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© Marlene Deisher-Vircsik. All rights reserved.
Seal Rock at dusk in San Francisco.
A Healthy Curiosity
Up Close
A solar "powered" water boiler in Tibet; innovation from hundreds of years ago.
A Different View
This is the view from the top of the ruins at Taranatha's Phunstok Ling monastery.
A young boy in Western Tibet hangs on some prayer flags.
A little boy plays outside of a Tao temple, Chengdu China.
Moment.
This monk was staying in a hermitage, on the top of a hill above Phunstok Ling Monastery.
Dance on the River.
A Mother Hawk Encourages Her Baby's First Flight with a Tasty Lure.
Masquerade party?
Outside the National Portrait Gallery during the government shutdown of 2013.
Shapes and Sizes
Streets of New Orleans
Sheikh Zayd Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Budding roses in the fading evening light.
Lighting over the city of Albuquerque from the top of the Sandia Mountains at night.
Walking by some grasses on the way to class on a cold winter evening.
At the Feast of San Gennaro on the streets of New York City's Little Italy, Louise Acampora, leader of the Red Mike Festival Band, takes a break on the stairs of the Most Precious Blood Church.
Walking through the fallen leaves while hunting with my Dad.
Spider web in the morning sunlight.
11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest
A Mother Hawk Encourages Her Baby's First Flight with a Tasty Lure.

A Mother Hawk Encourages Her Baby's First Flight with a Tasty Lure.

TAGS: California, United States

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Marlene Deisher-Vircsik
La Mesa, California, United States of America
Member since 2014
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© Marlene Deisher-Vircsik.
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Image Source: digital
Date Taken: 06.2011
Total Views: 27
Filed Under: Natural World
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Date Uploaded: Oct. 4, 2013, 10:29 p.m.
Camera Make:
Nikon
Camera Model: NIKON D80
Focal Length: 135mm
Shutter Speed: 1/800
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: ISO1600
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