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Walking on a snowy January morning I photographed this old beautiful apple tree in my neighbor's field.

Snapping turtle basking on a log on a hot spring day.

Artists dance and sing songs outdoor on the festival near the Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant. The atomic plant was built in 1976 with a hot water reactor.

No. 1 Steam Punk Event in Phoenix, Az. at the George N Dragon Restaurant. 2013.

Safari Day 1 - Tanzania, Africa. My first experience in the African wild could not have produced a better experience. Spending time with African Elephants for hours on end proved a life changing exper

Waking up to a beautiful "MAINE MORNING SUNRISE".

Explaining the wonders of the universe to a child

Lucas Melton, 8, of Baroda stands with his llama Seanna after the pair won first place in the Young Junior Showmanship competition at the Berrien County Youth Fair in Berrien Springs, Mich.

At the Hans Herr House in Pennsylvania.

Can't resist your big blue eyes

Butterfly bush taken through a screen door at the Butterfly park

Promo image for an imagined United Airlines rebrand as if it were a commercial space flight airline.

Happy ferns growing in the sun.

Old lady on a train between Podgorica (Montenegro) and Belgrade (Serbia) in the morning sun.

Lightning over Albuquerque NM from the summer

While hiking the Mammoth Hot Springs terraces in Yellowstone National Park I came upon this starkly beautiful scene with the dead trees contrasting with the white terraces and a sunset lit forest fire

My nieces playing in a field

Christmas at Nubble Light, York Beach, Maine

Stopping by the general store.

The 'Rivers Of Life' flow through the Green Mountains of Vermont cloaked in fall's colors

Mountain Stream as seen from 35,000 Feet. While flying from Toronto to Beijing over the North Pole, I took this photo as we flew over eastern Russia.

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Butterfly bush taken through a screen door at the Butterfly park

Butterfly bush taken through a screen door at the Butterfly park

TAGS: New Jersey, United States

Kathleen Collins

Monroe Twp.,

Member since 2014

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© Kathleen Collins.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

08.2013

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Date Uploaded:

Nov. 25, 2013, 6:27 p.m.

Camera Make:

Camera Model:

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Focal Length:

73mm

Shutter Speed:

1/500

Aperture:

f2.8

ISO:

ISO200

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PHOTO LOCATION Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, United States of America