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Deep in the forests of Finland, on the borders with Russia, brown bears roam. Slightly smaller than their Alaskan cousins,this bear cub went up the tree for safety as an adult male approaching.

Central Asian Gypsy woman cooking.

Deep in the forests of Finland, on the borders with Russia, brown bears roam. Slightly smaller than their Alaskan cousins, European Brown Bears are very shy and avoid human contact where possible.

We thought we were alone while out taking a ride on an ATV in Mazatlan, Mexico, until we saw this.

Faith without borders

Waiting for the rain

I barely slept a wink last night but watching the King of Arctic action was breath taking. I spotted this full grown adult male, estimating about 500 kg. The weather was cold but the wind chill was ho

Not the usual suspects

THE Yellow FLOWER BED AT KAS PLATEAU UNDER THE CLEAR SKY

This is a photograph I captured of Simeis 147, a supernova remnant, that is, gases that result from the death of a massive star.

Taken from the peak of Uetliberg, a Swiss mountain plateau next to Zurich, using a Vixen Polarie, a device that helps to even out the rotation of the Earth. Exposure time was about 90 seconds at ISO 5

Blacksmits are hammering a piece of metal in order to shape it as Gong, one of a music instrument in West Java.Its the one and only gong maker left in Java, Indonesia

The wonders of the aurora borealis or the northern lights in the Canadian wilderness, the northern lights, as the aurora borealis is also known, are a luminous display, alive with shimmering colors th

old miner from abandoned Senj mines, earning for a living by cutting firewood for other people

Boys of Central Asian ethnic origin going to collect water.

I barely slept a wink last night but watching the King of Arctic action was breath taking. I spotted this full grown adult male, estimating about 500 kg. The weather was cold but the wind chill was ho

Sweet, two years old Roma boy in his mother's arms

I barely slept a wink last night but watching the King of Arctic action was breath taking. I spotted this full grown adult male, estimating about 500 kg. The weather was cold but the wind chill was ho

Poor baby boy on streets of Doha, Quatar

The Old Christ Church in Pensacola, Florida was originally built in 1832. During Hurricane Ivan it was heavily damaged but has since been renovated and can still be visited today.

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

This is a photograph I captured of Simeis 147, a supernova remnant, that is, gases that result from the death of a massive star.

This is a photograph I captured of Simeis 147, a supernova remnant, that is, gases that result from the death of a massive star.

TAGS: Nebula, Sky, Space

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© Rogelio Andreo.
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11.2011

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