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A squirrel at Lafayette Park

A flag at Arlington Cemetery

A caterpillar with the morning dew

A beautiful purple flower I happened to come across.

County Galway, Ireland

view on the road to Maureen's house in Roundstone Ireland

visiting the Cliffs of Mohr, Ireland

Bull rider atop a bull at the Tucson Rodeo

Native bird watching me at the pool!

A karkar island Coconut harvester rides the work truck to market with his harvest after a long days' work. There is a degree of sadness in his eyes as he stares into the lens.

Two traditionally dressed Karkar Islanders taking part in a traditional "sing-sing" or dance to welcome visitors to their village in Papua New Guinea

A beautiful cabin with bright green windows stands out against a snowy back drop in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Out camping a few miles outside of Rankin Inlet Nunavut, near Diane River, took this awesome picture, while being in the summer heat.

A happy little girl (Gloria) mimics her mother, pointing at the camera in front of the brightly colored door of their Papua New Guinea traditional hut

A girl holds a brightly painted flowery gourd up to the camera

A young boy (kelsey) shows his indignant nature up against the brightly painted school-house in Papua New Guinea

A shot of a length of fence against the bright red backdrop of a ranch barn in New Mexico

A large Elk rack leaned up against the barn on a New Mexico Ranch

A little girl clutches her pet chicken while watching a traditional village "sing-sing" in Papua New Guinea

A sea of bikes outside the main library at Stanford University during finals week

A ranch barn presents the results of a decade of subsistence hunting

A western New Mexico mountain range illuminated by the setting sun. Viewed through a barbed wire ranch fence.

This woman rode an old-fashioned bicycle wearing a BMX helmet.

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A beautiful cabin with bright green windows stands out against a snowy back drop in Breckenridge, Colorado.

A beautiful cabin with bright green windows stands out against a snowy back drop in Breckenridge, Colorado.

TAGS: Colorado, United States

Alpine, California, United States of America

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Photo of the Day: 11.01.11

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© Nick Mendoza.
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digital

Date Taken:

01.2010

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March 14, 2010, 4:25 a.m.

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NIKON D60

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38mm

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1/200

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f5.3

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ISO100

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PHOTO LOCATION Breckenridge, Colorado, United States of America