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Ceiling in one of the rooms of Hasht Behesht, Isfahan, Iran. The palace, which was built in 1669 and which name means "Eight Heavens", is the only one left today out of forty mansions that existed during the rule of Safavids.

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A timelapse video of a bonfire in Lepuix, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, in northeastern France.

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