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A girl who has spent the afternoon picking Nan King Cherries holds her prize in a basket.

Sometimes you and sometimes you lose -- a lesson apparently being learned (especially the one in the middle) by these three youngsters while playing an air gun game at Coney Island . . .

People from the Hindu community bathing and praying in the Bay of Bengal, on the Rash Mela festival, which is held on the full moon of the Bengali month Kartik. Dublarchar, Khulna, Bngladesh. November

Driving around Niagara-On-The-Lake Ontario. Looking across Lake Ontario at the Toronto Skyline.

A friendly lacertilian allowed me to move close to take a photograph, but not without keeping a steady eye fixed on my activities.

A model girl and a car show in Yangon in January, 2011.

Squirrel having lunch.

Wild west

While driving through Pringle Bay one afternoon, we passed a family of baboons and their newest addition. I couldnt resist taking a snapshot of this little guy hitching a ride, chewing t

Vulcanic coastline near the town of Vik, Iceland

Three Gorges Dam, night view of ship lock opening

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Aa old woman sitting on the ground with a unique expression

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A way of life for some who catch their food. Oysters are very popular in the South. Shells are returned to the shallows for the next generation.

Cottonwood Calligraphy, Pojoaque, New Mexico

Moon above Old San Juan

Taken outside a diner in Northampton, Massachusetts

This is my little cousin son the day after she had him...I took this picture at the hospital.

Itchy Elephant seeking respite from the heat

A mountain chickadee graced me with its presence for only a few moments. I was able to capture its departure as it continued to forage.

You can not travel the Path until you become the path itself.

An old british car discovers the Wild West.

This tiny hummingbird fledgling tried to visit our feeder one day and while resting after a short drink, this adult male ruby hovered above it's head repeatedly chicking it out to make sure that it wa

Hiking up Mt. Adams in September 2012, before we were evacuated off due to the cascade creek fire. This was from the south slope looking up above us as the smoke blotted out the sun. The sun, turned t

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Palm tree cathedral

Palm tree cathedral

Palos Verdes Estates, California, United States of America

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© Robin Cowles.
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06.2011

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Nov. 29, 2012, 11:16 a.m.

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