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Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) with its Summer coat on the left side and its winter coat on the right.

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Portrait of a mountain gorilla at a short distance. gorilla close up portrait.The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)

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Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

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Close-up of tobacco plants in Ontario, Canada. Tobacco, Nicotiana, cured leaves used after processing in various ways for smoking, snuffing, chewing, and extracting of nicotine.

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sulfur zinc iron arsenic gold lead copper selenium antimony bismuth sulfide mineral carbonate mineral sulfate mineral borate mineral halide mineral sulfosalt oxide mineral arsenate mineral molybdate and tungstate minerals vanadate mineral

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