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A view of God's glory from our cruise ship balcony.

Faces of Firefighters at Jersey Shore fire

Fresno firefighter

End of a work day in the South Texas summer.

Two Fresno Firefighters prepare to make entry.

Firefighters fight Jersey Shore boardwalk fire

Fresno Firefighter prepares to tame the beast.

Ascetic life
Nude Naga sadhus live carefree life oblivious of any material desire but devoting life in worshipping their main diety Lord Shiva at Varanasi Ganga Ghats.They live nude with ash smeared

Beautiful Fountain at UNM in Albuquerque, NM.

Sunlight shining through a leaf.

Natural stone fireplace at Naniboujou Lodge, Grand Marais, MN, just south of the Canadian Border. Largest stone fireplace in the state of Minnesota.

Beautiful Moth dining on Flowers

Beautiful Moth and Honey Bee dinning on flowers

Breath taking day at Lake Piney Colorado

Aspens changing colors in the high mountains of Colorado.

Century old shrine created by my husband's late uncle, an artist, refurbished by us for a Christmas gift to his parents, Christmas of 2012.

Rain Storm in the high mountains of the Rocky Mountain National Park - Colorado.

Billowy clouds meet the snow white powdery sand dunes of White Sands National Monument.

Myriad colors of the Grand Canyon displayed below a bright blue sky.

Looking out from the Golden Gate Bridge fog masks all but the San Francisco skyline and a sailboat in the bay.

Sailing the Caribbean seas off St. Maarten.

Night view of shrine, close to a century in age, created by my husband's late uncle, an artist, refurbished by us as a Christmas gift for my husband's parents.

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Natural stone fireplace at Naniboujou Lodge, Grand Marais, MN, just south of the Canadian Border. Largest stone fireplace in the state of Minnesota.

Natural stone fireplace at Naniboujou Lodge, Grand Marais, MN, just south of the Canadian Border. Largest stone fireplace in the state of Minnesota.

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Fridley, Minnesota, United States of America

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PHOTO LOCATION Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States of America