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Late afternoon light in the Subway

Wide-angle bicycle picture.

Carlos Guillermo Ramirez surfs a barrel in Cuyutlan, Mexico. This sleepy beach town on Mexico's Pacific coast is known for deadly swells once a year known as the green wave or 'ola verde'.

Young alligator on branch in Everglades.

Tree detail on Caddo lake shore

Salmon Run Finale

One of ever so many plantations, estates and homes abandoned by the Portugese when they departed Sao Tome in the 1970s.

A busy street corner and coffee shop on the grounds of the University of Virginia.

4th of July weekend, Mom and Grandma relaxing on the swing.

Winding rail way

A blanket of orange and red leaves covers the forest ground.

Forest detail in Autumn in Rocky Mountains National Park - photo taken while moving the camera vertically

Gentlemen walking and talking at dawn in Nanjing, China

Monarch Butterfly in Arizona.

Up close shroomies

This Utah photograph depicts sunset on the La Sal Mountains with the Fiery Furnace in the foreground.

Lunch in Moshi, Tanzania

Sitting by the water front of Prince Rupert's harbor in BC Canada, this bald eagle was making a dive for something it seen in the water.

at the beach 2009

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A blanket of orange and red leaves covers the forest ground.

A blanket of orange and red leaves covers the forest ground.

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© Gregory Dowell.
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Date Taken:

10.2010

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Nov. 29, 2010, 8:37 p.m.

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