Sculpture Park September 4, 2006 in Changchun of Jilin Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)...

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    Dream Chaser

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    Author: peter from 14 November, views 2893, Appealing
    Dream Chaser



    [The Dream Chaser is a planned crewed suborbital and orbital vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing (VTHL) lifting-body spaceplane being developed by SpaceDev, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). The Dream Chaser design is planned to carry seven people to and from low earth orbit. The vehicle would launch vertically on an Atlas V and land horizontally on conventional runways]. – Wikipedia

    Photo: NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver talks during a press conference with Sierra Nevadas Dream Chaser spacecraft in the background at the University of...

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Wombats

  • 60
Author: jone from 14 November, views 3881, Appealing
Wombats



[Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately 1 metre (39 in) in length with a short, stubby tail. They are adaptable in their habitat tolerances, and are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania, as well as an isolated patch of about 300 ha in Epping Forest National Park in central Queensland]. – Wikipedia

Photo: [Abdul], a baby Common Wombat, is one of the marsupials on show during the spring baby boom at Taronga Zoo September 1, 2005 in Sydney, Australia. [Abdul] was...

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Vintage Yoga

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Author: jone from 14 November, views 3415, Appealing
Vintage Yoga



Actress Athene Seyler attempts to contort her body, in a scene from the show, [Skin Deep]. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images). Circa 1928...

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A Look Back At Summer On The Beach

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Author: alice from 14 November, views 21948, Appealing
A Look Back At Summer On The Beach



Marianne Brauns jumping a breakwater on the beach, wearing a structured blue swimsuit with white trim. (Photo by Carl Sutton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1950...

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Japanese Bath Time

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Author: peter from 14 November, views 6879, Appealing
Japanese Bath Time



Japanese earthquake victims enjoy a communal bath set up in tents by the Japanese Self Defense Force March 26, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. With hundreds of thousands made homeless by the quake the baths are essential since the makeshift evacuation centers have little running water. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)...

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Peruvians 1935–1955

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Author: alice from 14 November, views 5310, Appealing
Peruvians 1935–1955



Burdened with a shawl full of her belongings, a woman stops for a rest on the road between Julaca and Puno in Peru. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955...

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A Look Back At Lawless London

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Author: peter from 14 November, views 6438, Appealing
A Look Back At Lawless London



A policeman stands by a burning car, set alight during a communist march in the East End of London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1936...

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Gustav Vigeland And Vigeland Sculpture Park

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Author: jone from 14 November, views 2402, Appealing
Gustav Vigeland And Vigeland Sculpture Park



[Gustav Vigeland (11 April 1869 – 12 March 1943) was a Norwegian sculptor. Gustav Vigeland occupies a special position among Norwegian sculptors, both in the power of his creative imagination and in his productivity. He is most associated with Vigeland Sculpture Park (Vigelandsanlegget) in Oslo]. – Wikipedia

Photo: Sculpture [Masculine Love] in the Adolf Gustav Vigeland Park, formerly Frogner Park, Oslo. The park contains almost 200 sculptures representing different stages in a human life. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images). 30th April 1949...

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Newborn White-Cheeked Gibbon

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Author: jone from 14 November, views 3258, Appealing
Newborn White-Cheeked Gibbon



[Nomascus is the second most speciose genus of gibbons (family Hylobatidae). Originally this genus was a subgenus of Hylobates, and all individuals were considered one species, Hylobates concolor. Species within Nomascus are characterized by 52 chromosomes. Some species are all black, some light with a distinct black tuft of crown fur, and some by distinct, light-colored cheek patches. Nomascus is found from southern China (Yunnan) to southern Vietnam, and also on Hainan Island. One of the genus species, Nomascus nasutus, has been deemed [the most critically endangered ape species in...

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Chinese Olympic Sculptures

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Author: peter from 14 November, views 3831, Appealing
Chinese Olympic Sculptures



A sculpture is displayed at the Olympic Sculptures Exhibition at the Sculpture Park September 4, 2006 in Changchun of Jilin Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)...

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Dream Chaser

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Author: peter from 14 November, views 2893, Appealing
Dream Chaser



[The Dream Chaser is a planned crewed suborbital and orbital vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing (VTHL) lifting-body spaceplane being developed by SpaceDev, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). The Dream Chaser design is planned to carry seven people to and from low earth orbit. The vehicle would launch vertically on an Atlas V and land horizontally on conventional runways]. – Wikipedia

Photo: NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver talks during a press conference with Sierra Nevadas Dream Chaser spacecraft in the background at the University of...

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