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Trees and Fog on Oahu

a selfportrait.

Vampire Bats on a tree in the Costa Rica rainforest

A show rooster at the Iowa State Fair

Women wearing niqab walking through the slotted canyon entrance of Petra

Friendly Little Frog my brother and I found while fishing on Lake Oroville, CA.

salt lake in Cyprus. in the summer, the water in the lake stays in very small lakes in the big lake. the salt looks like snow in the summer

A bank glasses after riots in the center of Athens

My girlfriend staring out into the ocean.

Polar bear swimming in the water.

A serene setting on the Hana side of Maui in Hawaii just listening to the surf.

Marines in formation on Parris Island.

One of the incredible floats at the Tournament of Roses Parade.

i was in a friends house, and he started playing with his parrot. It looks that they have a special relationship

Along a beach in Florida, this little crab found a treasure of a grape to munch on.

There's nothing more important to Americans than their cars and credit. This parking meter is a sign of the times.

if you look well in the center of the bottle a scary shape of a face dial. before i broke the bottle, there was no face in it

Nothing says travel more than Vegas and nothing says Vegas more than neon.

What could be more American than farming? Here are some of the harvest from a Hawaiian fruit farm for sale along the road.

a naked tree in a lake in the island of Cyprus, in the city of Larnaca

Life in Hawaii. Instead of a chain link fence, surfboards serve to border this homeowner's property line.

A series of photos combined all consisting of dream like elements

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Marines in formation on Parris Island.

Marines in formation on Parris Island.

TAGS: South Carolina, United States

Luke Thornberry

Ormond Beach, Florida, United States of America

Member since 2014

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© Luke Thornberry.
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digital

Date Taken:

07.2010

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Nov. 7, 2011, 4:07 a.m.

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