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© Vicki Santello. All rights reserved.

An Autumn Stroll

Parade of Naga Sadhus

Full moon rising beneath the Guthrie Theater's cantilever bridge.

Glory days gone by. Empty parking lot and motel in Ely, Nevada.

Transit of Venus (the tiny black spot on the Sun is not a sunspot, it's the planet Venus). The next chance to see such a unique sunset will be in 2117!

The Hurricane ride at night, Northeast Arkansas District Fair

Astounding camouflage. This moth landed on a yellowing elephant ear leaf in my yard.

Embraced by the Light -part of "Connecting with the Light". Connecting with the Light is my attempt at representing humanities longing for transcendence and the need for a connection with something b

Fairy Terns (Gygis alba) across the sky, fishing for their young.

Sheeps in the mist

A blue crowned Motmot surveys from the tree top radiating beauty for all lucky enough to see it.

Playing at Anaehoomalu Bay in Hawai'i

Boy bathes with elephants in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Sunrise in Pismo

hiking Amantani island after sunset

Iemanja devotees leave the street to bless people

Wildebeasts Grazing

Lovelace Drugs on a southern summer day

Backpacking into Glacier National Park.

Visiting to Dediyapada, near small village the old man was walking with sticks for kitchen.
Near Dediyapada town, Gugarat,India.

Women worshiping the holy river of India 'Yamuna' at Vrindavan.

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A blue crowned Motmot surveys from the tree top radiating beauty for all lucky enough to see it.

A blue crowned Motmot surveys from the tree top radiating beauty for all lucky enough to see it.

Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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© Vicki Santello.
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01.2013

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