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Vernazza, Italy pushed out into the Mediterranean

Twin Falls in Maui, Hawaii.

Statue of Native American overlooks Plymouth Rock

In a playful mood

Paddling through the Middlebury Gorge in Vermont.

Vacation in Switzerland with a side trip to Normandy with wife and son.

An awe inspiring scenic view from the top of a mountain in upstate New York.

Happiness of firework festival.

Lower East Side Bar

School of batfish

A leaf as seen from inside my rain-soaked tent.

School of batfish

while cruising the Inland Passage near Baranof Island, Alaska we came upon this very small island inhabited by steller's seals. This photo of the endangered seals and the mountains of Baranof Island

Mountain meadow the caravan of the local nomadic farmers in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan's population is 5.2 million. The country is rural.

Beautiful early morning walk at the Maine Wildlife Moosehorn Refuge.

From our wonderful park in Chattanooga,TN I can see many things.Lookout Mt. and our TN river are very historical places. The Walnut Bridge is where such a beautiful picture was taken.

A sight I saw on a magical day in the quaint town of Paia, Maui.

Beautiful sky with dead tree

Lew Verburg of Holland sits inside a Vietnam War era tank driver seat during the Lest We Forget re-enactments in Benton Harbor, Mich.

Out of focus picture taken on a rainy day.

A ten day trip to Switzerland with my wife to visit our son, with a 4 day side trip to Normandy.

Titled The Last time I was alone, this photograph was taken in Tanzania on the morning of my wedding day. We trekked down into the NgoroNgoro Crater to spend time with the animals before tieing the kn

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A leaf as seen from inside my rain-soaked tent.

A leaf as seen from inside my rain-soaked tent.

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