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© Frances Halley. All rights reserved.

Longshan Temple at night in Taipei, Taiwan.

The sun sets over Suncheon Bay in South Korea.

Two local fishermen drift out into the lonely sea in Indonesia.

Harmattan on the Faleme river near Djidian, Mali.

It was by chance that a girl happened to stand atop one of the lunch-tables at school, so I made a quick exposure that captured her delicate figure against the ongoing construction in the background.

At the top of Capulin Volcano looking out to the South East

A man waiting for a subway train in the Central Square Station in Cambridge MA

Old playground toy soaking up the years

Admiring the fall colors while driving past Mt. Holly.

Alarm clock on a dresser.

View of the Faleme river from the Loulo mining site near Djidian village in Mali. Harmattan is sand dust carried from the Sahara in altitude

I hadn't finished planting a flat of summer annuals, so a toad too the opportunity to take up residence in one of the empty slots.

Sunset at Black Mesa State Park

Teenagers hanging out at night in the small town of Nahant Massachusetts

Sunset at Great Plains State Park

Photographing geysers in close up detail. Yellowstone Park.

William's Lake at the base of Mt. Wheeler

Photographing the often overlooked.

Photographing the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.

Posing for a photo opp.

Long exposure of two geese sitting on a damn in the river

My daughter, Scout.

Walking down the road on the Great Salt Plains to dig for selenite crystals

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

I hadn't finished planting a flat of summer annuals, so a toad too the opportunity to take up residence in one of the empty slots.

I hadn't finished planting a flat of summer annuals, so a toad too the opportunity to take up residence in one of the empty slots.

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© Frances Halley.
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07.2013

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July 7, 2013, 2:21 p.m.

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