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Aurora Borealis with Panstarrs comet in the right side.

Three women take a rest from touring Hagia Sophia

Oregon tidepool during Spring Break.

Attending a wedding in Lofoten, Norway.
We had people coming from all over the world. On the picture you have one from Zambia and one from Vietnam (wearing her traditional Vietnamese clothing).

Passersby on the bustling Istaklal Avenue

Mother Bird feeding her kid...Manhattan in a beautiful rainy dark evening...

Skyscrapers in Dubai

Hand-like flower from Guatemala presented by our guide.

A checkers game with rocks and a hand painted board at a center for street children

The red clay road in contrast to the bright landscape and dark clouds

A chance encounter with a frog taking refuge from the rain in a rose at the Genocide Memorial Gardens

A young male lion naps away, oblivious to any changes in the weather

Sanchi Stupa (Leh Ladakh)

A wintertime sunset over a mosque in Istanbul

Buddhist Prayer Flag fluttering on the Junction of Indus and Zanskar River

A safari vehicle pauses to try and locate a rhino

Driving to the Qazvin university with my classmate

A lonesome hippo awaits a rain shower in Ngorongoro Crater

Road to Infinity

Petra, Jordan.. One of the Ancient Wonders

A Bosphorus fishing village near the mouth of the Black Sea

capturing above at the Qazvin Jame mosque

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A young male lion naps away, oblivious to any changes in the weather

A young male lion naps away, oblivious to any changes in the weather

TAGS: Lion, Nap, Safari, Storm

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© Kristy Kim.
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Date Taken:

11.2012

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COOLPIX L120

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