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Summer Sunset in Daphne, Alabama.

My son playing in the water

The B-24 Liberator at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson Arizona.

Grand is an understatement for the Grand Canyon

Watching my children in awe is one of life's sweetest joys.

Walking around my friends old 2 story chicken coop that stands tall as the day it was raised.

The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work. addison hanging out in chautauqua ny after a rain storm

Happy old man sits and smokes by the road in Sector 15, Faridabad, Haryana, India.

Dead trees create a stark landscape in front of huge sand dunes.

A caracal climbs up a tree as the sun sets.

A ghost town consumed by sand.

The elaborate hairstyle of a Himba woman.

A young Himba woman in her village.

A young girl poses from the Bushmen tribe poses in traditional dress.

The Realization of Freedom

City of Copenhagen at night from the round tower

A namaqua chameleon snags a tasty beetle larva in the Namib desert.

A walk in Glacier National Park in July.

Walking the dogs, I witnessed Mount Etna erupting. The city of Patern is in the foreground.

A scene from Red Bridge in LeRoy, NY. A reflection of fall colors in Upstate New York.

"The Owl" - one of the birds on display during the Fall Festival in Sharon Springs, NY under the auspices of the Beekman Boys.

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A ghost town consumed by sand.

A ghost town consumed by sand.

Beverly Houwing

Beverly Hills, California, United States of America

Member since 2014

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06.2013

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