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Muscle car on a cool summer day.

Severely weathered sticker on lamp post.

Gila Monster I encountered while hiking along Mesquite Wash in Arizona.

Inside of a Hot Air Baloon

Inside of a Hot Air Baloon

One of the Most Famous places in the World,Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head in the background

Light in motion... captured from moving car

Behind Emerald Eyes

Focusing on the simple beauty hidden behind chaos.

My uncle posing in an old Venetian prison

Spring in my garden

Oregon Zoo. The pool's natural surface perfectly mirrored the polar bear's den and toys.

An old Bel Air from a car show in August

The family lives in a wood little house in the middle of coca cultivation in the peruvian Amazon, on the boarder between Brazil and Peru.

In the season of rain, the wood is transported by the Javari river toward one of the many logging companies in 'Islandia', a peruvian community located in the triple border area.

Son and nephew accompany parents in a Illegal logging in the peruvian Amazon on the boarder with Brazil.

Indigenous children playing in "Soles", a Matss community.

Matses indigenous men in a typical ceremony in 'Sao Meireles' Community.

Quick, Act Like a Stick!

Inside a typical maloca Marubo in Maronal Community.

Typical maloca Marubo in Maronal Community.

Wind gust through an abandoned apartment room in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. Many residential areas were soaked in sea water when tsunami hit coastal towns, leaving them not inhabitable e

A woman stroll through downtown Minami-Sanriku, where her neighborhood once was, in early morning haze.

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Oregon Zoo. The pool's natural surface perfectly mirrored the polar bear's den and toys.

Oregon Zoo. The pool's natural surface perfectly mirrored the polar bear's den and toys.

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© Kristian Cruz.
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Date Taken:

07.2013

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Aug. 13, 2013, 12:15 a.m.

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iPhone 5

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1/203

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ISO50

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PHOTO LOCATION Portland, Oregon, United States of America